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Software Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 40+ software development jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 10 new this week. Hiring companies include Experian, Intesa Sanpaolo, and iCapital.

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4-day weeks 6
generous PTO 5
unlimited PTO 4
best places to work 10
generous parental leave 2

Updated September 22, 2026

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Specialist IS Engineer

Amgen · Remote · Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$112k – $152k

Technical Consultant

13d

Adaptavist · Remote · Montreal, QC, Canada

68 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

21d

LocalStack · Remote · Spain +3 more

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO€42k – €78k

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Solutions Architect

4mo

Pulumi · Remote · San Francisco, USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$147k – $190k

Senior Consulting Engineer

21d

MongoDB · Remote · Florida, USA

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$123k – $242k

Senior Consulting Engineer

1mo

MongoDB · Remote · London, UK

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Director, AI Platform Engineering

1mo

Experian · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$185k – $334k

IT Audit Senior Manager

PCN · Hybrid · Frankfurt, Germany

89 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Software Engineer

Intesa Sanpaolo · Hybrid · Torino, Italy

83 · Great4 Day Work Week€36k

Software Engineer

Intesa Sanpaolo · Hybrid · Milano or Bologna

83 · Great4 Day Work Week€36k

Software Developer

Intesa Sanpaolo · Hybrid · Milano or Padova

83 · Great4 Day Work Week€36k

2027 Future Talent Program - IT Emerging Talent Rotational (ETR) Program

NEW

10h

Merck · Hybrid · Rahway, NJ +2 more

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$72k – $113kPro · early access

Software Developer

NEW

General Atomics · Onsite · Poway, CA, USA

58 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Software Engineer – MLOPS

2mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Product Owner Platform

3mo

Ecare · Hybrid · Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

82 · Great4 Day Work Week€3,800 – €5,500/mo

Graduation Internship Software Development

4mo

AFAS Software · Hybrid · Leusden, Netherlands

80 · Great4 Day Work Week

Software Engineer Intern 2026/2027

Arista Networks · Onsite · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Manager, Solutions Architecture

MongoDB · Hybrid · Singapore, Singapore

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Principal Research Scientist

ServiceNow · Hybrid · Montreal, QC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer

NATS · Hybrid · Whiteley, England or Prestwick

57 · GoodBest Place to Work£65k – £86k

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Employers hiring for Software Development on this page include Experian, Intesa Sanpaolo, and iCapital. 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 30 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.

Software Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 40+ software development jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 10 new this week. Hiring companies include Experian, Intesa Sanpaolo, and iCapital.

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