Penetration Testing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$165k – $200k

Manager, Offensive Security

24d

Gainsight

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$160k – $200k

Staff Application Security Engineer

1mo

Upside

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$210k – $230k

AI Security Threat Hunter

26d

Wealthsimple

RemoteCanada

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$151k – $189k

Computer Security Architect

CERN

HybridGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 5k – CHF 6k

Network Security Engineer

Lightning AI

HybridSan Francisco or Seattle

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k – $220k

Security Engineer

Armada

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Security Governance Associate

Contentsquare

OnsiteParis, France

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

17d

Workday UK and Ireland

HybridDublin, Ireland

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO€84k – €126k

Senior Penetration Tester

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Security Engineer - AI Security

Canva

HybridSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Application Security Engineer

10d

HybridPetah Tikva, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist

2mo

Geotab

HybridAtlanta, USA

60 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Staff Application Security Engineer

1mo

Ironclad

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$170k – $190k

Principal Offensive Security Engineer

3mo

Postman

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $300k

Staff Offensive Security Engineer

2mo

HybridBengaluru, India

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Application Security Manager

15d

HybridMassy, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Penetration Tester

1mo

Sectigo

HybridChennai, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security

1mo

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security

1mo

OnsiteWashington, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Application Security Manager

1mo

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Application Security Engineer

1mo

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Product Security Engineer, Reviews

1mo

HybridBellevue +5 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $221k

Staff Product Security Engineer

1mo

HybridBellevue +4 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $247k

Sr. Application Security Engineer

1mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$94k – $158k

Senior Application Security Engineer

1mo

HybridMassy, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Security Engineer, Server

2mo

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Product Security Engineer, Server

2mo

HybridCork, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A

21d

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $485k

Red Team Engineer, Safeguards

21d

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products

2mo

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Penetration Testing on this page include Anthropic, Greenlight, and Experian. Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Penetration Testing roles span the full seniority range — we list 41 open roles requiring Penetration Testing 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 — Penetration Testing 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. Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing on current listings.

Senior Application Security Engineer

25d

Monarch Money

RemoteUSA or Canada

68 · GoodRotating 4 day week$180k – $215k

Senior Application Security Engineer

3mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA or Canada

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k – $225k

Vice President, Information Security

25d

Spring Health

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $289k

Software Engineer, Security

1mo

Render

RemoteUSA or Canada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$170k – $290k

Director, Information Technology & Security

2mo

Affirm

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$267k – $360k

Senior Web Security Engineer, Browser Platform

3mo

DuckDuckGo

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$179k

Staff Engineer - Offensive Security

23d

Twilio

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$156k – $229k

Staff Security Engineer

2mo

Assured

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$220k – $240k

Senior Application Security Engineer

1mo

Apollo.io

RemoteCanada or USA

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Product Security Engineer

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$165k – $200k

Manager, Offensive Security

24d

Gainsight

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$160k – $200k

Staff Application Security Engineer

1mo

Upside

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$210k – $230k

AI Security Threat Hunter

26d

Wealthsimple

RemoteCanada

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$151k – $189k

Computer Security Architect

CERN

HybridGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 5k – CHF 6k

Network Security Engineer

Lightning AI

HybridSan Francisco or Seattle

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k – $220k

Security Engineer

Armada

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Security Governance Associate

Contentsquare

OnsiteParis, France

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

17d

Workday UK and Ireland

HybridDublin, Ireland

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO€84k – €126k

Senior Penetration Tester

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Security Engineer - AI Security

Canva

HybridSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Application Security Engineer

10d

HybridPetah Tikva, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist

2mo

Geotab

HybridAtlanta, USA

60 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Staff Application Security Engineer

1mo

Ironclad

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$170k – $190k

Principal Offensive Security Engineer

3mo

Postman

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $300k

Staff Offensive Security Engineer

2mo

HybridBengaluru, India

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Application Security Manager

15d

HybridMassy, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Penetration Tester

1mo

Sectigo

HybridChennai, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security

1mo

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security

1mo

OnsiteWashington, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Application Security Manager

1mo

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Application Security Engineer

1mo

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Product Security Engineer, Reviews

1mo

HybridBellevue +5 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $221k

Staff Product Security Engineer

1mo

HybridBellevue +4 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $247k

Sr. Application Security Engineer

1mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$94k – $158k

Senior Application Security Engineer

1mo

HybridMassy, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Security Engineer, Server

2mo

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Product Security Engineer, Server

2mo

HybridCork, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A

21d

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $485k

Red Team Engineer, Safeguards

21d

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products

2mo