Updated July 21, 2026

20 open positions

Subject Matter Expertise Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ subject matter expertise jobs at companies offering best places to work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Esri, Experian, and Grafana Labs.

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New This Week

10+

Companies

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Senior Field Engineer

Grafana Labs

RemoteNetherlands

72 · Great5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Field Engineer

Grafana Labs

RemoteGermany

72 · Great5 day weekGenerous PTO

HEOR Modeling Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

RemoteCanada

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Staff Content Designer, Investing

Wealthsimple

RemoteCanada or USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Curriculum Developer, 12 Month Contract (Primary/Elementary)

Canva

RemotePhilippines

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Copywriter, AI & Category Narrative

Assured

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Product SME – Auto Claims

Assured

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Systems Engineer

22d

L3Harris Technologies

HybridFremantle, Australia

63 · Good9 day fortnight

GIS Solution Engineer - Defense

12d

Esri

HybridVienna, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Solutions Consultant (Accounting Experience)

1mo

FloQast

HybridLondon, UK

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Solutions Architect

1mo

SecurityScorecard

HybridAustin, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Solutions Architect

18d

Procore

HybridAustin, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$90k – $124k

Senior Consultant, Billing

28d

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr. GIS Solution Engineer - Logistics

1mo

Esri

HybridVienna, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Manager - Telecommunications

1mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$119k – $199k

Key Account Manager - FSI - Data Quality

1mo

Experian

HybridNorth Sydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Data Scientist

1mo

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Business Assurance Adviser

15d

St. James's Place

HybridCirencester +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

GIS Industry Solutions Manager, Nonprofit

1mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$119k – $199k

GIS Industry Solutions Manager - Forestry

1mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$119k – $199k

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Employers hiring for Subject Matter Expertise on this page include Esri, Experian, and Grafana Labs. Subject Matter Expertise 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 Subject Matter Expertise is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Subject Matter Expertise roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Subject Matter Expertise 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 — Subject Matter Expertise 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. Subject Matter Expertise 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 Subject Matter Expertise 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 Subject Matter Expertise on current listings.