Updated August 13, 2026

31 open positions

Software Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 31+ software engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Arista Networks, Accso, and CERN.

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Machine Learning Engineer

1mo

Coinbase

RemoteIndia

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO₹4.4M

Golang Engineer - SRE Engineering Productivity

1mo

Arista Networks

RemoteIreland

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Associate, Software Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

HybridGreenville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

AWS Technical Lead

Merck

HybridPrague, Czechia

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

UI Programmer - (March of Giants)

14d

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Engine Programmer (Far Cry)

15d

Ubisoft Montreal

OnsiteMontreal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Technical Studentship - IT, Mathematics & Robotics

CERN

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 3k

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering (Teaching and Scholarship)

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Test & Measurement Engineer

CERN

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 9k

Senior Lead Systems Engineer, AI & Automation

Braze

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$111k – $174k

Senior .Net Core / C# Engineer

Accso

HybridCape Town, South Africa

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Java Engineer

Accso

HybridDarmstadt, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€62k – €68k

Senior Fullstack Developer

Accso

HybridDarmstadt, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€62k – €86k

Senior Data Scientist

12d

Workato

HybridBarcelona, Spain

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Lead Systems Engineer, AI & Automation

13d

Braze

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$116k – $182k

Senior iOS Engineer — Mobile Workflows

1mo

Canva

HybridSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior / Staff Graphics Software Engineer

1mo

Waabi

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$155k – $269k

PyTorch Engineer

27d

Graphcore

HybridBristol, UK

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Member of Technical Staff, Evaluation Execution

29d

METR

OnsiteBerkeley, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$286k – $503k

Software Engineer, Network Systems

1mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteNashua, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Layer1

2mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$140k – $200k

Java Developer

2mo

Meritis

OnsiteParis, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Python Developer

2mo

Meritis

OnsiteParis, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Product Engineer, AI

2mo

Fin

HybridLondon, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Frontend (UI) Software Engineer (AI Lab)

2mo

Workato

HybridSingapore, Singapore

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Architect

Accso

HybridDarmstadt, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€88k – €108k

Software Engineer, Network Systems

2mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteVancouver, Canada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$95k – $145k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Software Engineering on this page include Arista Networks, Accso, and CERN. 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 31 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.

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 Engineering 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 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.