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Observability Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 812+ observability jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 146 new this week. Hiring companies include Elastic, Grafana Labs, and ServiceNow.

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generous PTO 74
flexible hours 28
unlimited PTO 276
best places to work 363
generous parental leave 37

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$179k· reduced weekPro · early access

Staff AI Engineer

Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Staff Engineer

Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

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Senior Mobile Engineer - Instrumentation SDK (iOS)

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Grafana Labs · Remote · Spain

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€82k – €103kPro · early access

Senior Mobile Engineer - Instrumentation SDK (iOS)

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Grafana Labs · Remote · Ireland

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€104k – €130kPro · early access

Director, Solutions Engineering (East)

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Grafana Labs · Remote · USA

72 · GreatGenerous PTOPro · early access

Engineering Manager

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WorkMotion · Remote · Germany or Spain

65 · GoodFlexible Hours€60kPro · early access

Senior Backend Engineer - Backend Platform

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Close · Remote · USA

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$140k· reduced week

Senior Software Engineer (Repository)

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Chainguard · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$157k – $184kPro · early access

Enterprise Account Executive

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Honeycomb · Remote · Ireland

62 · GoodUnlimited PTOPro · early access

Enterprise Account Executive

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Honeycomb · Remote · UK

62 · GoodUnlimited PTOPro · early access

Principal Data Engineer

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Ledgebrook · Remote · USA +2 more

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $220kPro · early access

Senior Platform Engineer

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Luscii · Remote · Utrecht, Netherlands

92 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Senior Java Engineer - Elasticsearch

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Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€67k – €106kPro · early access

Principal Data Engineer

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Ledgebrook · Remote · USA +2 more

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $220kPro · early access

Senior Partner Solutions Architect (ASEAN)

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Elastic · Remote · Singapore, Singapore

62 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Senior Software Engineer II (AI Enablement)

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Aledade · Remote · USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTOPro · early access

Principal Data Engineer

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Ledgebrook · Remote · USA +2 more

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $220kPro · early access

Manager, Solutions Consulting

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New Relic · Remote · Illinois, USA

59 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Staff Engineer, Network Infrastructure

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DigitalOcean · Remote · Seattle, WA, USA

62 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

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

Observability roles span the full seniority range — we list 809 open roles requiring Observability 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 — Observability 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. Observability 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 Observability 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 Observability on current listings.

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