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Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 251+ research jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 81 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Syracuse University, and Canva.

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

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Middle East Humanitarian Appeal Evaluation Consultant

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British Red Cross · Remote · Lebanon

76 · GreatGenerous PTO

Chargeback Analyst

21d

Signifyd · Remote · Brazil

89 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Junior Software Developer

University of Chicago · Remote · Chicago, IL, USA

65 · GoodGenerous PTO

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Research Scientist

Pindrop · Remote · USA

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Account Coordinator

6mo

Corporate Ink · Remote · Boston, USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Startup Scouting & Ecosystem Operations Specialist

4mo

Lumikha · Remote · Philippines

84 · Great4 Day Work Week

R&D Assistant - Natural Gas Infrastructure Resilience

Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Remote · USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Researcher

GiveWell · Remote · USA

61 · GoodGenerous PTO

Sales Development Representative

25d

Grafana Labs · Remote · Germany

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior / Staff Research Engineer, Generative AI Deployment

10d

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO

STEM Fellow

Anthropic · Remote · San Francisco, CA, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$300k – $500k

Developer Marketer - Sales

16d

PostHog · Remote · USA

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Technical Content Writer (ERP Business)

5mo

rtCamp · Remote · Worldwide

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Technical Content Writer (B2B/Agency)

5mo

rtCamp · Remote · Worldwide

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Enterprise SaaS Content Writer

5mo

rtCamp · Remote · Worldwide

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization

1mo

Spotify · Remote · New York City, NY, USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$169k – $242k

Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization

1mo

Spotify · Remote · UK or Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Research Scientist - Generative Audio

3mo

Spotify · Remote · UK or Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Research Associate - Advanced Machining and Machine Tool Research Group

29d

Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Remote · USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

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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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Browse 251+ research jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 81 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Syracuse University, and Canva.

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