Updated May 20, 2026

21 open positions

Lambda Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ lambda jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and summer Fridays—full pay and a better work-life balance. 2 new this week.

Hiring companies include ClickHouse, LTK, and Pattern. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, summer Fridays, and flex Fridays.

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Technical Support Engineer 2

19h

Twilio

RemoteColombia

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer, FinPlatform Backend

Flex

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

15d

Headspace

RemoteUSA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

15d

Headspace

RemoteUSA

5 day weekFlex Fridays$162k - $250k

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

11d

Polymarket

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

11d

Flex

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer, Data Platform

11d

Lattice

RemoteCanada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$90k - $120k

Cloud Platform Engineer - Control Plane

1mo

ClickHouse

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$185k - $252k

Cloud Platform Engineer - Control Plane

1mo

ClickHouse

RemoteNetherlands

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Sr Software Engineer, Search Federation

1mo

Cribl

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$175k - $210k

Senior Software Engineer, Go - LLM Team

1mo

AssemblyAI

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k - $240k

Senior Cloud Software Engineer

26d

Twilio

RemoteSpain

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer

28d

AWIN

HybridIași, Romania

4 day week (100% pay)

Staff Engineer - Full Stack MERN

1mo

Forbes Advisor

OnsiteChennai, India

Rotating 4 day week

Senior DevOps Engineer

EliseAI

OnsiteNew York City or San Francisco

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff AI Engineer

10d

Pattern

HybridPune, India

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Data Engineer

10d

Pattern

HybridLehi, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Engineer, Search

28d

Postman

HybridBengaluru, India

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: May 20, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Lambda on this page include ClickHouse, LTK, and Pattern. Lambda 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 Lambda is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Lambda roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Lambda 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 — Lambda 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Lambda roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers. Specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and the specific 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 Lambda 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 Lambda on current listings.

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