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Platform Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 112+ platform engineering jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include Myriad360, Experian, and Canva.

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generous PTO 7
flexible hours 8
unlimited PTO 34
best places to work 48
generous parental leave 5

Updated September 2, 2026

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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

1mo

Buffer · Remote · Worldwide

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week$165k – $213k

Senior QA Automation Developer – (Platform)

NEW

Upgrade · Remote · Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Senior DevOps Solutions Engineer

2mo

Kosli · Remote · Oslo, Norway

82 · Great4 Day Work Week (80%)

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Principal DevOps Solutions Engineer (Europe)

2mo

Kosli · Remote · UK

82 · Great4 Day Work Week (80%)

Staff AI Acceleration Engineer

Dave · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$208k – $289k

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Capacity) - Platform Infrastructure

Elastic · Remote · Portugal

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Capacity) - Platform Infrastructure

Elastic · Remote · Greece

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior AI Platform Engineer

14d

Oyster HR · Remote · Romania +6 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Engineer (Platform)

22d

Oyster HR · Remote · Kenya +4 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior DevEx Engineer

1mo

RevenueCat · Remote · USA or UK

65 · GoodFlexible Hours$230k

Lead AI Systems Engineer

25d

Benepass · Remote · USA

64 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings

2mo

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Staff Software Engineer, Unified Data Store

4mo

Airbnb · Remote · Brazil

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Staff Platform Engineer (EU)

14d

Ashby · Remote · Spain +13 more

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO€154k – €250k

Weekend Backend Engineer

18d

Sporty Group · Remote · Worldwide

63 · GoodFlexible Hours

Software Engineer - Engineering Productivity

2mo

Clover Health · Remote · USA

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Developer Experience Engineer

12d

Tulip Interfaces · Remote · Massachusetts, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$130k – $180k

Senior Platform Security Engineer

12d

Front · Remote · San Francisco, CA, USA

59 · GoodFlex Fridays$187k – $250k

Lead Data Platform Engineer (German Speaker)

2mo

saas.group · Remote · Europe

62 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

2mo

Thumbtack · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$179k – $232k

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Employers hiring for Platform Engineering on this page include Myriad360, Experian, and Canva. Platform 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 Platform Engineering is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Platform Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 112 open roles requiring Platform 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 — Platform 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. Platform 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 Platform 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 Platform Engineering on current listings.

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Platform Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 112+ platform engineering jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include Myriad360, Experian, and Canva.

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