Updated August 14, 2026

17 open positions

Reverse-engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 17+ reverse engineering jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks (80% pay) and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, VulnCheck, and Ubisoft Montreal.

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10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Senior Manager, Endpoint Protections

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Lead, Security/Vulnerability Research Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

RemoteUSA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$117k – $251k

Sr. Exploit Developer (US)

3mo

VulnCheck

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior AI Engineer (Maryland, US)

3mo

VulnCheck

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Principal Security Researcher - EDR (Windows)

27d

Huntress

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$200k – $230k

Anti-Cheat Programmer (March of Giant)

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Anti-Cheat Programmer

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Staff+ Researcher, Cybersecurity Products

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Compliance Engineer

2mo

Dolby

HybridSan Francisco, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight$137k – $188k

Sr. Exploit Developer

3mo

VulnCheck

HybridCheltenham, UK

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist

2mo

Geotab

HybridAtlanta, USA

61 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Python Automation Engineer

11d

iCapital

OnsiteStamford, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$150k – $180k

Associate Customer Application Engineer

22d

Ivalua

HybridPune, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Security Engineer - Incident Response

1mo

Squarespace

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave€70k – €108k

Offensive Hardware Security Engineer, Platform Security

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Platform Security Engineer, OpenBMC

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Staff+ Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products

2mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Reverse Engineering on this page include Anthropic, VulnCheck, and Ubisoft Montreal. 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 19 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.