Updated June 2, 2026

142 open positions

User Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 142+ 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

10d

PagerDuty

HybridToronto, Canada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Manager, International

10d

CarGurus

HybridDublin, Ireland

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Manager, Consumer Decision

10d

CarGurus

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work$100k - $125k

Product Manager, Consumer Mobile App

10d

CarGurus

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work$100k - $125k

Group Product Manager - Messaging

22d

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Product Manager, Relevance and Personalization

1mo

Airbnb

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Product Lead

21d

Canary Technologies

HybridNew York, USA

Rotating 4 day week$160k - $240k

Associate

13d

Clover Health

HybridNew York, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer, Member Growth

1mo

Spring Health

HybridSeattle, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer, Member Growth

1mo

Spring Health

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Lead Product Manager, AI Servicing

1mo

Spring Health

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer, Bee AI

19d

Bumble

HybridAustin, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Product Manager - Netflix Artist Experience

15d

Netflix

HybridLos Angeles, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior UX Designer

19d

Clozd

OnsiteLehi, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Researcher - Games

29d

Netflix

HybridLos Angeles, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer

1mo

Front

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Product Designer

1mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco +2 more

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Product Manager, Artists & Creators

1mo

Suno

OnsiteLos Angeles or New York City

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer, Growth

1mo

Rocket Money

HybridNew York +2 more

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer

1mo

ResortPass

HybridNew York, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k - $180k

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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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