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Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 272+ research jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 58 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Syracuse University, and Canva.

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compressed weeks 59
generous PTO 26
unlimited PTO 52
best places to work 49
generous parental leave 35

Updated August 24, 2026

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Senior Energy Analyst

Ember · Remote · Japan

79 · GreatRotating 4 Day Week£42k – £50k

Partnerships Operations Manager

3mo

Simprints · Remote · UK

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week£45k

Media Monitoring Specialist

Muck Rack · Remote · Bulgaria

68 · GoodGenerous PTO€1,700 – €1,900/mo

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Sponsorship Sales Representative

Opal Group · Remote · USA

66 · GoodSummer Fridays$1,000/mo

Sponsorship Sales Representative

Opal Group · Remote · USA

66 · GoodSummer Fridays$1,000/mo

Account Coordinator

4mo

Corporate Ink · Remote · Boston, USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Senior AI Research Scientist (Model-based RL)

Phaidra · Remote · UK

65 · GoodFlexible Hours£85k – £132k

Startup Scouting & Ecosystem Operations Specialist

2mo

Lumikha · Remote · Philippines

84 · Great4 Day Work Week

Content Leader

4mo

Lumikha · Remote · Philippines

84 · Great4 Day Work Week

Research Scientist II (Video)

Pindrop · Remote · USA

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO$160k – $185k

Research Scientist II (Fraud)

Pindrop · Remote · USA

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO$160k – $185k

Senior Data Scientist, Data Flywheel

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$165k – $220k

Business Development Representative (Americas)

1mo

Oyster HR · Remote · USA

72 · GreatGenerous PTO$55k – $61k

Legal Counsel (Employment Products)

1mo

Oyster HR · Remote · Philippines +3 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Sales Development Representative

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · USA

72 · GreatGenerous PTO$81k – $84k

Legal Counsel (Employment Products)

1mo

Oyster HR · Remote · Philippines +3 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Technical Content Writer

11d

DoiT · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Technical Content Writer

11d

DoiT · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Community Energy Resilience Director

1mo

The Climate Center · Remote · California, USA

66 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Executive Assistant to CEO

1mo

Automattic · Remote · USA

65 · GoodFlexible Hours$95k – $195k

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

Research roles span the full seniority range — we list 279 open roles requiring Research 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 — Research 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. Research 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 Research 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 Research on current listings.

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Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 272+ research jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 58 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Syracuse University, and Canva.

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