Updated June 14, 2026

250 open positions

System Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 250+ system design jobs at companies offering best_place_to_work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 134 new this week.

Hiring companies include ServiceNow, Canva, and Toast. Schedules on offer include best_place_to_work, unlimited PTO, and generous_parental_leave.

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Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - Platform

12d

Elastic

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - Platform

12d

Elastic

RemoteCanada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - Platform

12d

Elastic

RemoteSpain

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Team Lead, Data Platform

Augury

HybridBengaluru, India

Rotating 4 day week

Software Data Engineer, Data Platform

Augury

HybridBengaluru, India

Rotating 4 day week

ML Ops Engineer

Augury

HybridHaifa, Israel

Rotating 4 day week

Linux Admin

Chordify

HybridUtrecht or Groningen

4 day week80% pay

Senior Software Engineer II, Payments

Forter

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

Half day fridays

AI Platform & Infrastructure Lead

Naked Wines

HybridLondon or Norwich

Compressed week

Cloud Solutions Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

9 day fortnight

Turbomachinery Propulsion Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

9 day fortnight

Senior Software Engineer II, Decision Engineering

Forter

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

Half day fridays

Senior Software Engineer II

DigitalOcean

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer I - Agentic AI

DigitalOcean

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Back-End Software Engineer

1mo

Beacon

HybridLondon, UK

4 day week100% pay

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Aurelian

OnsiteSeattle, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer - Markets

Polymarket

OnsiteNew York, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Applied AI Engineer

Didero

HybridNew York City, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Engineering Manager, Truework

Checkr

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Engineer

Zalando

HybridBerlin, Germany

5 day weekGenerous 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: June 14, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for System Design on this page include ServiceNow, Canva, and Toast. System Design 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 System Design is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

System Design roles span the full seniority range — we list 1077 open roles requiring System Design 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 — System Design 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. System Design 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 System Design 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 System Design on current listings.

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