Updated May 25, 2026

49 open positions

Systems Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 49+ systems design jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and flexible hours—full pay and a better work-life balance. 7 new this week.

Hiring companies include Pinterest, SecurityScorecard, and GitLab. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, flexible hours, and half-day Fridays.

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Senior Software Engineer

SecurityScorecard

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Activation Team

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer II, ML Platform

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute

11d

Confluent

RemoteUSA or Canada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Forward Deployed Engineer

13d

GitLab

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Forward Deployed Engineer

13d

GitLab

RemoteUK

5 day weekVery Flexible

Forward Deployed Engineer

13d

GitLab

RemoteUK

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute

13d

Confluent

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Compute

13d

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Compute

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$212k - $286k

Sr. Fullstack Engineer, Identity Platform

1mo

Zapier

RemoteUSA or Canada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Engineering Manager, Experimentation Infrastructure

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible$204k - $255k

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteBrazil

5 day weekVery Flexible

Staff AI Platform Engineer, Corporate AI Systems

1mo

Cribl

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$169k - $250k

Software Engineer (Go) - Auth

1mo

Supabase

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Sr. Software Engineer, Simulation

1mo

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$156k - $320k

Engineering Manager - Data Partner Experience

1mo

Plaid

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer

15d

SecurityScorecard

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior AI Engineer

15d

SecurityScorecard

RemoteCanada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Lead Data Platform Engineer

15d

Virtuous

RemoteUSA

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

Systems Design roles span the full seniority range — we list 49 open roles requiring Systems 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 — Systems 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. Systems 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 Systems 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 Systems Design on current listings.

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