Transformers Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteUK

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work£142k - £190k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

2mo

Loka

RemoteNorth Macedonia +2 more

74 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer In Reasoning, Planning, and Decision-making systems

1mo

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer In Bayesian, Large Foundational Systems, and Distributional Reinforcement Learning

1mo

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$210k - $260k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Scientist, Assets

28d

Webflow

RemoteUSA or Canada

63 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$205k - $290k

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemotePortugal

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

28d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer (EMEA)

1mo

RemoteFrance

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Research Staff, LLMs

1mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA or Canada

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Responsible AI – Applied Research Science

2mo

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$190k - $332k

Senior Research Engineer - Video

28d

Canva

RemoteUK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr Staff / Staff Applied Scientist

28d

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Vice President, Data Science

28d

Five9

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteSweden

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

22d

RemoteUK

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Platform

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$206k - $256k

Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Platform

28d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$232k - $310k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Underwriting)

28d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$200k - $275k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Underwriting)

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$178k - $228k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Fraud)

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$178k - $228k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Fraud)

28d

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$200k - $275k

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scientific Machine Learning

11h

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Research Scientist, AI & Workforce Intelligence

19d

Wonderlic

HybridVernon Hills, USA

88 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

NLP Architect

Nutanix

HybridSan Jose, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist)

Plaid

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied (Vision)

HybridSan Francisco or Boston

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Member of Technical Staff - Applied ML, RecSys

HybridBoston, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Research Scientist (AdTech/Recommendation Systems)

Cognitiv

HybridBellevue, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k - $210k

Algorithm and Applied AI Scientist (DSP)

1mo

HybridHaifa, Israel

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

AI Applied Scientist – Insights & Recommendations

1mo

HybridHaifa or Tel Aviv

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

AI/ML Applied Researcher – Insights & Recommendations

1mo

HybridHaifa or Tel Aviv

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Principal Product Manager, AI

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Director of Product, AI

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

AI Engineer

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Scientist

Waabi

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$158k - $269k

Applied Scientist AI/ML

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

HybridSeattle, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

HybridMiami, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Multimodal AI Researcher, Audio

2mo

Dolby

HybridAtlanta, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior Research Scientist

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Scientist

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Principal Applied Researcher

Adobe

HybridSan Jose, USA

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Ads)

1mo

Discord

HybridSan Francisco, USA

67 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$220k - $247k

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

Transformers roles span the full seniority range — we list 91 open roles requiring Transformers 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 — Transformers 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. Transformers 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 Transformers 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 Transformers on current listings.

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Repayment & Recovery)

RemoteUK

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work£142k - £190k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

2mo

Loka

RemoteNorth Macedonia +2 more

74 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer In Reasoning, Planning, and Decision-making systems

1mo

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer In Bayesian, Large Foundational Systems, and Distributional Reinforcement Learning

1mo

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$210k - $260k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Scientist, Assets

28d

Webflow

RemoteUSA or Canada

63 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$205k - $290k

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemotePortugal

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

28d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer (EMEA)

1mo

RemoteFrance

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Research Staff, LLMs

1mo

Deepgram

RemoteUSA or Canada

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Responsible AI – Applied Research Science

2mo

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$190k - $332k

Senior Research Engineer - Video

28d

Canva

RemoteUK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr Staff / Staff Applied Scientist

28d

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Vice President, Data Science

28d

Five9

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteSweden

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

14d

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Data Scientist - Agent Builder

22d

RemoteUK

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Platform

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$206k - $256k

Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Platform

28d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$232k - $310k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Underwriting)

28d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$200k - $275k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Underwriting)

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$178k - $228k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Fraud)

28d

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$178k - $228k

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Fraud)

28d

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$200k - $275k

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scientific Machine Learning

11h

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Research Scientist, AI & Workforce Intelligence

19d

Wonderlic

HybridVernon Hills, USA

88 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

NLP Architect

Nutanix

HybridSan Jose, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist)

Plaid

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied (Vision)

HybridSan Francisco or Boston

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Member of Technical Staff - Applied ML, RecSys

HybridBoston, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Research Scientist (AdTech/Recommendation Systems)

Cognitiv

HybridBellevue, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k - $210k

Algorithm and Applied AI Scientist (DSP)

1mo

HybridHaifa, Israel

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

AI Applied Scientist – Insights & Recommendations

1mo

HybridHaifa or Tel Aviv

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

AI/ML Applied Researcher – Insights & Recommendations

1mo

HybridHaifa or Tel Aviv

77 · GreatRotating 4 day week

Principal Product Manager, AI

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Director of Product, AI

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

AI Engineer

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Scientist

Waabi

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$158k - $269k

Applied Scientist AI/ML

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

HybridSeattle, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied Scientist AI/ML

HybridMiami, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Multimodal AI Researcher, Audio

2mo

Dolby

HybridAtlanta, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior Research Scientist

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Research Scientist