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Python Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 4,268+ python jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 588 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, Esri, and Arista Networks.

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9-day fortnights 215
generous PTO 315
unlimited PTO 1,275
best places to work 1,740
generous parental leave 388

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Senior Backend Engineer - Backend Platform

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Close · Remote · USA

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$140k· reduced weekPro · early access

Senior Backend Engineer - CRM

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Close · Remote · USA

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$140k· reduced weekPro · early access

Data Scientist II

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Signifyd · Remote · London or Belfast, Northern Ireland

89 · Excellent4 Day Work WeekPro · early access

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Staff AI Engineer

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Staff Engineer, AI Compute

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Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~$271k· reduced week

Systems Engineer

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PDQ · Remote · USA

77 · Great4 Day Work WeekPro · early access

Staff AI Engineer - Enterprise Analysis Platform

Capital One · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Sr. Product Support Engineer

Thales · Remote · Texas, USA

89 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Software Engineer

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Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$112k – $196kPro · early access

DevOps Engineer

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Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$104k – $181kPro · early access

Data Engineering Intern

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Loka · Remote · Portugal

67 · GoodRotating 4 Day WeekPro · early access

Associate Cyber Vulnerability Researcher

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Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$64k – $111k

Data & Insights Engineer, Customer Solutions

DALTIX · Remote · Europe

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Analytics Engineer

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Merit America · Remote · USA

94 · Excellent4 Day Work Week$152k

Senior Software Engineer, Product

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RevenueCat · Remote · UK

65 · GoodFlexible Hours$230kPro · early access

Senior Backend Engineer

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RevenueCat · Remote · UK

65 · GoodFlexible Hours$230kPro · early access

Software Engineer – Support

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Close · Remote · USA

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Staff Data Scientist, Machine Learning

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JumpCloud · Remote · India

62 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Senior Analytics Engineer

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Prefect · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$154k – $222kPro · early access

Staff Platform Engineer

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Prefect · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$214k – $309kPro · early access

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Employers hiring for Python on this page include Anthropic, Esri, and Arista Networks. Python 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 Python is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Python roles span the full seniority range — we list 4279 open roles requiring Python 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 — Python 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. Python 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 Python 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 Python on current listings.

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