Updated July 14, 2026

22 open positions

Foundation Models Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ foundation models jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—full pay and a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Sigma Computing, Samsara, and Block.

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

Calendly

RemoteUSA

80 · Great5 day weekBest Place to Work

Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations

2mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA or Canada

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Distinguished Engineer

21d

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

1mo

Block

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI

1mo

Plaid

RemoteGermany

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior/Principal Product Manager - Safety AI

1mo

Samsara

RemoteCanada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior/Principal Product Manager - Safety AI

1mo

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

2mo

Brightbeam

HybridWaterford, Ireland

82 · Great4 day week100% pay€160k - €200k

Senior Software Engineer, AI

3mo

Forter

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

73 · GreatHalf day fridays

Senior Software AI Engineer

3mo

Forter

HybridLondon, UK

73 · GreatHalf day fridays

VP of Immersive AI Systems

1mo

Dolby

HybridSan Francisco or Sunnyvale

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Postdoctoral Scholar - AI in Earth and Environmental Sciences

25d

Syracuse University

OnsiteSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Director of Product - Platform

2mo

Ocrolus

HybridNew York, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$150k

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

1mo

Block

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff AI/ML Engineer

1mo

Sigma Computing

HybridNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$240k - $270k

Staff AI/ML Engineer

1mo

Sigma Computing

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$240k - $270k

Senior AI/ML Engineer

1mo

Sigma Computing

HybridNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$240k - $270k

Senior AI/ML Engineer

1mo

Sigma Computing

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$240k - $270k

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Employers hiring for Foundation Models on this page include Sigma Computing, Samsara, and Block. Foundation Models 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 Foundation Models is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Foundation Models roles span the full seniority range — we list 22 open roles requiring Foundation Models 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 — Foundation Models 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. Foundation Models 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 Foundation Models 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 Foundation Models on current listings.