Updated May 24, 2026

69 open positions

Operational Excellence Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 69+ operational excellence jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and flexible hours—full pay and a better work-life balance. 7 new this week.

Hiring companies include Confluent, Klaviyo, and Airbnb. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, flexible hours, and generous PTO.

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Admissions Advisor

1mo

Merit America

RemoteUSA

4 day week (100% pay)$65k

Senior Software Engineer

Canary Technologies

RemoteNorth America or South America

Rotating 4 day week

Manager, Technical Support

Twilio

RemoteColombia

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Customer Advocacy Director

10d

Spring Health

RemoteUSA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Regional Delivery Senior Manager

12d

Feedzai

RemoteBrazil

4 day week during Summer

VP, Enterprise Client Success

13d

Array

RemoteUSA or Canada

4 day week during Summer

Engineering Manager, Marketing Technology - Segmentation Platform & Insights Platform

10d

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Software Engineer II

11d

Confluent

RemoteIndia

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Systems Engineer

13d

Automattic

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible$120k - $180k

Metro Service Manager

25d

HopSkipDrive

RemoteUSA

4 day week during Summer

Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform)

15d

Phaidra

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Vice President of Engineering, DevOps Engineering

24d

GitLab

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Sr. Engineering Manager, Cloud

18d

Redpanda

RemoteUSA or Canada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$240k

Staff Software Engineer, Open Source Server

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$212k - $286k

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Global Services

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$212k - $286k

Vice President of Technical Services

15d

CaptivateIQ

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Staff Software Engineer

15d

CaptivateIQ

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Programs & Business Operations Lead, Airbnb Services

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible$204k - $249k

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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 24, 2026

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Employers hiring for Operational Excellence on this page include Confluent, Klaviyo, and Airbnb. Operational Excellence 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 Operational Excellence is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Operational Excellence roles span the full seniority range — we list 69 open roles requiring Operational Excellence 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 — Operational Excellence 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. Operational Excellence 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 Operational Excellence 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 Operational Excellence on current listings.

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