Updated May 25, 2026

142 open positions

Observability Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 142+ observability jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and flexible hours—full pay and a better work-life balance. 21 new this week.

Hiring companies include Spotify, Cribl, and GitLab. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, flexible hours, and generous PTO.

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Senior Software Engineer, Cloud

Redpanda

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

Spotify

HybridNew York, USA

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Software Engineer I, Member Growth, Care Guide Experience

24d

Spring Health

HybridNew York, USA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Senior DevOps Engineer I

24d

Spring Health

HybridSeattle, USA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Fullstack/Backend Engineer - Conversational Analytic

11d

Spotify

HybridStockholm, Sweden

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Data Plane

17d

Redpanda

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Solutions Architect, Commercial

1mo

Temporal

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k - $250k

Senior Software Engineer

1mo

Twilio

HybridDublin, Ireland

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Engineer, Compass

15d

Rocket Money

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$150k - $185k

Senior Full Stack Engineer, Compass

15d

Rocket Money

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$150k - $185k

Software Development Engineer - Credential API

15d

ID.me

HybridMountain View, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Site Reliability Engineer - Platform Infrastructure Engineering

15d

ID.me

HybridMountain View, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Data Engineering

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$148k - $222k

Senior AI Software Engineer

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridDublin, Ireland

5 day weekUnlimited PTO€92k - €138k

Lead Software Engineer, Reliability

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridDublin, Ireland

5 day weekUnlimited PTO€112k - €168k

Full Stack Engineer - Audiobooks

11d

Spotify

HybridStockholm or London

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Backend Engineer - Experimentation Platform

1mo

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Fullstack Engineer – Generative UI Platform

1mo

Spotify

HybridToronto, Canada

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Backend Engineer - Subscriptions

1mo

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Backend Engineer - Subscriptions

1mo

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

5 day weekGenerous 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 25, 2026

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Employers hiring for Observability on this page include Spotify, Cribl, and GitLab. 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 142 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Observability 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 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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