Updated June 14, 2026

38 open positions

Architectural Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 38+ architectural design jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best_place_to_work—full pay and a better work-life balance. 1 new this week.

Hiring companies include DoiT, MongoDB, and Braze. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, best_place_to_work, and generous_parental_leave.

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Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure

2mo

Discord

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$400k - $450k

Senior Engineering Manager, Advanced Product Designer

11d

Guidewire

HybridToronto, Canada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Member of Technical Staff - 4

11d

Nutanix

HybridBangalore, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Systems Engineer

11d

Sectigo

HybridOttawa, Canada

5 day weekBest Place to Work$130k - $170k

Software Engineer, Deployment Infrastructure

2mo

Vercel

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k - $260k

Solution Architect (Microsoft .NET/Azure Cloud)

12d

Experian

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Toast IQ

12d

Toast

HybridToronto, Canada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Engineer - Pricing & Packaging

12d

Fin

HybridDublin, Ireland

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Architect - DevOps Group

12d

Gong

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Engineering Manager, Email

12d

Braze

HybridChicago, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Engineering Manager, Email

12d

Braze

HybridToronto, Canada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Hardware Engineer

2mo

General Dynamics UK

HybridHastings, UK

9 day fortnight£46k - £80k

Engineering Manager, Insights

18d

Postman

HybridBengaluru, India

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Engineering Manager, Workflows AI

1mo

Front

HybridParis, France

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Senior Software Engineer, Applications

1mo

FloQast

HybridSan Jose, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k - $216k

Technical Lead Manager, Migration

15d

MongoDB

HybridSydney, Australia

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Storage Layer Service

15d

MongoDB

HybridCork, Ireland

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Storage Layer Service

15d

MongoDB

HybridNew York, USA

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

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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 14, 2026

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

Architectural Design roles span the full seniority range — we list 38 open roles requiring Architectural 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 — Architectural 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Architectural Design 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 Architectural 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 Architectural Design on current listings.

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