Updated July 4, 2026

24 open positions

Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 24+ optimization jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and 4-day weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. Hiring companies include Airbnb, Block, and Bulkhead.

Jobs

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Senior Gameplay Engineer

1mo

Bulkhead

RemoteUK

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Senior Algorithm Developer – Production Scheduling

Kinaxis

RemoteCanada

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Digital Marketing & Analytics Specialist

Kinaxis

RemoteCanada

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

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

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$210k - $260k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Platform Engineering

2mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

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

Paid Social Manager

1mo

Wpromote

RemoteUSA

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

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

24d

Block

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Ecosystem

1mo

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer

1mo

Omada Health

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Programmatic Specialist

IIH Nordic

OnsiteCopenhagen, Denmark

90 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning

10d

BBC

HybridSalford, UK

80 · GreatCompressed week£60k - £70k

Senior Gameplay Engineer

2mo

Bulkhead

OnsiteDerby, UK

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Senior Technical Designer

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Research Scientist, Learnable Planner

10d

Waabi

HybridToronto +3 more

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

Research Engineer, Learnable Planner (Integration)

10d

Waabi

Hybrid

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

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization, Rewards

1mo

Spotify

HybridNew York, USA

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$184k - $263k

R&D Staff - Applied Research for Mobility Systems

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Software Developer

24d

Geotab

HybridOakville +2 more

60 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Applied Scientist - B2B Data Science and Algorithms

19d

Zalando

HybridBerlin, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

24d

Block

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Programmatic Ads

1mo

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Field Marketing Manager

1mo

Contentsquare

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$80k

Aircraft Advanced Design Software Engineer

1mo

JetZero

OnsiteLong Beach, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Optimization on this page include Airbnb, Block, 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 24 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.