
ZOE combines scientific research with cutting-edge AI to improve the health of millions. We are a remote-first, well-funded scale-up created by the world’s top scientists and backed by founders, investors, and entrepreneurs who have built multi-billion dollar tech companies. Our personalised nutrition program radically reimagines a fundamental human need – eating well for your body. Currently available in the US and the UK, ZOE is already helping tens of thousands of its members adopt a healthier lifestyle. Our collective work and expertise in biology, engineering, data science, and nutrition science have led to multiple breakthrough papers in leading scientific journals such as Nature Medicine, Science, The Lancet, and more. We value inclusivity, transparency, ownership, open-mindedness and diversity. We are passionate about delivering great results and learning in the open. We want our teams to have the freedom to make long-term, high-impact decisions, and the well-being of our teammates and the people around us is a top priority.

ZOE combines scientific research with cutting-edge AI to improve the health of millions. We are a remote-first, well-funded scale-up created by the world’s top scientists and backed by founders, investors, and entrepreneurs who have built multi-billion dollar tech companies. Our personalised nutrition program radically reimagines a fundamental human need – eating well for your body. Currently available in the US and the UK, ZOE is already helping tens of thousands of its members adopt a healthier lifestyle. Our collective work and expertise in biology, engineering, data science, and nutrition science have led to multiple breakthrough papers in leading scientific journals such as Nature Medicine, Science, The Lancet, and more. We value inclusivity, transparency, ownership, open-mindedness and diversity. We are passionate about delivering great results and learning in the open. We want our teams to have the freedom to make long-term, high-impact decisions, and the well-being of our teammates and the people around us is a top priority.
Product: AI-powered personalized nutrition program combining at-home testing (microbiome, blood markers, CGM) with an app that gives individualized food scores and guidance.
Business model: Direct-to-consumer: at-home test kit purchase plus recurring subscription access to the app/program.
Founding & HQ: Founded 2017; headquartered in London, UK.
Leadership: Co-founded by Jonathan Wolf (CEO), Professor Tim Spector, and George Hadjigeorgiou.
Series B extension $15M (Jul 2024); prior rounds include a £25M (~$30M) equity round (Dec 2022) and a $20M Series B top-up (May 2021).
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Personalized nutrition, gut microbiome analysis, metabolic response and dietary guidance.
2017
Technology, Information and Internet
$15M
Series B extension to support U.S. expansion.
£25M (~$30M)
Round included participation from Balderton, Ahren, Daphni and L Catterton.
$20M
Brought Series B total to $53M.
“Backed by venture investors including Coefficient Capital, Accomplice, Balderton Capital, Ahren/Ahren Innovation Capital, Daphni and L Catterton; past participation also includes THVC and individual investors (Eli Manning, Osi Umenyiora).”
👥 About The Engineering Team At ZOE, we use advanced science and technology to transform health—and our Engineering team sits at the heart of that mission. We are a distributed team of around 40 engineers across the UK and EU who thrive on solving complex challenges together.
We are a highly cross-functional group, bringing together front-end, back-end, mobile, machine learning, and data expertise. We partner closely with Product, Design, and Science to build truly impactful member experiences.
We value curiosity, openness, and empowerment . We encourage continuous learning, sharing ideas, and shaping how we work—whether through experimenting with new technology or improving team efficiency.
We're proud of our team's diversity (40% female, 60% male) and believe that varied backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences make us stronger, more creative, and better equipped to serve our global community. 🚀About The Role & Impact As a Senior Back-end Engineer , you’ll be a key Individual Contributor within a dynamic, distributed team of software engineers. Your role is about building high quality customer-centric features, technical excellence and deep-dive problem-solving to help shape the future of our product.
You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, and Marketing experts. Your focus will be on building and refining robust systems in critical areas such as data collection, account management, and permission logic with involvement in subscription management, pricing experiments, and payment provider integrations, where correctness and scalability are essential. By delivering elegant, scalable solutions to complex problems, you’ll play a vital part in advancing our mission to improve the health of millions.
🎯 What You’ll Be Doing
💻 Our cutting-edge stack - A taste of what you'll use!
🌟 We think you would be great if you…
📢 Our hiring process We know that "hiring processes" can sometimes feel like a black box. At ZOE, we aim for a process that is efficient, insightful, and enjoyable. It’s a two-way street: we want to get to know the real you, and we want you to get a true feel for life at ZOE.
🚀 Ready to thrive? We want to hear from you
The experience, skills, and attributes we’ve outlined are what we believe will help someone truly thrive in this role.
However, we understand that talent comes in many forms. If you are genuinely excited about ZOE's mission and this opportunity, please don't hesitate to apply —even if you don't meet every single requirement listed.
We fundamentally value potential and commitment above all else. We are dedicated to fostering growth and providing opportunities for you to learn and develop alongside us.