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Performance Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 44+ performance engineering jobs at companies offering generous PTO and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 12 new this week. Hiring companies include ClickHouse, Grafana Labs, and Fivetran.

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unlimited PTO 5
best places to work 10
generous parental leave 3

Updated August 23, 2026

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Senior Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$133k – $211k

Senior Software Developer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€80k – €127k

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Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope

29d

Grafana Labs · Remote · UK

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope

29d

Grafana Labs · Remote · Sweden

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope

29d

Grafana Labs · Remote · Spain

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Platform Engineer: Storage

2mo

Railway · Remote · Worldwide

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

3mo

ClickHouse · Remote · Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$215k – $250k

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

3mo

ClickHouse · Remote · India or Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

3mo

ClickHouse · Remote · Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering

1mo

Pinterest · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$177k – $365k

Principal Software Engineer - Data Lakes

2mo

Fivetran · Remote · Germany

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · Greece

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€73k – €116k

Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$160k – $253k

Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch

Elastic · Remote · Poland

62 · GoodBest Place to Workzł 369k – zł 584k

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope

29d

Grafana Labs · Remote · Ireland

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope

29d

Grafana Labs · Remote · Germany

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Core Software Engineer (C++)

4mo

ClickHouse · Remote · Netherlands +2 more

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Core Software Engineer (C++)

4mo

ClickHouse · Remote · Germany +2 more

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Core Software Engineer (C++)

4mo

ClickHouse · Remote · USA or Sweden

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$141k – $208k

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

Performance Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 32 open roles requiring Performance Engineering 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 — Performance Engineering 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. Performance Engineering 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 Performance Engineering 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 Performance Engineering on current listings.

Performance Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 44+ performance engineering jobs at companies offering generous PTO and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 12 new this week. Hiring companies include ClickHouse, Grafana Labs, and Fivetran.

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