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Cost Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ cost optimization jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include ZoomInfo, Coinbase, and Five9.

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4-day weeks 1
generous PTO 1
unlimited PTO 6
best places to work 9

Updated August 26, 2026

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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data

Zocdoc · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$235k – $300k

AI Operations Engineer

11d

ClickHouse · Remote · Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$170k – $250k

Group Product Manager, Core Infrastructure & Reliability

2mo

Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$244k – $287k

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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Cost Engineering)

26d

Affirm · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$181k – $241k

Software Architect (L6)

3mo

Twilio · Remote · India

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Lead Software Platform Engineer, MLOps

21d

TetraScience · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$200k – $270k

Lead Data Platform Engineer

3mo

Virtuous · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Enterprise Architect, Supply Chain & Corporate

NEW

17h

PVH Corp. · Hybrid · New York, USA

60 · GoodSummer Fridays$148k – $199kPro · early access

Sr Associate Sourcing- R&D cross category

NEW

18h

Amgen · Onsite · Hyderabad, India

59 · GoodGenerous PTOPro · early access

Senior DevOps Engineer

NEW

Gong · Hybrid · Tel Aviv, Israel

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Director of Procurement

4mo

Insomnia Cookies · Hybrid · Philadelphia, USA

79 · Great4 Day Work Week

Solution Architect, Data (GCP / AWS)

11d

Hedgehog Lab · Hybrid · Newcastle upon Tyne, England +4 more

72 · GreatFlexible Hours

Category Sr Manager- Global Distribution

Amgen · Hybrid · Hyderabad, India

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Operations Director, Drug Product, Substance

21d

Merck · Hybrid · Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Lead Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

20d

Klaviyo · Onsite · Boston, MA, USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$176k – $264k

Head of Procurement

27d

Version 1 · Hybrid · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodBest Place to Work€90k – €110k

Data Platforms Manager

1mo

Experian · Onsite · Hyderabad, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior DevOps Engineer

1mo

ZoomInfo · Hybrid · Toronto, ON, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Industrial Engineer

2mo

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$110k – $160k

Senior AI/ML Ops Engineer

2mo

Smartsheet · Hybrid · Bangalore, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Employers hiring for Cost Optimization on this page include ZoomInfo, Coinbase, and Five9. Cost Optimization 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 Cost Optimization is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Cost Optimization roles span the full seniority range — we list 17 open roles requiring Cost Optimization 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 — Cost Optimization 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. Cost Optimization 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 Cost Optimization 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 Cost Optimization on current listings.