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Reverse-engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 30+ reverse engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Elastic, Parsons Corporation, and Anthropic.

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4-day weeks (80% pay) 2
9-day fortnights 6
unlimited PTO 6
best places to work 10
generous parental leave 4

Updated September 12, 2026

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Senior Security Research Engineer, SONAR

NEW

Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€67k – €106k

Software Engineer – AWS

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LocalStack · Remote · Spain +3 more

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO€38k – €54k

Sr. Vulnerability Researcher (US)

VulnCheck · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Senior Security Research Engineer, SONAR

16d

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$133k – $253k

Senior Security Research Engineer

16d

Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€67k – €106k

Sr. Exploit Developer (US)

4mo

VulnCheck · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Sr. Exploit Developer

4mo

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 Security Research Engineer

16d

Elastic · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Senior Manager, Endpoint Protections

16d

Elastic · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$154k – $244k

Senior Manager, Endpoint Protections

16d

Elastic · Remote · Spain

62 · GoodBest Place to Work€80k – €127k

Senior Security Research Engineer, SONAR

17d

Elastic · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Senior Security Research Engineer

17d

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$133k – $211k

Senior Manager, Endpoint Protections

1mo

Elastic · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work$160k – $253k

Forensic Software Developer

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Quantico, VA, USA

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

Software Reverse Engineer

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Annapolis Junction, MD, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$104k – $181k

Intrusion Analysis Technical Lead

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Linthicum, MD, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$134k – $241k

Anti-Cheat Programmer (March of Giant)

3mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Anti-Cheat Programmer

3mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Compliance Engineer

3mo

Dolby · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

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

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Employers hiring for Reverse Engineering on this page include Elastic, Parsons Corporation, and Anthropic. 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 30 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.

Reverse-engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 30+ reverse engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Elastic, Parsons Corporation, and Anthropic.

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