Updated May 24, 2026

24 open positions

Platform Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 24+ platform engineering jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and flexible hours—full pay and a better work-life balance. 1 new this week.

Hiring companies include Airbnb, DoiT, and Assured. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, flexible hours, and summer Fridays.

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Senior Quality Platform Engineer

Circle

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Platform Engineer

Phaidra

RemoteUSA or Canada

5 day weekVery Flexible

Platform Engineer - Compute

1mo

Feedzai

RemotePortugal

4 day week during Summer

Advanced Platform Engineer - Compute

1mo

Feedzai

RemotePortugal

4 day week during Summer

Solutions Engineer, PerfectScale

14d

DoiT

RemoteColombia

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Solutions Engineer, PerfectScale

14d

DoiT

RemoteSweden

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Unified Data Store

25d

Airbnb

RemoteBrazil

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Software Engineer, Quality Platform

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible$191k - $223k

Staff AI Platform Engineer, Corporate AI Systems

1mo

Cribl

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$169k - $250k

MLOps Platform Engineer

1mo

dv01

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$70k - $80k

Senior Software Engineer - AI Engineering

1mo

Mercury

RemoteCanada or USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$167k - $219k

Staff Software Engineer, Platform

15d

Assured

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Application Platform Engineer (DX)

15d

Assured

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Site Reliability Engineer - AI & ML Infrastructure

15d

Deepgram

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer (L3) Infrastructure

1mo

Twilio

RemoteCanada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$133k - $166k

Software Engineer - Infrastructure

1mo

Modern Treasury

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

15d

Greenlight

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior AI Engineer

24d

AWIN

HybridAmsterdam +8 more

4 day week (100% pay)

Senior Software Engineer - Payments

1mo

Airbnb

HybridBangalore, India

5 day weekVery Flexible

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How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: May 24, 2026

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Employers hiring for Platform Engineering on this page include Airbnb, DoiT, and Assured. 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 24 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. 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 the specific 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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