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🧑‍🔬️ Chief Science Officer

👥 About Us:

At Mähmi Bio , we’re solving one of the biggest problems in food: kids (and adults) with food allergies are left behind. They can’t drink their formula, can’t eat what their friends eat, and constantly face frustration because proteins are everywhere.

💢 The Problem:

Existing alternatives? They don’t cut it. Plant-based proteins fall short on taste and function. Precision fermentation players? Still allergenic.

🔩 What We’re Building:

We’re here to fix the system. We’re designing the first truly hypoallergenic, functional proteins —natural, nutritious, and designed to work!

We are creating a next-generation hypoallergenic platform to create functional replacement that work with real food -from baby formula to baked goods to ice cream.

🔬 Who We’re Looking For:

✅ PhD-level expert in food science, protein chemistry, structural biology, bioinformatics , or a related field

✅ Deep understanding of protein structure-function relationships in food preferably with lab-bench experience

✅ Bonus: Experience in bioinformatics, startups, product commercialization, or scaling R&D —but not required

🔜 Where We Are & What’s Next:

✅ Backing for world-class institutions – We are backed by one of the most prestigious accelerators in the world, Techstars and Stanford University LBAN accelerator .

✅ Food Industry Demand is Here – Companies are actively looking for better hypoallergenic proteins that perform without compromise . We have had many conversations, secured letters of interest from consumer-packaged goods companies and endorsement letters from UCLA .

✅ Breakthrough Science in Motion – We’re already expressed a protein candidate via fermentation, we have partnership with a top-firm to make many more at scale.

✅ This is a Leadership Role – You’ll drive the science , shape the strategy , and bring a game-changing innovation to market.

🔥 This is NOT just another food science job:

This is an opportunity to build a category-defining company from the ground up —one that will reshape the food industry and bring real solutions to millions. But this isn’t a cushy corporate R&D job; it’s a high-impact leadership role that requires vision, execution, and the drive to turn deep science into real-world impact .

✅ Remote-friendly, but preference for someone who can join us in Los Angeles.

✅ Equity-based compensation until we raise funding (we’re close!).

✅ You can have another job now—but be ready to go all-in upon funding.

✅ You need to be ALL IN on building something that matters.

📩 If you’re a food scientist, protein expert, or bioinformatics innovator who wants to lead the charge in food innovation , change lives , and co-found a company that will redefine food —let’s talk.

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