Updated July 23, 2026

32 open positions

Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 32+ optimization jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and 4-day weeks (80% pay)—full pay and a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include Ubisoft Montreal, Airbnb, and George Washington University.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Senior Gameplay Engineer

2mo

Bulkhead

RemoteUK

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Engineering Manager - Forecasting & Scheduling

Assembled

RemoteUSA or Canada

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer In Bayesian, Large Foundational Systems, and Distributional Reinforcement Learning

2mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Trust

3mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$244k – $305k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Platform Engineering

3mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$244k – $305k

Senior Algorithm Developer – Production Scheduling

29d

Kinaxis

RemoteCanada

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Digital Marketing & Analytics Specialist

29d

Kinaxis

RemoteCanada

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Applied Scientist, Pro Growth

1mo

Thumbtack

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Paid Social Manager

1mo

Wpromote

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$70k – $85k

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

1mo

Block

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Manager, Operations

18d

Monzo

RemoteUK

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave£113k – £145k

3D Character Modeler

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Principal Technical Artist (Unreal)

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Programmatic Specialist

29d

IIH Nordic

OnsiteCopenhagen, Denmark

90 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Algorithm Engineer (RTB)

23h

Taboola

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Gameplay Engineer

2mo

Bulkhead

OnsiteDerby, UK

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Postdoctoral Associate

George Washington University

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Technical Designer

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Amgen

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Lead AI/ML Engineer

84.51°

HybridCincinnati or Chicago

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Space Enterprise Optimization Analyst

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Postdoctoral Associate

George Washington University

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Software Engineer - Motion Planning

Latitude AI

HybridPittsburgh +2 more

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Algorithm Engineer (RTB)

Taboola

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

R&D Team Leader, Algorithms (RTB)

Taboola

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Engineering Manager - Forecasting & Scheduling

Assembled

OnsiteSan Francisco or New York City

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Nonproliferation Data Scientist

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Space Enterprise Optimization Specialist

1mo

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

1mo

Block

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Programmatic Ads

2mo

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Scientist, Learnable Planner

1mo

Waabi

HybridToronto +3 more

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$158k – $269k

Research Engineer, Learnable Planner (Integration)

1mo

Waabi

Hybrid

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$159k – $296k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

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

Optimization roles span the full seniority range — we list 31 open roles requiring 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 — 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. 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 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 Optimization on current listings.