Open Positions
Creative producer, social (aka, creative curd). Bring a fearless brand to life on social media.
Senior scientist, product development and innovation (aka, maillard maestro). Let your inner foodie-science nerd out to play.
Temporary R&D pilot plant cheesemaker (aka, pilot pirate). Help us pilot the pilot plant.
Scientist, biochemistry and microbiology (open hire). Invent efficient ways to make the tastiest food imaginable.
Scientist, soft matter physics and materials science (open hire). Invent next-generation food materials that beat animals on price.
Scientist, protein and biopolymer chemistry (open hire). Invent new classes of molecular ingredients that out compete cows.
[Insert-what-you-do-here] badass (aka, I-will-smash-down-this-door). Do you do something that we need, and we don't know it? Tell us about it. Skills can be taught, but passion is a fruit.
Referrals (aka, match maker). If you refer us a candidate who we don’t already know and we hire them, we will give you $2,000 in cold hard cash and a $100 gift card to your favorite restaurant.
Make a scalable impact on the world’s oldest industry
We fight climate change and mass extinction. We don’t make supplements for gym bros or crystal yogis, shiny science projects with impractical cost-structures, or any product that doesn’t move the needle on whether humans exist. Instead, we work on scalable, sustainable foods from plants that outcompete commodity animal products on the only factors that count: taste and cost. With us, join a team finding meaning in tackling hard problems that matter, while laughing at the absurdity that we really just make cheese.
If you think that Tezza might be a good place for you to grow, take a look at our hiring process.
Our Values
Give a shit. Care about what you do, how you do it, and the people you do it with. Give enough shits to do something about it.
Do something that could actually work. Climate change is here; the time for moonshots, glitzy science projects, and monkey NFTs has passed. We make big bets on practical solutions that are scalable, economical, and effective.
Stay hungry. Seek discomfort and growth. To make a future world better than the present, make your present self better than your past. Don’t compare yourself with others but with who you were yesterday.
Make meaning with others. Some of us may fantasize about abandoning the world for a hut in the woods. But in life, most meaningful things are experienced with others, and the biggest problems aren’t solved alone. So don’t be an asshole. Trust others, and have teammates—not coworkers; understand others, and you will understand yourself; work on big problems with others and find meaning.
Savor every bite. Whether you’re kicking ass or getting your ass kicked, have fun, take care of yourself, and choose optimism, even if it’s your only option. Sometimes even the end of civilization isn’t that serious. You have one life; bask in it.
Our Culture
You will probably be a good fit at Tezza if:
The word documentation makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. We have a love affair with documentation because we believe that it leads to clearer thinking and more efficient knowledge transfer.
You like your sleeves up, not just down. We are a small team, and at the end of the day, we make food. We view “doing whatever it takes to get the job done”—whether that’s making cheese, cleaning dishes, or taking out trash—as a feature, not a bug.
Scrappy makes you happy. We are a food company that is aiming to replace commodity products. As a result, we are judicious with our capital, pragmatically evaluating how our resource allocation advances our mission.
You like real talk. We are building a culture of constant feedback and direct communication. We celebrate strengths and talk openly about areas of improvement, operating with the principle “clear is kind.”
Our Support
You can't help others unless you have enough in the tank. You can't face your fears if you feel constantly insecure. We are always looking for ways to build a supportive community so that each member can take on challenges, demons, and missions with chutzpah. As part of this community, we work to provide security in the following areas:
Financial health: competitive salaries, equity ownership, retirement plans
Physical health: health insurance, proximity to Berkeley Bowl produce
Mental health: 3 weeks paid time off that we really want you to take
Social health: parental leave, communal lunch not at your desk
Spiritual health: regular meetings to exchange feedback, asking hard questions, dark chocolate