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Operations Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ operations research jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and rotating 4-day weeks—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include The Aerospace Corporation, Kinaxis, and Celonis.

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9-day fortnights 4
rotating 4-day weeks 3
unlimited PTO 4
best places to work 5
generous parental leave 2

Updated September 3, 2026

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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ServiceNow · Remote · Toronto, ON, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

ServiceNow · Remote · Toronto, ON, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Lead, Advanced Analytics, Community Support

20d

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$164k – $191k

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Senior Software Developer, Operations Research

28d

Kinaxis · Remote · Canada or USA

63 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Researcher

4mo

Technergetics · Remote · USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$75k – $150k

Data Center Supply Planning Lead

13d

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Lead Applied Value Engineer

1mo

Celonis · Remote · United Arab Emirates

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Machine Learning, Tech Lead

1mo

Monzo · Remote · UK

56 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave£113k – £145k

Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Specialist

NEW

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · Chantilly, VA or El Segundo, CA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Engineer

NEW

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA or Chantilly, VA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Applied Value Engineer

Celonis · Hybrid · London, UK

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Industrial Engineer

1mo

United Launch Alliance · Onsite · Decatur, AL, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Senior Solution Consultant (Optimization Specialist, Operation Research) - Supply Chain SaaS Solutions

14d

Kinaxis · Hybrid · Ottawa or Toronto

63 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

Cost Engineer/Senior Cost Engineer

1mo

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA +2 more

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Machine Learning/Operations Research Platform Engineer

1mo

Kinaxis · Hybrid · Ottawa, ON or Toronto, ON

63 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

Senior Staff Supply Chain Strategy Manager

12d

Checkr · Hybrid · Nashville, TN, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $186k

Network Analyst Product Engineer II - Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)

20d

Esri · Onsite · Redlands, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$80k – $133k

Operations Research Analyst, Mission Engineering

28d

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA or Washington, DC

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer - Forecasting & Scheduling

1mo

Assembled · Onsite · New York City, NY or San Francisco, CA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$135k – $280k

Operations Research Analyst, Mission Engineering

2mo

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA or Washington, DC

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Employers hiring for Operations Research on this page include The Aerospace Corporation, Kinaxis, and Celonis. Operations Research 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 Operations Research is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Operations Research roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Operations Research 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 — Operations Research 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. Operations Research 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 Operations Research 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 Operations Research on current listings.