User Empathy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteCanada or USA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$122k – $158k

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

1mo

RemoteCanada or USA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$167k – $208k

Staff Product Manager

16d

GoodParty.org

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$184k – $200k

Product Engineer

14d

Roboflow

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$165k – $195k

Sr. Product Manager, Core Saving Experience

14d

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$140k – $288k

Staff Product Manager, AI Safety

3mo

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$165k – $339k

Senior Software Engineer, Revenue

HybridSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$195k – $265k

Software Engineer, Pricing Lifecycle

HybridSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$170k – $220k

Senior Product Manager, Contractor Management

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Designer

2mo

Cabify

HybridMadrid, Spain

73 · GreatRotating 4 day week€50k – €74k

Staff Product Manager

OnsiteLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Senior Product Designer, Developer Success

1mo

Discord

HybridSan Francisco, USA

67 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$188k – $212k

Staff Product Manager

18d

HybridNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Director, Product Management - Monetization

23d

New Relic

HybridArlington +7 more

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$222k – $278k

Product Manager, Web Creation

1mo

OnsiteNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Senior/Staff Product Designer, AI

3mo

FloQast

HybridLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k – $246k

Senior UX Researcher - Okta Device Access

13d

Okta

HybridToronto, Canada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$118k – $162k

Product Manager, Time

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$131k – $169k

Effects Tool Engineer

1mo

Canva

OnsiteBeijing, China

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Manager, Partnerships

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

VP of Product Management, Trust & Safety

18d

Match Group

HybridWest Hollywood, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$300k – $335k

Product Manager Intern

1mo

Procore

HybridCairo, Egypt

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Manager, Growth

1mo

Fivetran

HybridOakland, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$215k – $269k

Design Analyst III

1mo

Experian

HybridSão Paulo, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Manager, Research

22d

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$305k – $385k

Research Product Manager, Model Behaviors

1mo

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$385k – $460k

Support Engineer

2mo

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$210k – $250k

Product Manager, Mobile Creation

1mo

OnsiteLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Group Product Manager, Advisor Channel

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior+ Software Engineer, Research Tools

2mo

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$300k – $405k

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridSingapore, Singapore

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridSingapore, Singapore

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridNew York City +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$131k – $210k

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridTokyo, Japan

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

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

User Empathy roles span the full seniority range — we list 36 open roles requiring User Empathy 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 — User Empathy 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. User Empathy 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 User Empathy 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 User Empathy on current listings.

Senior Product Manager

Acquia

RemoteCanada

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Manager - Platform

1mo

Tremendous

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$250k – $325k

Software Engineer - Product

1mo

RemoteCanada or USA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$122k – $158k

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

1mo

RemoteCanada or USA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$167k – $208k

Staff Product Manager

16d

GoodParty.org

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$184k – $200k

Product Engineer

14d

Roboflow

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$165k – $195k

Sr. Product Manager, Core Saving Experience

14d

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$140k – $288k

Staff Product Manager, AI Safety

3mo

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$165k – $339k

Senior Software Engineer, Revenue

HybridSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$195k – $265k

Software Engineer, Pricing Lifecycle

HybridSan Francisco, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$170k – $220k

Senior Product Manager, Contractor Management

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Designer

2mo

Cabify

HybridMadrid, Spain

73 · GreatRotating 4 day week€50k – €74k

Staff Product Manager

OnsiteLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Senior Product Designer, Developer Success

1mo

Discord

HybridSan Francisco, USA

67 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$188k – $212k

Staff Product Manager

18d

HybridNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Director, Product Management - Monetization

23d

New Relic

HybridArlington +7 more

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$222k – $278k

Product Manager, Web Creation

1mo

OnsiteNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Senior/Staff Product Designer, AI

3mo

FloQast

HybridLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k – $246k

Senior UX Researcher - Okta Device Access

13d

Okta

HybridToronto, Canada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$118k – $162k

Product Manager, Time

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$131k – $169k

Effects Tool Engineer

1mo

Canva

OnsiteBeijing, China

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Manager, Partnerships

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

VP of Product Management, Trust & Safety

18d

Match Group

HybridWest Hollywood, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$300k – $335k

Product Manager Intern

1mo

Procore

HybridCairo, Egypt

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Manager, Growth

1mo

Fivetran

HybridOakland, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$215k – $269k

Design Analyst III

1mo

Experian

HybridSão Paulo, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Manager, Research

22d

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$305k – $385k

Research Product Manager, Model Behaviors

1mo

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$385k – $460k

Support Engineer

2mo

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$210k – $250k

Product Manager, Mobile Creation

1mo

OnsiteLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $330k

Group Product Manager, Advisor Channel

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior+ Software Engineer, Research Tools

2mo

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$300k – $405k

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridSingapore, Singapore

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridSingapore, Singapore

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Product Support Specialist

2mo

HybridNew York City +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$131k – $210k

Product Support Specialist

2mo