About Wildtype

Wildtype is on a mission to create the cleanest, most sustainable seafood on the planet, starting with sushi-grade salmon. We’re pioneering cellular agriculture to protect wild species and our oceans, and to reverse trends of global food insecurity. Wildtype will provide consumers with a new option for real seafood that provides the same nutritional benefits as the most pristine wild-caught fish, without common contaminants such as mercury, microplastics, antibiotics, or pesticides.

We were founded in 2016 by Aryé Elfenbein, a cardiologist and molecular biologist, and Justin Kolbeck (CEO), a former US diplomat who served in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in an effort to solve one of the world’s biggest problems: how to feed a growing population without stripping the earth of its natural resources and biodiversity. Investors include L Catterton, Jeff Bezos, Spark Capital, CRV, Temasek, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert Downey Jr.’s Footprint Coalition, among others.

Come join us in transforming our food system for good!

What you will own at Wildtype

• Play a central role in creating our products on our Downstream Innovation team
• Ensure clean and sanitized work areas while performing specified food production processes
• Maintain SOPs and documentation to ensure safety, quality, and process control
• Apply attention to detail following written procedures, process parameters, and manufacturing formula to create the finest seafood in the world
• Improve and innovate on current processes while collaborating with teams in Quality, Warehouse, Commercialization and Product Development

What you bring to Wildtype

• One to two years of lab or food production experience, GMP preferred but not required
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organization skills
• Able to learn quickly and excel in a fast-paced work environment
• Proficiency in making decisions in situations with incomplete or uncertain information
• Able to perform physically demanding work such as moving and lifting equipment, standing for long periods of time, etc.
• Willing to occasionally work nights and weekends as needed

Impact Plan

• Within 1 month you will have learned the basics of the food production processes from your team members. You will be beginning to work on your own in going through each step of the process. You will learn how to carefully document batch records within central control documents. You will have performed a few advanced analyses on the samples you have produced. You will have defined your professional development goals for the next twelve months.
• Within 3 months you will have mastered the process of creating our food products, and will be relied on to produce according to a set schedule. You will begin contributing ideas for process and product improvement.
• Within 6 months your skills will have developed to the point where you can independently train a new hire on Wildtype’s entire product production process. Your work will be organized effectively to achieve tasks on time at a high level of quality. You’ll propose process improvements and key observations in cross functional meetings. Play a central role in performing operations, delivering high quality finished products, and assuring food safety procedures are followed. Design process development experiments to better the finished product, the production process, and improve efficiency and safety for future downstream crewmates.
• Within 12 months you’ll be managing and carrying out multiple production and experimental runs simultaneously. You will be able to articulate how your work directly impacts the company’s milestones. You will routinely take the initiative to research topics independently and volunteer new ideas or approaches.

Pay range is listed below, additionally we offer equity.

Location: This position is an onsite role based in San Francisco.

Compensation (per hour)

$33—$33 USD

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