Updated June 14, 2026

112 open positions

Systems Design Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 112+ systems design jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best_place_to_work—full pay and a better work-life balance. 6 new this week.

Hiring companies include SecurityScorecard, Anthropic, and MongoDB. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, best_place_to_work, and generous_parental_leave.

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Principal, Product Operations, Strategic Initiatives

Augury

RemoteUSA

Rotating 4 day week

Principal Product Manager

Confluent

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer

Confluent

RemoteIndia

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. IT Systems Engineer, AI & Business Solutions

11d

Dave

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Analytics Engineer

11d

Elastic

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Analytics Engineer

11d

Elastic

RemoteCanada

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

12d

Webflow

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work$140k - $190k

Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)

12d

Affirm

RemoteUSA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer (Furnishing Platform)

12d

Affirm

RemotePoland

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer (Furnishing Platform)

12d

Affirm

RemoteSpain

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Forward Deployed Engineer

1mo

GitLab

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Field Strategist, Forward Deployed Engineer

1mo

GitLab

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Engineering Manager, Experimentation Infrastructure

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

5 day weekVery Flexible$204k - $255k

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

2mo

Airbnb

RemoteBrazil

5 day weekVery Flexible

Staff Software Engineer - Growth Performance Marketing

12d

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Product Designer, Creators

17d

VRChat

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer, Compute

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Engineer, Compute

1mo

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO$212k - $286k

Sr. Fullstack Engineer, Identity Platform

2mo

Zapier

RemoteUSA or Canada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Evaluations

12d

Canva

RemoteAustria

5 day weekBest Place to Work

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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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Employers hiring for Systems Design on this page include SecurityScorecard, Anthropic, and MongoDB. 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 112 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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