Full-Time
QA Lead
Posted on 8/22/2025
Cirkul
501-1,000 employees
Customizes hydration with flavored cartridges
No salary listed
No H1B Sponsorship
Tampa, FL, USA
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- 1-2 years of experience in performing quality control process checks, enters data & results accurately.
- Maintains a clean, organized and safe work area.
- Specific in-depth knowledge of complex packaging equipment.
- Extremely detail oriented with the ability to enter data accurately.
- Ability to follow directions, as well as, train and coach other team members.
- Strong communication skills
- Has the ability to do simple math
- Perform document reviews of SOP’s, batching records, testing methods, and logbooks to ensure GMP activities are completed and documented.
- Lead QA Technicians in daily activities and being a resource for the team. Following work orders, and quality control procedures.
- Approve and release laboratory data and reports.
- Responsible for partnering with others, sharing knowledge, skills and information within the assigned team and across functional areas.
- Report Food Safety and Quality issues, problems, deficiencies, errors, incidents, and/or opportunities to management and correct where possible.
- Participate in investigations into minor major root cause, corrective or preventive actions and impact to product safety, identity, strength, quality or purity.
Cirkul offers a hydration system with reusable BPA-free bottles and flavor cartridges that mix with water to add flavor and adjustable intensity. The bottles come in 12oz, 22oz, and 32oz sizes, with over 100 flavor options and a simple on-the-go customization as you drink. It sells these bottles and cartridges directly online and through subscription, creating recurring revenue. The goal is to make drinking water easier and more enjoyable to help people drink more water and build healthy habits, supported by a broad flavor lineup and a direct-to-consumer model.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$111.5M
Headquarters
Tampa, Florida
Founded
2016
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $70M Series C led by SC Holdings values Cirkul at $1.07B unicorn.
- USA Swimming names Cirkul Official Hydration Supplier boosting credibility.
- Eight new brands like Frosted and Squeeze Lemonade launched recently.
What critics are saying
- Chinese copycats invalidate patents, eroding IP moat within 6-12 months.
- Walmart cuts shelf space 40%, prioritizing Hint Water and Bubly.
- FDA recalls cartridges for B vitamin overdose, sparking lawsuits now.
What makes Cirkul unique
- Patented flavor cartridges enable hyper-personalized hydration in reusable bottles.
- Over 150 flavors including Gateway Tea and Flyte Electrolyte expand options.
- BPA-free bottles in 12oz, 22oz, 32oz sizes suit diverse lifestyles.
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↑ 4%USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, today announced Cirkul as its Official Hydration Supplier.
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The updated release reads:
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirkul, a beverage platform known for its patented flavor cartridges and reusable water bottle, is rolling out 8 new, unique beverage brands directly to consumers. Launched in 2018, Cirkul has maintained a line of 50+ flavors but this marks the first time that the company is launching entirely new brands within its platform. The brands include: Gateway Tea, Frosted, Fission, Squeeze Lemonade, Flyte Electrolyte, Verda, Stage Hydration, and Puressenece (full descriptions below). With these new brands, Cirkul is extending its mission of delivering a health-first, hyper-personalized, convenient product to consumers
American startup Cirkul has raised $70 million in its Series C round, giving it a valuation of $1.07 billion, a new unicorn in Florida and yet another in the United States.
Cirkul, a beverage company known for developing patented flavour cartridges, has raised $70 million in its latest funding round.