Updated May 20, 2026

18 open positions

RDS Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 18+ rds jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and summer Fridays—full pay and a better work-life balance. 3 new this week.

Hiring companies include Flex, Klaviyo, and Genentech. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, summer Fridays, and flexible hours.

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Staff Software Engineer, FinPlatform Backend

Flex

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior SRE/DevOps Engineer

Metabase

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Software Engineer II, Core Platform

Flex

RemoteUSA +2 more

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Platform Operations Engineer

10d

Turquoise Health

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

11d

Polymarket

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

11d

Flex

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Backend Engineer (Golang), Software Supply Chain Security: Auth Infrastructure

1mo

GitLab

RemoteCanada

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Software Engineer, Go - LLM Team

1mo

AssemblyAI

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$180k - $240k

Machine Learning Engineer/Senior Machine Learning Engineer - DevOps, AI for Drug Discovery

Genentech

HybridNew York City, USA

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Machine Learning Engineer/Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Infra, AI for Drug Discovery

Genentech

HybridNew York City, USA

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior DevOps Engineer

EliseAI

OnsiteNew York City or San Francisco

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer

10d

Pattern

HybridPune, India

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer - Growth

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$148k - $222k

Software Engineer II - Billing

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$116k - $174k

Senior Software Engineer - Channel Processing

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$148k - $222k

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 20, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Rds on this page include Flex, Klaviyo, and Genentech. Rds 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 Rds is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Rds roles span the full seniority range — we list 18 open roles requiring Rds 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 — Rds 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. Rds 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 Rds 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 Rds on current listings.