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Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 68+ optimization jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks (80% pay) and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 18 new this week. Hiring companies include Ubisoft Montreal, Kinaxis, and Taboola.

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4-day weeks (80% pay) 8
9-day fortnights 6
generous PTO 5
unlimited PTO 18
best places to work 11

Updated August 23, 2026

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Distinguished AI Engineer

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$210k· reduced weekPro · early access

Senior Gameplay Engineer

3mo

Bulkhead · Remote · Derby, England, UK

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Engineer II, Hydraulic Modeling & Optimization

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Phillips 66 · Remote · USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$114k – $140k

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Engineer III, Hydraulic Modeling & Optimization

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Phillips 66 · Remote · USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$128k – $156k

Senior Paid Social Manager

Zeta Global · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$60k – $98k

Senior Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$133k – $211k

Senior Software Developer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€80k – €127k

Data Center Supply Planning Lead

NEW

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer

11d

Hungryroot · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$170k – $210k

Senior Software Developer, Operations Research

17d

Kinaxis · Remote · Canada or USA

63 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

Staff Engineer, Inference Optimizations

1mo

DigitalOcean · Remote · Seattle, WA, USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$191k – $239k

Staff Engineer, Inference Optimizations

1mo

DigitalOcean · Remote · Seattle, WA, USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$191k – $239k

Staff Engineer, Inference Optimizations

1mo

DigitalOcean · Remote · Seattle, WA, USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$191k – $239k

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

1mo

runZero · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$160k – $190k

Applied Scientist, Pro Growth

2mo

Thumbtack · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$162k – $209k

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models (PhD / Graduate Co-op)

2mo

Block · Remote · Toronto, ON, Canada

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models (PhD / Graduate Co-op)

2mo

Block · Remote · California, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Data Engineering Analyst

12d

Experian · Remote · Brazil

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Data Scientist

2mo

Murmuration · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$183k

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Employers hiring for Optimization on this page include Ubisoft Montreal, Kinaxis, and Taboola. 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 61 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.

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Browse 68+ optimization jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks (80% pay) and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 18 new this week. Hiring companies include Ubisoft Montreal, Kinaxis, and Taboola.

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