Updated August 4, 2026

21 open positions

Canvas Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ canvas jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 11 new this week. Hiring companies include Ohio State University, Arizona State University, and Rice University.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Senior Software Engineer II - Agentic Intelligence

Honeycomb

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$183k – $206k

TLSE Administrator (Assessment & Progression)

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Assistant Director of Academic Advising

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$58k – $62k

Assistant Director of Academic Advising for Athletics

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$60k – $62k

Manager of Student Success

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$78k – $89k

Program Director, Educational Enrichment

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Program Director, Scholarship Services

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Instructional Designer

Arizona State University

OnsitePhoenix, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$52k – $68k

Quality Assurance Engineer

Braven

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$92k – $101k

Coordinator Sr., Subject Area

Arizona State University

HybridTempe, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$48k

Program Manager

University of Pennsylvania

HybridPhiladelphia, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$59k – $72k

Sem Lecturer – Dept of Human Sciences

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Endpoint Management Administrator

10d

Arizona State University

OnsiteMesa or Tempe

61 · GoodCompressed week$66k – $82k

Staff Frontend Engineer - Photo Editing

12d

Canva

HybridSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Instructor and Academic Advisor (Chemistry)

2mo

Oregon State University

OnsiteCorvallis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Staff Application Security Engineer

2mo

FloQast

OnsitePune, India

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Head of Program Design

18d

Braven

HybridAtlanta +3 more

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sem Lecturer – Dept of Human Sciences / KN

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Sem Lecturer – Dept of Human Sciences/KN

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Instructional Designer

14d

Arizona State University

HybridScottsdale, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$70k

Senior Career Advisor, Fisher College of Business

29d

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$52k – $67k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Canvas on this page include Ohio State University, Arizona State University, and Rice University. Canvas 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 Canvas is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Canvas roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Canvas 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 — Canvas 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. Canvas 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 Canvas 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 Canvas on current listings.