Updated July 13, 2026

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Model Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 29+ model optimization jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—full pay and a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include ServiceNow, Waabi, and Cognitiv.

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Applied ML Engineer

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Embedded AI Engineer, On-Device Models

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

3mo

Loka

RemoteNorth Macedonia +2 more

74 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Machine Learning Engineer

2mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$170k - $212k

Defense / Edge Tech Lead

2mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

Flex

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior / Staff ML Training Optimization Engineer

20d

Waabi

RemoteUSA or Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$141k - $249k

Senior / Staff ML Onboard Optimization Engineer

20d

Waabi

RemoteUSA or Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$141k - $249k

Senior Research Engineer - Video

1mo

Canva

RemoteUK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior ML Engineer

1mo

Invoca

RemoteUSA or Canada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AI

1mo

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AI

1mo

Samsara

RemoteCanada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Research Staff, LLMs

2mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA or Canada

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations

2mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA or Canada

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

AI Researcher

Workato

HybridSingapore, Singapore

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

AI Architect

2mo

Dolby

HybridAtlanta, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior AI Engineer - LLMs and Finetuning

19d

9fin

HybridLondon, UK

70 · Great5 day weekVery Flexible

Director, ML Research Science (Adtech / Recommender Systems)

1mo

Cognitiv

HybridSan Mateo, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Research Scientist (AdTech/Recommendation Systems)

1mo

Cognitiv

HybridSan Mateo, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Creative Tech Researcher 5

1mo

Netflix

HybridLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

ML Model Serving Engineer

2mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied AI Scientist, Small Language Model and AI Training

2mo

Postman

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$75k - $95k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems

14d

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems

14d

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Research Engineer, World Models

20d

Waabi

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$155k - $269k

Applied Scientist II

21d

Qualtrics

HybridSeattle, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems

1mo

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems

1mo

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

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

Model Optimization roles span the full seniority range — we list 25 open roles requiring Model 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 — Model 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. Model 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 Model 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 Model Optimization on current listings.