Updated July 3, 2026

20 open positions

Self-directed Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ self directed jobs at companies offering rotating 4-day weeks and summer Fridays—full pay and a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include Kinaxis, CARFAX, and Applus+.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Growth Technical Account Manager

PostHog

RemoteUSA

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Sales Development Representative

Wheelhouse

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Agents

1mo

RevenueCat

RemoteSpain

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Product Manager, Agents

1mo

RevenueCat

RemoteSpain

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Evangelist, Digital Marketing & Vibe Coding

1mo

Acquia

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Forward Deployed Engineer

Kinaxis

HybridChennai, India

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Forward Deployed Engineer I, Transformation

Kinaxis

HybridChennai, India

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Forward Deployed Engineer, Transformation

Kinaxis

HybridBangalore, India

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Data & Operations Assistant

Hachette UK

HybridLondon, UK

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

Business Development Representative

1mo

Sona

HybridNew York, USA

71 · Great5 day weekGenerous PTO

Field Sales Representative

1mo

CARFAX

HybridPittsburgh or Buffalo

67 · Good4 day week during Summer

Field Sales Representative

1mo

CARFAX

HybridTampa or Sarasota

67 · Good4 day week during Summer

Field Sales Representative

1mo

CARFAX

HybridPortland, USA

67 · Good4 day week during Summer

Senior AI Research Scientist

14d

Workato

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

IT Systems Administrator

27d

Tekmetric

HybridHouston, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

NDO Specialist Offshore

2mo

Applus+

OnsiteRotterdam, Netherlands

56 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

NDO Operator

2mo

Applus+

HybridHengelo, Netherlands

56 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO€3,400 - €4,400/mo

Sr. Test Engineer (Gasification R&D)

1mo

Arbor Energy

OnsiteSan Bernardino, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Forward Deployment Engineer, Agentic Solutions

Kinaxis

HybridChennai, India

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Forward Deployed Engineer, Transformation

Kinaxis

HybridBangalore, India

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Self Directed on this page include Kinaxis, CARFAX, and Applus+. Self Directed 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 Self Directed is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Self Directed roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Self Directed 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 — Self Directed 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. Self Directed 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 Self Directed 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 Self Directed on current listings.