Food Scientist – Kefilo

Position: Food Scientist – R&D; & Product Development

Company: Kefilo

Type: Equity-Only | Founding Team

Commitment: Part-time, 20–25 hours/week

Work Mode: Remote / Hybrid

Compensation: Equity-based; no fixed salary at the current stage

About Kefilo

Kefilo is building a human transformation ecosystem focused on functional nutrition, preventive wellness, gut health, fitness and lifestyle redesign.

We are building beyond a traditional food-delivery model, combining personalised nutrition, healthy food products, 90-day transformation programs, technology-enabled customer engagement and scalable food-production infrastructure.

We are looking for a Food Scientist who can take ownership of food R&D;, product formulation, standardisation and development of scalable functional food products.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead R&D; for the development of nutritious, functional and commercially viable food products.
- Develop and optimise recipes with precise ingredients, quantities, nutritional specifications, portions and preparation methods.
- Develop functional food products focused on areas such as high protein, high fibre, gut health, balanced nutrition and preventive wellness.
- Analyse nutritional composition and establish clear nutritional specifications for products.
- Conduct product trials, sensory evaluations and formulation experiments to improve taste, texture, nutrition and consumer acceptance.
- Work closely with nutritionists to ensure products align with specific nutritional and transformation objectives.
- Standardise recipes and production processes so products can be consistently manufactured at scale.
- Research new ingredients, functional ingredients,



food technologies and processing methods that can improve Kefilo's product portfolio.
- Develop formulations and processes that can move efficiently from small-batch R&D; to commercial-scale production.
- Work with the Cloud Kitchen and Kitchen R&D; teams to ensure products are practical, productive and scalable to manufacture.
- Support shelf-life studies, packaging, storage, food safety and quality-control requirements.
- Prepare product formulation sheets, specifications, testing reports, SOPs and other technical documentation.
- Continuously improve products based on nutrition, taste, cost, production efficiency, shelf life and customer feedback.
- Build and manage a structured product innovation pipeline for Kefilo.
- Work with the founding team to identify opportunities for new functional foods, beverages, snacks, meals and other nutrition-focused products.

Ideal Candidate
- Degree or postgraduate qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Nutrition, Biotechnology or a related field.
- Strong experience in food R&D;, product development, formulation or functional foods.
- Understanding of food chemistry, food processing, nutritional composition and product standardisation.
- Experience with recipe formulation, product trials and sensory evaluation.
- Knowledge of food safety, shelf life,



packaging and quality-control processes.
- Experience developing products for commercial-scale production is highly preferred.
- Strong research and experimentation skills.
- Ability to balance nutrition, taste, cost, scalability and consumer acceptance.
- Comfortable working with nutritionists, kitchen teams, operations and technology teams.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to take ownership in an early-stage company.

Key Outcome The primary objective of this role is to help Kefilo build a strong functional food R&D; and product innovation engine that can develop nutritionally meaningful, great-tasting, standardised and commercially scalable products.

What You Get

- Equity participation in Kefilo.
- Opportunity to become part of the founding team.
- Ownership of the food R&D; and product development vertical.
- Opportunity to build creative functional food products from the early stage.
- Direct collaboration with nutritionists, kitchen experts, data scientists, product teams and founders.
- Opportunity to contribute to Kefilo's long-term NutritionTech and food innovation ecosystem.
- Potential to lead the food science and product R&D; function as Kefilo scales.

Compensation This is an equity-only founding team opportunity with no fixed salary at the current stage. Equity will be structured based on expertise, contribution, responsibility and long-term commitment, subject to a formal agreement.

If you are primarily looking for a fixed-salary position, this opportunity may not be suitable at the current stage.

Skills: nutrition,technology,formulation,r&d; operations

📌 Food Scientist (Part-time, Equity only) (India)
🏢 Kefilo
📍 India