Updated August 13, 2026

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Software Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ software development jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include General Atomics, Merck, and MongoDB.

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10+

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Senior Asset Development Engineer

29d

Five9

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Developer - Beam Optics

CERN

HybridGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Product Owner Platform

1mo

Ecare

HybridEnschede, Netherlands

82 · Great4 day week100% pay€3,800 – €5,500/mo

Graduation Internship Software Development

2mo

AFAS Software

HybridLeusden, Netherlands

80 · Great4 day week100% pay

Associate Specialist, IT Emerging Talent Rotational (ETR) Program

Merck

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Software Engineer - AI Development

Merck

HybridRahway, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$87k – $137k

Software Engineer

Armada

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$118k – $130k

APPLICATION DEVELOPER I

Los Angeles County Public Works

HybridLos Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$87k – $111k

Senior Developer Experience Engineer

14d

9fin

HybridLondon, UK

70 · Great5 day weekVery Flexible

Java Talent

Accso

HybridDarmstadt, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€54k – €59k

Cloud Operations & Infrastructure Graduate

15d

AVEVA

HybridCambridge, UK

66 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Solution Architect Product & Technology

15d

Vena Solutions

Onsite

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work₹3.8M – ₹5.2M

Solution Architect – Product & Technology

15d

Vena Solutions

OnsitePune or Indore

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work₹3.8M – ₹5.2M

Manager, Engineering

15d

MongoDB

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Lead Data Platform Engineer

21d

Experian

HybridNottingham, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Microsoft .NET Consultant

2mo

Version 1

OnsiteBelfast, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Solutions Architecture

2mo

MongoDB

HybridMexico City, Mexico

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Software Development on this page include General Atomics, Merck, and MongoDB. Software Development 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 Software Development is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

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

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