Updated May 20, 2026

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JAX Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 25+ jax jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and generous PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 3 new this week.

Hiring companies include Thinking Machines Lab, Spotify, and CHAOS Industries. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, generous PTO, and flex Fridays.

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Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations

10d

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Music

21d

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$184k - $263k

Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Music

21d

Spotify

RemoteUK

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

28d

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO

AI Architect

18d

Dolby

HybridAtlanta, USA

9 day fortnight

Radar R&D and Production Software Engineer

10d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteHawthorne, USA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Principal Software Engineer

10d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteHawthorne, USA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Software Engineer

10d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteHawthorne, USA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Research, Vision Expertise

Thinking Machines Lab

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research, Post-Training

Thinking Machines Lab

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Engineer - Computer Vision ML

10d

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer, Supercomputing

10d

Thinking Machines Lab

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$350k - $475k

Machine Learning Engineer

13d

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Scientist (L4) - Content & Conversation Modeling

20d

Netflix

HybridSeattle, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Member of Technical Staff, AI Agent Development Lead

28d

Postman

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$75k - $95k

Applied AI Scientist, Small Language Model and AI Training

28d

Postman

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$75k - $95k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Platform

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Research, Pre-Training Science

10d

Thinking Machines Lab

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research, Post-Training Data

10d

Thinking Machines Lab

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training Systems

10d

Thinking Machines Lab

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: May 20, 2026

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Employers hiring for Jax on this page include Thinking Machines Lab, Spotify, and CHAOS Industries. Jax 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 Jax is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Jax roles span the full seniority range — we list 25 open roles requiring Jax 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 — Jax 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Jax roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers. Specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and the specific 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 Jax 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 Jax on current listings.

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