Experimental Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$172k – $222k

Senior Data Scientist, Lifecycle

1mo

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $208k

Staff ML Engineer

1mo

Cloudbeds

RemoteEurope

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Applied Scientist, Pro Growth

2mo

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$162k – $209k

Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations

3mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$150k – $250k

Machine Learning Engineer

3mo

Liftoff

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$215k – $275k

Sr. Data Scientist II

1mo

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$155k – $185k

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Immunology

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Immunology

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Data Scientist / ML Engineer

22d

Flibco

HybridBascharage, Luxembourg

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

R&D Associate - Sensors and Electronics Group

OnsiteOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Silicon Photonics Characterisation and Design Engineer (EP-ESE-BE-2026-109-GRAP)

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Silicon Photonics Characterisation and Design Engineer (EP-ESE-BE-2026-109-GRAP)

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Research Associate - RNA Synthesis Platform Development

Sanofi

HybridWaltham, USA

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

Postdoctoral Associate - Chemistry

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

SEA Cryogenic Electron Microscopist

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$115k – $120k

Associate Director, Data Science

S&P Global

HybridGurugram, India

56 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Founding ML/Data Product Lead

2mo

Orum

HybridSan Francisco, USA

67 · GoodRotating 4 day week$225k – $275k

Research Scientist - Personalization

3mo

Spotify

HybridNew York City or Boston

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$133k – $190k

Optics Engineer

15d

Nu Quantum

OnsiteCambridge, UK

63 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Member of Technical Staff - ML Scientist, Japanese Multimodal

14d

Liquid AI

HybridTokyo, Japan

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Head of Sales Data Science & Analytics

16d

Gusto

HybridDenver +2 more

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$185k – $255k

Postdoctoral Associate

1mo

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Research Assistant

1mo

HybridWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Researcher - Soft Matter Physics

2mo

Syracuse University

HybridSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Scholar

2mo

HybridWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Experimental Scientist

15d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$210k – $250k

Principal Experimental Scientist - RF

15d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$230k – $270k

Senior Materials Chemist

15d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$200k – $236k

Data Scientist, Pricing

1mo

HybridSeattle, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

1mo

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

1mo

HybridSeattle, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$157k – $355k

Manager, Data Analytics

2mo

Headspace

HybridSanta Monica, USA

59 · Good5 day weekFlex Fridays$159k – $224k

Research Engineer

1mo

Waabi

Hybrid

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$122k – $215k

Integrated Marketing Lead - K:Service

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridBoston, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$124k – $186k

Senior Research Engineer - Video Agents

2mo

Canva

HybridSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$220k – $280k

Senior Data Scientist

2mo

Justworks

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$166k – $214k

Director, Marketing Analytics

15d

Okta

HybridBellevue +2 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$214k – $295k

Principal Reliability Scientist

27d

Graphcore

HybridAustin +3 more

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Data Scientist, Underwriting

1mo

Parafin

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $330k

Lead UX Researcher, Growth

1mo

Match Group

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$207k – $254k

Data Scientist, Mission Engineering

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr Principal Data Scientist

1mo

HybridBangalore, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Strategy & Analytics

2mo

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$119k – $163k

Manager of Marketing Analytics

2mo

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$113k – $165k

Director of Strategy & Analytics

2mo

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$147k – $203k

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Employers hiring for Experimental Design on this page include George Washington University, Helion, and Anthropic. Experimental Design 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 Experimental Design is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Experimental Design roles span the full seniority range — we list 70 open roles requiring Experimental Design 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 — Experimental Design 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. Experimental Design 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 Experimental Design 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 Experimental Design on current listings.

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Principal Statistician

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RemoteFrance +5 more

60 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Marketing Strategy and Analytics Manager

Twilio

RemoteIndia

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Data Scientist - Inference, Community Support

1mo

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RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$151k – $175k

Senior Data Scientist, Lifecycle

1mo

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$172k – $222k

Senior Data Scientist, Lifecycle

1mo

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $208k

Staff ML Engineer

1mo

Cloudbeds

RemoteEurope

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Applied Scientist, Pro Growth

2mo

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$162k – $209k

Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations

3mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$150k – $250k

Machine Learning Engineer

3mo

Liftoff

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$215k – $275k

Sr. Data Scientist II

1mo

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$155k – $185k

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Immunology

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Immunology

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Data Scientist / ML Engineer

22d

Flibco

HybridBascharage, Luxembourg

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

R&D Associate - Sensors and Electronics Group

OnsiteOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Silicon Photonics Characterisation and Design Engineer (EP-ESE-BE-2026-109-GRAP)

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Silicon Photonics Characterisation and Design Engineer (EP-ESE-BE-2026-109-GRAP)

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Research Associate - RNA Synthesis Platform Development

Sanofi

HybridWaltham, USA

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

Postdoctoral Associate - Chemistry

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

SEA Cryogenic Electron Microscopist

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$115k – $120k

Associate Director, Data Science

S&P Global

HybridGurugram, India

56 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Founding ML/Data Product Lead

2mo

Orum

HybridSan Francisco, USA

67 · GoodRotating 4 day week$225k – $275k

Research Scientist - Personalization

3mo

Spotify

HybridNew York City or Boston

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$133k – $190k

Optics Engineer

15d

Nu Quantum

OnsiteCambridge, UK

63 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Member of Technical Staff - ML Scientist, Japanese Multimodal

14d

Liquid AI

HybridTokyo, Japan

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Head of Sales Data Science & Analytics

16d

Gusto

HybridDenver +2 more

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$185k – $255k

Postdoctoral Associate

1mo

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Research Assistant

1mo

HybridWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Researcher - Soft Matter Physics

2mo

Syracuse University

HybridSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Scholar

2mo

HybridWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Experimental Scientist

15d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$210k – $250k

Principal Experimental Scientist - RF

15d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$230k – $270k

Senior Materials Chemist

15d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$200k – $236k

Data Scientist, Pricing

1mo

HybridSeattle, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

1mo

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

1mo

HybridSeattle, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$157k – $355k

Manager, Data Analytics

2mo

Headspace

HybridSanta Monica, USA

59 · Good5 day weekFlex Fridays$159k – $224k

Research Engineer

1mo

Waabi

Hybrid

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$122k – $215k

Integrated Marketing Lead - K:Service

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridBoston, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$124k – $186k

Senior Research Engineer - Video Agents

2mo

Canva

HybridSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$220k – $280k

Senior Data Scientist

2mo

Justworks

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$166k – $214k

Director, Marketing Analytics

15d

Okta

HybridBellevue +2 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$214k – $295k

Principal Reliability Scientist

27d

Graphcore

HybridAustin +3 more

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Data Scientist, Underwriting

1mo

Parafin

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $330k

Lead UX Researcher, Growth

1mo

Match Group

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$207k – $254k

Data Scientist, Mission Engineering

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr Principal Data Scientist

1mo

HybridBangalore, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Strategy & Analytics

2mo

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$119k – $163k

Manager of Marketing Analytics

2mo

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$113k – $165k

Director of Strategy & Analytics

2mo