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Buildkite Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 73+ buildkite jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include Fivetran, Affirm, and Block.

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generous PTO 3
flexible hours 2
unlimited PTO 21
best places to work 44
generous parental leave 3

Updated August 29, 2026

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Software Engineer II

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Fivetran · Remote · Europe +2 more

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform

Chainguard · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$205k – $231k

Senior Web Automation Engineer, Quality Platform

4mo

Airbnb · Remote · Brazil

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

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Staff Web Automation Engineer, Quality Engineering

4mo

Airbnb · Remote · Brazil

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform

1mo

Chainguard · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$157k – $184k

Senior Java Engineer - Core/Infra - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$133k – $211k

Senior Java Developer - Core/Infra - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Platform - Guest App

1mo

Owner.com · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$190k – $220k

Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Platform - Guest App

1mo

Owner.com · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$190k – $220k

Staff Software Engineer, Customer Administration

1mo

Coinbase · Remote · India

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO₹9.4M

Software Engineer, Enterprise Apps

2mo

Coinbase · Remote · Brazil

62 · GoodUnlimited PTOR$343k

Senior Software Engineer (EAA)

4mo

Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$186k – $219k

Staff CIAM Software Engineer

17d

Affirm · Remote · USA

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$204k – $264k

Staff CIAM Software Engineer

17d

Affirm · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$181k – $241k

Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing

17d

Block · Remote · Bay Area, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$142k – $213k

Software Engineer

25d

Twilio · Remote · USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$171k – $226k

Software Engineer

25d

Twilio · Remote · USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$171k – $226k

Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

1mo

Twilio · Remote · USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$117k – $172k

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Lake Analytics Platform)

1mo

Affirm · Remote · Canada

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

Staff Android Software Engineer, Cash App Consumer Platform

2mo

Block · Remote · New York, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$264k – $395k

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

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

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Browse 73+ buildkite jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include Fivetran, Affirm, and Block.

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