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Java Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 1,470+ java jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 246 new this week. Hiring companies include MongoDB, Elastic, and ServiceNow.

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9-day fortnights 33
generous PTO 57
unlimited PTO 292
best places to work 826
generous parental leave 154

Updated September 19, 2026

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Sr. Staff Engineer - Global Payment Network

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro · early access

Staff AI Engineer

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro · early access

Staff Engineer

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro · early access

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IT-Tolling/Traffic Technical Director

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Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$148k – $267k

Software Engineer

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Greenhouse Software · Remote · Ontario, Canada

63 · GoodBest Place to Work$106k – $132kPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer

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Greenhouse Software · Remote · Ontario, Canada

63 · GoodBest Place to Work$129k – $165kPro · early access

Senior Staff Software Engineer

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11h

Webflow · Remote · USA or Canada

63 · GoodBest Place to Work$205k – $290kPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer I (CAN_2026)

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Greenhouse Software · Remote · Ontario, Canada

63 · GoodBest Place to Work$118k – $165kPro · early access

Senior Software Developer (Go) - US Payments

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Form3 · Remote · Ontario, Canada

92 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

1mo

Form3 · Remote · UK

92 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Software Engineer (Go) - AI Resilience & Security Enhancements

2mo

Form3 · Remote · London, UK

92 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

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Elastic · Remote · UK

62 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer, Tech Foundations

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Airbnb · Remote · San Francisco, CA, USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$196k – $227kPro · early access

Software Engineer Intern

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Twilio · Remote · Bengaluru, Karnataka +4 more

61 · GoodUnlimited PTOPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer, Devices

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JumpCloud · Remote · Turkey or India

62 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Devices Software Engineer - Türkiye

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JumpCloud · Remote · Turkey

62 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

ABAD Systems Engineer

Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$112k – $196k

Android Developer

3mo

Troido · Remote · Düsseldorf, Germany

90 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Staff Software Engineer II

2mo

Signifyd · Remote · USA

89 · Excellent4 Day Work Week$190k – $225k

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

2mo

Signifyd · Remote · USA

89 · Excellent4 Day Work Week$150k – $190k

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

Java roles span the full seniority range — we list 1470 open roles requiring Java 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 — Java 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. Java 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 Java 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 Java on current listings.

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