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Software Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 93+ software engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include Arista Networks, Accso, and Workato.

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4-day weeks (80% pay) 2
9-day fortnights 6
generous PTO 2
unlimited PTO 5
best places to work 17

Updated October 24, 2026

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Senior Algorithm Developer - Supply Chain Production Scheduling

Kinaxis · Remote · UK

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Back End Engineer

10d

Ravelin · Remote · London, UK

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Full-Stack Engineer - AI Cost Visibility

1mo

DoiT · Remote · Poland +7 more

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Senior Platform Engineer

1mo

DoiT · Remote · Estonia

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Compiler

5mo

Category Labs · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $250k

Senior Software Engineer

29d

Imply · Remote · Burlingame, CA, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$155k – $215k

Senior Full Stack Engineer, Basketball

22d

GameChanger · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$140k – $155k

Senior R Shiny Developer

2mo

Veramed · Remote · Ukraine or UK

60 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer, Evaluation Infrastructure

4mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$127k – $223k

Senior/Lead Software Engineer (Packet Forwarding Engines)

19d

Arista Networks · Remote · Vancouver, BC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkCA$120k – CA$195k

Senior/Lead Software Engineer

19d

Arista Networks · Remote · Vancouver, BC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkCA$120k – CA$195k

Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Layer1

19d

Arista Networks · Remote · Vancouver, BC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkCA$120k – CA$195k

Senior Software Engineer

1mo

Fivetran · Remote · Oceania

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer

1mo

Leadership Connect · Remote · Quebec, Canada

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer

4mo

Fivetran · Remote · North America or South America

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$141k – $169k

Software Developer, AI Engineering & SDLC Transformation

18d

Fidelity Canada · Remote · Toronto, ON, Canada

56 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Software Engineer - Layer1 - C++

29d

Arista Networks · Remote · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Engineer, Kernel and BIOS

29d

Arista Networks · Remote · Budapest, Hungary

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Golang Engineer - SRE Engineering Productivity

1mo

Arista Networks · Remote · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Network Systems

2mo

Arista Networks · Remote · Vancouver, BC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkCA$120k – CA$195k

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Employers hiring for Software Engineering on this page include Arista Networks, Accso, and Workato. 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 35 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.

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