Updated May 24, 2026

25 open positions

Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 25+ optimization jobs at companies offering generous PTO and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 5 new this week.

Hiring companies include Spotify, Airbnb, and Bulkhead. Schedules on offer include generous PTO, unlimited PTO, and 4-day weeks (80% pay).

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Senior Gameplay Engineer

13d

Bulkhead

RemoteUK

4 day week (100% pay)

Principal Engineer - Bayesian, Large Foundational Systems, and Distributional Reinforcement Learning

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Ecosystem

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$210k - $260k

OR Software Engineer

13d

Optimal Dynamics

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Operations Research Engineer

15d

Hungryroot

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Trust

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible$244k - $305k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Platform Engineering

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible$244k - $305k

Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization

18d

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$170k - $212k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUK

5 day weekGenerous PTO$227k - $325k

Senior Software Engineer

1mo

Omada Health

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$172k - $224k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$227k - $325k

Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$149k - $213k

Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$148k - $212k

Associate Technical Director, Animation

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

4 day week (80% pay)

Senior Gameplay Programmer

1mo

Behaviour

HybridMontreal, Canada

4 day week (80% pay)

Principal Technical Animator

1mo

Behaviour

HybridMontreal, Canada

4 day week (80% pay)

Senior Gameplay Engineer

26d

Bulkhead

OnsiteDerby, UK

4 day week (100% pay)

Senior Technical Designer

26d

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

4 day week (80% pay)

Flight Dynamics Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

9 day fortnight

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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 24, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Optimization on this page include Spotify, Airbnb, and Bulkhead. 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 25 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Optimization 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 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.

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