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Performance Optimization Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ performance optimization jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks (80% pay) and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Ubisoft Montreal, and CapaCloud.

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4-day weeks (80% pay) 6
compressed weeks 3
unlimited PTO 2
best places to work 3
generous parental leave 4

Updated August 26, 2026

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Senior Software Engineer, Community Support Engineering (Frontend)

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$195k – $220k

AI Infrastructure / ML Engineer

3mo

CapaCloud · Remote · USA

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week$5,000 – $7,500/mo

AI Infrastructure / ML Engineer

3mo

CapaCloud · Remote · USA

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week$5,000 – $7,500/mo

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Distributed Systems / GPU Infrastructure Engineer

3mo

CapaCloud · Remote · Worldwide

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week$5,000 – $7,500/mo

Engineering Manager II, Media Rendering

22d

Pinterest · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$209k – $429k

Principal Systems Programmer

22d

Behaviour · Hybrid · Montreal, QC, Canada

87 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Engine Programmer - (March of Giants)

29d

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

3D Programming Team Lead (March of Giants)

1mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

3D Programming Team Lead (March of Giants)

1mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Software Engineering Manager

SoFi · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$289k – $318k

Senior Effects Engine Engineer

1mo

Canva · Hybrid · Beijing, China

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer

1mo

Procore · Onsite · Bangalore, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer - Triton

1mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Full Stack Engineer - Team Web

2mo

Fin · Hybrid · Dublin or London

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Full Stack Engineer - Team Web

2mo

Fin · Hybrid · London, UK

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Staff Software Engineer, Product Engineer

2mo

Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Staff Software Engineer, Inference

2mo

Anthropic · Hybrid · Dublin, Ireland

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave€295k – €355k

Research Engineer, Discovery

2mo

Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$350k – $850k

Senior Frontend Engineer

27d

Confido · Onsite · New York City, NY, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$200k – $280k

Senior Product Engineer

1mo

Tennr · Onsite · New York City, NY, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$190k – $215k

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

Performance Optimization roles span the full seniority range — we list 19 open roles requiring Performance Optimization 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 Optimization 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 Optimization 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 Optimization 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 Optimization on current listings.