Senior Food Product Developer: Flavor Innovator & ScaleUp

Siete Family Foods; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Siete Family Foods is seeking an experienced chef/product developer to lead innovation for a portfolio that includes salsas, sauces, chips, tortillas, and more.

The role focuses on flavor, texture, clean labels, and scalable production, requiring collaboration with Operations and co-manufacturers. You will help plan, develop, and refine new products from concept to launch while traveling up to 25% for supplier and plant support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a chef or product developer/food technologist in a professional capacity required.
• Proficiency with Excel or Google Docs is preferred.
• Previous experience with food labeling software such as Genesis is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative, heritage-inspired food that is dietarily inclusive.
• Be the champion for flavor, texture, and clean labels in our products, helping scale without compromising attributes.
• Support the formulation process from start to finish including research and planning, development and refinement, launching the product.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations and co-manufacturing partners to gather processing and equipment information.
• Test/Assist bench-top ingredient sourcing and develop initial raw material specs throughout formulation.
• Scale products with R&D to set production processes, maximize shelf life, and remove technical roadblocks.
• Develop bench-top samples for internal and external stakeholder reviews.
• Assist formula documentation and records across systems (e.g., TraceGains, Trustwell Genesis).
• Contribute culinary expertise to accelerate reformulation of products.
• Travel approximately 25% to support supplier/co-manufacturing relations and plant trials.

Skills

Chef experience

Product development

Food technologist

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile mindset

Tools

Genesis labeling software

Excel/Sheets

Job description

Siete Family Foods is seeking an experienced chef/product developer to lead innovation for a portfolio that includes salsas, sauces, chips, tortillas, and more.

The role focuses on flavor, texture, clean labels, and scalable production, requiring collaboration with Operations and co-manufacturers. You will help plan, develop, and refine new products from concept to launch while traveling up to 25% for supplier and plant support.