Updated May 25, 2026

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Software Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 25+ software engineering jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and 4-day weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 2 new this week.

Hiring companies include Fractional AI, Confluent, and Spotify. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, 4-day weeks, and flexible hours.

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Engineering Manager

1mo

Ghost

RemoteUSA

4 day week (100% pay)$160k - $190k

Software Engineer II, L2 Integrations Team

1mo

CareMessage

RemoteUSA

Half day fridays

Staff Backend Engineer, GitLab Delivery: Upgrades

1mo

GitLab

RemoteIndia

5 day weekVery Flexible

Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$188k - $254k

Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$188k - $254k

Forward Deployed Engineer, Onboarding

16d

AssemblyAI

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer - II

1mo

Confluent

RemoteIndia

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ads R&D

1mo

Spotify

RemoteUSA

5 day weekGenerous PTO$184k - $263k

Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

1mo

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$156k - $320k

Signal & Image Processing and AI Project Engineer

20h

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

9 day fortnight

Junior Software Engineer

25d

AWIN

HybridIași, Romania

4 day week (100% pay)

Senior Software Engineer, Product Offering

1mo

Forter

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

Half day fridays

AI Agent Engineer

1mo

Redpanda

HybridWarsaw, Poland

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer - Payments

1mo

Airbnb

HybridBangalore, India

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

18d

Confluent

Hybrid

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Fullstack Engineer - Generative UI Platform

1mo

Spotify

HybridStockholm, Sweden

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Software Engineer - Observability and Reliability

13d

Sigma Computing

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$170k - $240k

ML Engineer

15d

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Data Foundation & AI

1mo

Plaid

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: May 25, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Software Engineering on this page include Fractional AI, Confluent, and Spotify. Software 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 Software Engineering is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Software Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 25 open roles requiring Software 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 — Software 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.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Software Engineering roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers. Specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and the specific 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 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 Software Engineering on current listings.

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