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Reverse-engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ reverse engineering jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks (80% pay) and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Parsons Corporation, Anthropic, and VulnCheck.

Schedules on this page

4-day weeks (80% pay) 2
9-day fortnights 7
unlimited PTO 3
best places to work 3
generous parental leave 4

Updated August 23, 2026

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Vulnerability Research / Reverse Engineer

Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$148k – $267k

Software Developer (TS/SCI)

Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$112k – $196k

Senior Manager, Endpoint Protections

12d

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Sr. Exploit Developer (US)

3mo

VulnCheck · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Sr. Exploit Developer

3mo

VulnCheck · Remote · Cheltenham, England, UK

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Principal Security Researcher - EDR (Windows)

1mo

Huntress · Remote · USA

60 · GoodBest Place to Work$200k – $230k

Senior Digital Network Analyst

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Centreville, VA, USA

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

Anti-Cheat Programmer (March of Giant)

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Anti-Cheat Programmer

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Software System Engineer

AV · Onsite · Annapolis Junction, MD, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$102k – $255k

Senior Compliance Engineer

3mo

Dolby · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$137k – $188k

Principal Engineer

25d

CDP · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTO£79k – £99k

Principal DSP Engineer

1mo

AV · Onsite · Leesburg, VA, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$154k – $234k

Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist

2mo

Geotab · Hybrid · Atlanta, GA, USA

61 · GoodFlexible Hours

Staff+ Researcher, Cybersecurity Products

11d

Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$405k – $485k

Associate Customer Application Engineer

1mo

Ivalua · Hybrid · Pune, Maharashtra, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Security Engineer - Incident Response

2mo

Squarespace · Hybrid · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave€70k – €108k

Offensive Hardware Security Engineer, Platform Security

1mo

Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Staff+ Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products

2mo

Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Lead Python Engineer / Developer

20d

iCapital · Hybrid · Stamford, CT, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$150k – $180k

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Employers hiring for Reverse Engineering on this page include Parsons Corporation, Anthropic, and VulnCheck. Reverse 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 Reverse Engineering is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Reverse Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Reverse 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 — Reverse 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. Reverse 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 Reverse 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 Reverse Engineering on current listings.