Updated July 13, 2026

20 open positions

Build Systems Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ build systems jobs at companies offering best places to work and generous parental leave—full pay and a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Thumbtack, Samsara, and Anthropic.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Senior Product Manager, Developer Productivity

1mo

Webflow

RemoteUSA or Canada

63 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$139k - $225k

Software Engineer, Dev Velocity

18d

Render

RemoteUSA or Canada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Group Product Manager, Developer Infrastructure

24d

Coinbase

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Engineering Manager, Platform

1mo

Render

RemoteUSA or Canada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

1mo

Thumbtack

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

1mo

Thumbtack

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Productivity Engineering

1mo

Thumbtack

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)

1mo

Affirm

RemoteCanada

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)

1mo

Affirm

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Platform

1mo

Samsara

RemoteCanada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Platform

1mo

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Next.js

2mo

Vercel

HybridSan Francisco, USA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$208k - $312k

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

2mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Engineering Manager II - Internationalization

25d

Toast

HybridDublin, Ireland

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Product Manager, Developer Productivity

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco or New York City

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Build Systems on this page include Thumbtack, Samsara, and Anthropic. Build Systems 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 Build Systems is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Build Systems roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Build Systems 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 — Build Systems 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. Build Systems 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 Build Systems 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 Build Systems on current listings.