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API Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 487+ api design jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 54 new this week. Hiring companies include Okta, Workato, and ClickHouse.

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generous PTO 42
flexible hours 13
unlimited PTO 164
best places to work 207
generous parental leave 13

Updated August 23, 2026

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Senior Full Stack Engineer

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Hedgehog Lab · Remote · UK or Romania

72 · GreatFlexible HoursPro · early access

Laravel Developer

1mo

Steadfast Collective · Remote · UK

95 · Excellent4 Day Work Week£32k – £42k

Senior Backend Engineer – Communications

1mo

Close · Remote · USA

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$140k· reduced week

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Senior Software Engineer – Backend

4mo

Close · Remote · USA

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Go Developer - AI & ML

3mo

Civo · Remote · Worldwide

92 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Software Engineer, Payments

NEW

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$162k – $180kPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer (Platform - Access & Authorization)

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Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$186k – $219kPro · early access

Software Engineer II, Fullstack (App Experience)

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Affirm · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$133k – $183kPro · early access

Software Engineer II, Fullstack (App Experience)

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Affirm · Remote · USA

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$146k – $206kPro · early access

Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts

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Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$197k – $246kPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer (Authentication)

Pindrop · Remote · USA

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO$130k – $170k

Developer Experience Engineer

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Tulip Interfaces · Remote · Massachusetts, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$130k – $180k

Senior Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

SmarterDx · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$190k – $220k

Senior Product Engineer

3mo

Whering · Remote · UK

83 · Great4 Day Work Week£70k – £80k

Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Engineering

Zeta Global · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$225k – $240k

Lead Software Engineer, Identity

Zeta Global · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $200k

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Interop

Zocdoc · Remote · New York, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$201k – $304k

Senior Applied Research Scientist

ServiceNow · Remote · Montreal, QC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Engineering Manager - Analytics House

DoiT · Remote · Israel

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Revenue Engineering

Muck Rack · Remote · Ireland or Bulgaria

68 · GoodGenerous PTO€95k – €110k

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Employers hiring for Api Design on this page include Okta, Workato, and ClickHouse. Api Design 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 Api Design is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Api Design roles span the full seniority range — we list 465 open roles requiring Api Design 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 — Api Design 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. Api Design 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 Api Design 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 Api Design on current listings.

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