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Reinforcement Learning Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 81+ reinforcement learning jobs at companies offering generous PTO and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Pinterest, and Fin.

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flexible hours 5
unlimited PTO 25
best places to work 14
generous parental leave 21

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Senior AI Research Scientist (Model-based RL)

NEW

Phaidra · Remote · UK

65 · GoodFlexible Hours£85k – £132kPro · early access

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Price Modeling

1mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$196k – $227k

Research Scientist - Generative Audio

1mo

Spotify · Remote · USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$133k – $190k

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Customer Support Engineering

2mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$196k – $227k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Post Training

3mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$248k – $310k

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

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Content Shopping

2mo

Pinterest · Remote · Toronto, ON, Canada

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Research Staff, LLMs

3mo

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $250k

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering

4mo

Pinterest · Remote · San Francisco, CA, USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$190k – $332k

Machine Learning Engineer II, Core Engineering

4mo

Pinterest · Remote · Toronto, ON, Canada

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$171k – $221k

Principal Applied Machine Learning Scientist

1mo

Omada Health · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$235k – $338k

Research Scientist, Simulation Agents

1mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $269k

Research Scientist, Learnable Planner

1mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $269k

Research Engineer, Learnable Planner (Integration)

1mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$159k – $296k

Anthropic Fellows Program, ML Systems & Reinforcement Learning

2mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$3,850/wk

Anthropic Fellows Program

2mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$3,850/wk

Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering

4mo

Pinterest · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$139k – $286k

Team Lead, AI Behavior Systems

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Forward-Deployed Data Scientist

NEW

Braze · Hybrid · Tokyo, Japan

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

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Employers hiring for Reinforcement Learning on this page include Anthropic, Pinterest, and Fin. Reinforcement Learning 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 Reinforcement Learning is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Reinforcement Learning roles span the full seniority range — we list 81 open roles requiring Reinforcement Learning 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 — Reinforcement Learning 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. Reinforcement Learning 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 Reinforcement Learning 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 Reinforcement Learning on current listings.

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Browse 81+ reinforcement learning jobs at companies offering generous PTO and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Pinterest, and Fin.

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