Updated August 10, 2026

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Biochemistry Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ biochemistry jobs at companies offering generous PTO and compressed weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 14 new this week. Hiring companies include Genentech, Washington University in St. Louis, and Merck.

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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biochemistry

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Research Technician II - Biochemistry

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Process Development Associate Scientist - Pre-Pivotal Drug Product Technologies

Amgen

HybridThousand Oaks, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$90k – $122k

12-month apprenticeship – Analytical Development & AI

Sanofi

HybridVitry-sur-Seine, France

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Formulation Scientist, Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences

Merck

HybridSouth San Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$108k – $170k

Research Associate - RNA Synthesis Platform Development

Sanofi

HybridWaltham, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$65k – $93k

Scientist, Pharmacokinetics

Merck

HybridBoston, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$98k – $154k

Research Associate

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Associate - BioSciences

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Associate - BioSciences

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Scientist 2

Genentech

HybridSouth San Francisco, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$86k – $159k

Scientist, Neuromuscular Research

Biogen

HybridCambridge, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$111k – $144k

Post Doctoral Scholar

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$61k – $65k

Faculty in Biochemistry

3mo

D'Youville University

OnsiteBuffalo, USA

77 · Great4 day week100% pay$80k – $100k

Molecular & Cell Biology Senior Research Associate - Tissue Dissection

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

HybridSan Diego, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$76k – $115k

Research Associate

13d

University of Manchester

OnsiteManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Scientist 3 – Translational Medicine – OMNI – Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Genentech

HybridSouth San Francisco, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$100k – $186k

Scientist 2, Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology

10d

Genentech

HybridSouth San Francisco, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$86k – $159k

Process Development Associate Scientist

12d

Amgen

HybridThousand Oaks, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$90k – $122k

Postdoctoral Researcher - Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

2mo

Syracuse University

HybridSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Biochemistry on this page include Genentech, Washington University in St. Louis, and Merck. Biochemistry roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Biochemistry is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Biochemistry roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Biochemistry across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Biochemistry hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Biochemistry roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Biochemistry candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Biochemistry on current listings.