Updated June 2, 2026

162 open positions

User Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 162+ user research jobs at companies offering best_place_to_work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 94 new this week.

Hiring companies include Duolingo, Roblox, and Spotify. Schedules on offer include best_place_to_work, unlimited PTO, and generous PTO.

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Principal Product Designer, CoreX AI

1mo

Gusto

RemoteUSA or Canada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$204k - $280k

Group Product Manager I, Connections

19d

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Web Marketing Lead

1mo

Plaid

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Product Designer, Social Experiences

1mo

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$159k - $327k

Senior Product Manager, Website

27d

Greenlight

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Thumbtack

RemoteCanada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Thumbtack

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Designer, Marketplace

Thumbtack

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Designer, Marketplace

Thumbtack

RemoteCanada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior UX Designer - Central Technology

Behaviour

HybridMontreal, Canada

4 day week80% pay

Product Designer

12d

ElectraLink

HybridLondon or Nottingham

4 day week100% pay

Product Manager

1mo

Hutch

HybridLondon, UK

4 day week100% pay

Head of Strategic Audience Development

12d

BBC

HybridNew York, USA

4 day week100% pay$190k - $230k

Senior UX Designer

1mo

Behaviour

HybridMontreal, Canada

4 day week80% pay

User Research Team Lead

1mo

Behaviour

HybridMontreal, Canada

4 day week80% pay

Content Designer

15d

AWIN

HybridLondon or Warsaw

4 day week100% pay

Product Manager, Publishers

1mo

AWIN

HybridAmsterdam +2 more

4 day week100% pay

Senior Product Manager

New Relic

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Working Student UX Design

1mo

Lemonize

HybridUlm, Germany

4 day week100% pay

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How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: June 2, 2026

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

User Research roles span the full seniority range — we list 191 open roles requiring User 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 — User 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. User Research roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers. Specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and the specific 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 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 User Research on current listings.

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