Updated June 13, 2026

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Architecture Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 163+ architecture design jobs at companies offering best_place_to_work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 15 new this week.

Hiring companies include Toast, Okta, and Workato. Schedules on offer include best_place_to_work, unlimited PTO, and generous_parental_leave.

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Staff Engineer

15d

MongoDB

HybridGurugram, India

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Solutions Architect

15d

MongoDB

HybridMexico City or São Paulo

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Staff Software Engineer, Domains

15d

Squarespace

HybridAveiro, Portugal

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Staff Engineer, Frontend - Domains Growth

15d

Squarespace

HybridNew York City, USA

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Staff AI Engineer

1mo

Pattern

HybridPune, India

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Data Engineer

1mo

Pattern

HybridLehi, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied AI Architect, Industries

15d

Anthropic

HybridMunich, Germany

5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Principal Software Engineer

10d

DigitalOcean

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - AI Pod

Toast

HybridBerlin, Germany

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer II

11d

DigitalOcean

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Engineer (Managed Database Services)

11d

DigitalOcean

HybridSeattle, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Solutions Architect - SLED

11d

Elastic

HybridNew York City, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Architecte Solutions

11d

Meritis

OnsiteAix-en-Provence, France

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Développeur Senior Kotlin - KMP

11d

Meritis

OnsiteMontpellier, France

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Tech Lead Java

11d

Meritis

HybridSophia Antipolis, France

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Tech Lead - Software Engineering

12d

Toast

HybridDublin, Ireland

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Solutions Architect - Langfuse

1mo

ClickHouse

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

1mo

Airbnb

HybridBangalore, India

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Getaways)

12d

Workato

HybridBerlin +2 more

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Lead Frontend Engineer - Java & Open Source

12d

Version 1

OnsiteLondon +5 more

5 day weekBest Place to Work

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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 13, 2026

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

Architecture Design roles span the full seniority range — we list 163 open roles requiring Architecture 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 — Architecture 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. Architecture 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 Architecture 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 Architecture Design on current listings.

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