Performance Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€71k – €113k

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend - Coinbase Card team

Coinbase

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$186k – $219k

Senior Backend Engineer

12d

RevenueCat

RemoteUK

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$230k

Software Engineer II - Full Stack - Web Engineering

11d

RemotePortugal

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€47k – €74k

Software Engineer II - Full Stack - Web Engineering

11d

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€51k – €81k

Cloud Software Engineer - Observability Platform

3mo

ClickHouse

RemoteCanada

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Open Source Server

18d

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$176k – $238k

Senior Software Engineer, Compute (Temporal Cloud)

2mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$176k – $238k

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

3mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$212k – $286k

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

1mo

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k – $209k

Senior Product Design Engineer

16d

Virtuous

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Design Engineer

2mo

Polymarket

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $280k

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

RemoteAustralia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

RemoteAustralia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Design Systems

19d

RemoteUSA or Canada

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k – $270k

Senior Staff Engineer, Open Source Server

3mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$260k – $325k

Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

3mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$176k – $238k

Staff Software Engineers

Farther

HybridNew York, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Developer (Online services - player identity)

12d

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Senior Software Developer, Full Stack

Vena Solutions

OnsitePune, India

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Frontend Developer

2mo

Music Vine

HybridLeeds, UK

74 · Great9 day fortnight£40k – £45k

Senior Java Software Development Analyst

HybridBlumenau, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

iOS Engineer I - Subscriptions

17d

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Front End Developer

3mo

CyberNest

HybridLahore, Pakistan

63 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k – $209k

Software Engineer II, Web

1mo

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$139k – $189k

Principal Engineer, Online Systems

3mo

HybridSan Francisco or Palo Alto

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$285k – $500k

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

OnsiteSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr. Staff Engineer (Java Fullstack or Python, AI)

17d

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Design Systems

19d

OnsiteSan Francisco or New York City

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k – $270k

Software Engineer - Platform

19d

OnsiteNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$135k – $280k

Senior Software Engineer, Resilience

2mo

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$190k – $250k

Software Engineer, Resilience

2mo

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$130k – $220k

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

HybridSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

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

Performance roles span the full seniority range — we list 34 open roles requiring Performance 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 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 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 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 on current listings.

Software Engineer II - Full Stack - Web Engineering

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€71k – €113k

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend - Coinbase Card team

Coinbase

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$186k – $219k

Senior Backend Engineer

12d

RevenueCat

RemoteUK

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$230k

Software Engineer II - Full Stack - Web Engineering

11d

RemotePortugal

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€47k – €74k

Software Engineer II - Full Stack - Web Engineering

11d

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€51k – €81k

Cloud Software Engineer - Observability Platform

3mo

ClickHouse

RemoteCanada

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Open Source Server

18d

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$176k – $238k

Senior Software Engineer, Compute (Temporal Cloud)

2mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$176k – $238k

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

3mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$212k – $286k

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

1mo

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k – $209k

Senior Product Design Engineer

16d

Virtuous

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Design Engineer

2mo

Polymarket

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $280k

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

RemoteAustralia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

RemoteAustralia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Design Systems

19d

RemoteUSA or Canada

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k – $270k

Senior Staff Engineer, Open Source Server

3mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$260k – $325k

Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

3mo

RemoteUSA

63 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$176k – $238k

Staff Software Engineers

Farther

HybridNew York, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Developer (Online services - player identity)

12d

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Senior Software Developer, Full Stack

Vena Solutions

OnsitePune, India

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Frontend Developer

2mo

Music Vine

HybridLeeds, UK

74 · Great9 day fortnight£40k – £45k

Senior Java Software Development Analyst

HybridBlumenau, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

iOS Engineer I - Subscriptions

17d

Spotify

HybridLondon, UK

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Front End Developer

3mo

CyberNest

HybridLahore, Pakistan

63 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$144k – $209k

Software Engineer II, Web

1mo

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$139k – $189k

Principal Engineer, Online Systems

3mo

HybridSan Francisco or Palo Alto

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$285k – $500k

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d

OnsiteSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr. Staff Engineer (Java Fullstack or Python, AI)

17d

OnsiteHyderabad, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Design Systems

19d

OnsiteSan Francisco or New York City

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k – $270k

Software Engineer - Platform

19d

OnsiteNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$135k – $280k

Senior Software Engineer, Resilience

2mo

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$190k – $250k

Software Engineer, Resilience

2mo

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$130k – $220k

Staff Front End Engineer - Mobile Platform

19d