Research & Development Specialist

Research & Development Specialist – Vault City Brewing
📍 Midlothian (Edinburgh area)
💰 Flexible - DOE
🕓 4-day working week

Vault City Brewing isn’t your average brewery.

Born in a Dundee kitchen in 2018, Vault City has grown from two beer lovers to a team of 30 - producing over a third of all the UK’s sour beers. Their beers are stocked by Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose and in over 250 independent bars, reaching drinkers in 20+ countries. With their brand-new 34,000 sq ft site opening at Scotland’s BioCampus, this is a rare opportunity to join the UK’s most creative and unapologetically bold brewery at a pivotal moment in its journey.

Now, Vault City is on the lookout for a Research & Development Specialist to help them push the boundaries of flavour and innovation - and bring wild ideas to life.

What you’ll do

• Lead the creative development of new beers (and beyond with licences for cider and more!)
• Turn experimental ideas into real sour beers
• Experiment, test, refine - both in the lab and the kitchen.
• Collaborate with founders and team to shape the next generation of Vault City products.
• Engage with customers, fans, and international partners
• Be comfortable jumping in front of a camera now and then – the sour beer community loves seeing the creative process behind their favourite beers.

What you’ll bring

• A curious, inventive mind with a strong understanding of product development or food/beverage science.
• A hands-on approach you love getting into the details of how things work.
• A passion for flavour, experimentation, and doing things differently.
• You don’t need to come from beer. What matters is your creativity and technical curiosity.
• A collaborative, open style that fits our laid-back but ambitious culture.

What’s in it for you

• Flexible Salary (DOE)
• 4-day working week
• Private healthcare & dental (after probation)
• £600 in beer vouchers every year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension & holiday package

This is your chance to put your innovative mark on a fast-growing, flavour-first brewery that’s redefining what beer can be.