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Backend Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 73+ backend development jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include MongoDB, Experian, and Affirm.

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generous PTO 4
flexible hours 4
unlimited PTO 19
best places to work 32
generous parental leave 8

Updated September 23, 2026

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Senior Software Engineer, Devices

JumpCloud · Remote · Turkey or India

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Product Engineer

18d

Hospitable · Remote · Oregon, USA

73 · GreatGenerous PTO$124k – $154k

Senior Software Engineer

Cyberhaven · Remote · Bangalore, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Product Engineer

19d

SafetyWing · Remote · Worldwide

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Software Engineer, Assistance Engineering

3mo

Airbnb · Remote · San Francisco, CA, USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$196k – $227k

Senior Infra Engineer: Observability

3mo

Railway · Remote · Worldwide

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Staff Software Engineer, Assistance Engineering

5mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$204k – $255k

Software Engineer (L2), Identity

13d

Twilio · Remote · USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$106k – $156k

Senior Software Engineer, Devices - India

13d

JumpCloud · Remote · Delhi, Delhi +4 more

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer - AML

1mo

Feedzai · Remote · Portugal

63 · GoodSummer Fridays

LDAP Software Engineer

1mo

JumpCloud · Remote · India

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Enterprise Apps

3mo

Coinbase · Remote · Brazil

62 · GoodUnlimited PTOR$343k

Infrastructure Software Engineer

3mo

Dropbox · Remote · Poland

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform

5mo

Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$186k – $219k

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Card Ledger & Money Movement)

21d

Affirm · Remote · USA

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$173k – $233k

Software Engineer, Cash App Taxes

21d

Block · Remote · New York, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $270k

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Batch Infrastructure)

1mo

Affirm · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$153k – $213k

Software Engineer II, Backend (Collections)

2mo

Affirm · Remote · Spain

61 · GoodBest Place to Work€73k – €109k

Senior Software Developer, Post-Trade Management

13d

Wealthsimple · Remote · Canada

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$151k – $189k

Analista de Desenvolvimento de Software Sênior- Vaga Afirmativa para Pessoas Pretas e Pardas

14d

Experian · Remote · São Paulo, Brazil

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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

Backend Development roles span the full seniority range — we list 73 open roles requiring Backend Development 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 — Backend Development 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. Backend Development 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 Backend Development 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 Backend Development on current listings.

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Browse 73+ backend development jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include MongoDB, Experian, and Affirm.

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