Updated August 12, 2026

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Software Testing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 19+ software testing jobs at companies offering best places to work and 9-day fortnights—full pay and a better work-life balance. 11 new this week. Hiring companies include Esri, L3Harris Technologies, and AV.

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Specialist, Software Engineer (Scrum Master)

11h

L3Harris Technologies

HybridColorado Springs, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Associate, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

HybridLynchburg, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$75k – $139k

Software Engineer I (Fullstack)

Experian

HybridCyberjaya, Malaysia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Modeling and Simulation Software Integration Engineer

OnsiteHuntsville, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteLynchburg, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$66k – $123k

Programmer I - Neurology

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$50k – $82k

Junior Scene Generation Engineer

OnsiteHuntsville, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Solutions Engineer III

SmartBear

HybridSomerville, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Engineering Internship - Survey123

Esri

HybridMelbourne, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer

Marathon Petroleum

OnsiteHouston, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Software Engineer I (Fullstack)

Experian

HybridCyberjaya, Malaysia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer In Test

DeepIntent

HybridPune, India

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Backend Python Engineer

14d

CERN

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Product Engineer II - Cloud Infrastructure

1mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$80k – $133k

Sr. Product Test Engineer – Automation, ArcGIS Enterprise

2mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$94k – $159k

Product Test Engineer II - Geodatabase

2mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$80k – $133k

Product Engineer - Software Reliability

2mo

Esri

OnsiteNew Delhi, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Engineer II - Indoor Positioning Systems

2mo

Esri

HybridVienna, Austria

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Product Engineer II - Data Management

2mo

Esri

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$80k – $133k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Software Testing on this page include Esri, L3Harris Technologies, and AV. Software Testing 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 Testing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Software Testing roles span the full seniority range — we list 19 open roles requiring Software Testing 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 Testing 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 Testing 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 Testing 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 Testing on current listings.