Head Roaster

About the role

You'll own the craft at the center of everything we do: the roast. As Head Roaster, you'll develop and maintain the profiles for every single-origin lot we ship, run our roast-to-order production, and hold the bar on quality from green bean to the bag on a customer's counter. It's a hands-on role with real ownership — your palate and your decisions are what people taste in every cup.

What you'll do

• Develop, dial in, and maintain roast profiles for each single-origin lot and seasonal release.
• Run daily roast-to-order production and keep our shipping commitments — roasted and out within 48 hours.
• Cup and QC every batch, then flag, fix, and document so quality is consistent bag to bag.
• Partner with our green coffee buyer on inventory, incoming lots, and what to roast when.
• Calibrate and maintain roasting equipment; keep the roastery clean, safe, and dialed.
• Hire, train, and mentor roastery teammates as we grow.

What you'll bring

• 3+ years of production roasting on commercial equipment.
• A sharp, reliable palate and strong cupping skills — you can taste a problem before a customer does.
• Comfort with roast software and using data to make profile decisions, not just instinct.
• Physical readiness for a roastery floor — lifting up to 60 lb bags, on your feet.
• Obsessive attention to detail and genuine love for great coffee.

Nice to have

• Q Grader certification.
• Experience scaling a roastery's output without losing quality.
• Exposure to green buying or direct-trade sourcing.

About the team

We're a small roastery in Los Angeles shipping freshly roasted, single-origin coffee to subscribers across the country. We source directly, roast to order, and care about the people on both ends of the bag. You'd be the senior roaster on a tight team that ships fast and tastes everything.

Compensation & benefits

The salary range for this role is $72,000–$92,000, depending on experience, plus meaningful equity. You'll also get full health, dental, and vision coverage, generous PTO, 16-week parental leave, a yearly learning budget, free coffee from every roast, and the occasional trip to origin. See the full list of perks.