Updated August 3, 2026

22 open positions

Linux internals Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ linux internals 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 MongoDB, Workato, and Okta.

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10+

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Senior / Staff Software Engineer (Observability / SRE)

1mo

Waabi

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$148k – $249k

Site Reliability Engineer (Deployments)

1mo

MongoDB

HybridBoston +6 more

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$127k – $249k

Site Reliability Engineer (Deployments)

1mo

MongoDB

HybridToronto, Canada

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$144k – $200k

Senior Diagnostics Software Engineer

1mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteSydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Security- GCP

2mo

Okta

HybridBengaluru, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Observability GCP

2mo

Okta

HybridBellevue +4 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$174k – $239k

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Core Infra, US)

2mo

Workato

HybridBoston +3 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$180k – $240k

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Core Infra)

2mo

Workato

HybridBarcelona or Madrid

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (AI Lab)

2mo

Workato

HybridSingapore, Singapore

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Storage Layer Services (SLS)

2mo

MongoDB

HybridCork or Dublin

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Security Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Security - Nodes & Sensors

2mo

Anthropic

HybridZürich, Switzerland

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Storage Layer Services (SLS)

2mo

MongoDB

HybridBoston +4 more

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$126k – $248k

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Fleet Management

2mo

MongoDB

HybridAustin +7 more

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$127k – $249k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

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

Linux Internals roles span the full seniority range — we list 22 open roles requiring Linux Internals 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 — Linux Internals 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. Linux Internals 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 Linux Internals 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 Linux Internals on current listings.