Updated July 4, 2026

28 open positions

Real-time systems Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 28+ real time systems jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—full pay and a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include Netflix, Samsara, and L3Harris Technologies.

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Senior Software Engineer - Dialer Team

1mo

Orum

RemoteUSA

68 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Lead Engineer

29d

Canary Technologies

RemoteUSA

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Senior Software Engineer - Video Signalling

2mo

Twilio

RemoteIreland

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Routing

19d

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior AI Engineer, Voice Platform

1mo

ClickUp

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Engineer, Collaboration Platforms

1mo

ClickUp

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Software Engineer - Sustainability

1mo

Samsara

RemoteUK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr Staff / Staff Applied Scientist

1mo

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

C++ Developer - Robotics

Meritis

OnsiteMontpellier, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Embedded Flight Software Engineer 2

United Launch Alliance

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Product Manager, Voice

10d

Sierra

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Software (Sensors)

11d

Waabi

HybridSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$155k - $249k

Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

25d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteAnaheim, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Director, ML Research Science (Adtech / Recommender Systems)

23d

Cognitiv

HybridSan Mateo, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Platform (React Native)

1mo

Front

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekFlex Fridays

Embedded OS Architect

1mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco or Bellevue

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk

1mo

Rain

HybridNew York, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer 5 - Ads Eventing

1mo

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Engineer 5 - Ads Inventory Management & Forecasting

1mo

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

1mo

Netflix

HybridLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$280k - $400k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - AI Effects and Editing

18d

Canva

HybridBeijing, China

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

1mo

Cambridge Mobile Telematics

HybridCambridge, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior C++ Software Engineer - Global Voice

1mo

Five9

HybridBengaluru, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer II, BrazeAI Operator

1mo

Braze

HybridSão Paulo, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Distributed Systems Engineer 6 - Decisioning & Optimization

1mo

Netflix

HybridNew York, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Engineer 5 - Ads Platform Engineering

2mo

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer - Sustainability

1mo

Samsara

HybridLondon, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Real Time Systems on this page include Netflix, Samsara, and L3Harris Technologies. Real Time Systems 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 Real Time Systems is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Real Time Systems roles span the full seniority range — we list 28 open roles requiring Real Time Systems 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 — Real Time Systems 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. Real Time Systems 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 Real Time Systems 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 Real Time Systems on current listings.