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Software Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ software development jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include MongoDB, Version 1, and Vena Solutions.

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4-day weeks 2
generous PTO 2
unlimited PTO 2
best places to work 7
generous parental leave 5

Updated September 2, 2026

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Senior Consulting Engineer

NEW

20h

MongoDB · Remote · Florida, USA

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$123k – $242kPro · early access

Senior Frontend Engineer

1mo

Roofr · Remote · Colombia

68 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

Senior Asset Development Engineer

1mo

Five9 · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Specialist, Software Engineering (AWS Cloud)

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Melbourne, FL, USA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Senior QA Engineer

NEW

Finastra · Hybrid · Pune, Maharashtra, India

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Software Development and Data Science Internships (Winter 2027)

NEW

Wealthsimple · Hybrid · Toronto, ON, Canada

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$74k – $90k

Graduation Internship Software Development

3mo

AFAS Software · Hybrid · Leusden, Netherlands

80 · Great4 Day Work Week

Manager, Solutions Architecture

MongoDB · Hybrid · London, UK

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

DevOps Engineer

15d

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Glasgow, UK

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

iCapital · Hybrid · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO

Cloud Operations & Infrastructure Graduate

1mo

AVEVA · Hybrid · Cambridge, UK

66 · GoodGenerous PTO

Software Developer - Beam Optics

23d

CERN · Hybrid · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Senior Delivery Manager

12d

Version 1 · Hybrid · London +5 more

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Delivery Manager

12d

Version 1 · Hybrid · London +5 more

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

AI Research Scientist

1mo

Merck · Hybrid · Singapore, Singapore

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Staff Technical Program Manager - Developer Experience

15d

Canva · Hybrid · Sydney, Australia

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Solution Architect Product & Technology

1mo

Vena Solutions · Onsite

58 · GoodBest Place to Work₹3.8M – ₹5.2M

Solution Architect – Product & Technology

1mo

Vena Solutions · Onsite · Pune, Maharashtra or Indore, Madhya Pradesh

58 · GoodBest Place to Work₹3.8M – ₹5.2M

Manager, Engineering

1mo

MongoDB · Hybrid · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Microsoft .NET Consultant

3mo

Version 1 · Onsite · Belfast, UK

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Software Development on this page include MongoDB, Version 1, and Vena Solutions. 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 21 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.