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Scala Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 151+ scala jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 20 new this week. Hiring companies include Experian, iCapital, and Airbnb.

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generous PTO 14
flexible hours 9
unlimited PTO 59
best places to work 55
generous parental leave 8

Updated September 18, 2026

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Data Engineer

Hivemind Technologies · Remote · Germany

96 · Excellent4 Day Work Week€63k – €85k

Senior Data Scientist

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Feedzai · Remote · Atlanta, GA, USA

63 · GoodSummer Fridays

Staff AI Engineer

17d

Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

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Staff AI Engineer - Enterprise Analysis Platform

20d

Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Phantom · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Lead Data Engineer (Brazil Based)

NEW

Experian · Remote · São Carlos, State of São Paulo, Brazil

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Staff Engineer - Databricks

NEW

Smartsheet · Remote · Bangalore, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Zeta Global · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $180k

Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

Elastic · Remote · Portugal

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

Elastic · Remote · Greece

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer II - Risk

Aledade · Remote · USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Staff Security Engineer - Data Security

Aledade · Remote · USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Samsara · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer

20d

Griffin · Remote · UK

69 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Security Engineer II - Application Security

16d

Aledade · Remote · USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Music Mission

22d

Spotify · Remote · New York, NY or Boston, MA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$227k – $325k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Trust

1mo

Airbnb · Remote · San Francisco, CA, USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$200k – $235k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Query Intelligence

2mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$200k – $235k

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings

2mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

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Employers hiring for Scala on this page include Experian, iCapital, and Airbnb. Scala 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 Scala is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Scala roles span the full seniority range — we list 152 open roles requiring Scala 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 — Scala 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. Scala 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 Scala 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 Scala on current listings.

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