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Systems Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 199+ systems engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 71 new this week. Hiring companies include The Aerospace Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, and MongoDB.

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9-day fortnights 94
generous PTO 14
unlimited PTO 40
best places to work 12
generous parental leave 15

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AV · Remote · Oregon, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$112k – $170k

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query (EMEA)

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · UK

72 · GreatGenerous PTO£91k – £114k

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query (EMEA)

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · Sweden

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

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Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query (EMEA)

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · Spain

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€83k – €104k

Senior Platform Engineer: Storage

2mo

Railway · Remote · Worldwide

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior IT Automation Engineer

25d

Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$114k – $134k

Staff Platform Engineer

1mo

Calendly · Remote · USA

61 · GoodBest Place to Work$239k – $347k

Edge Functions Engineer

3mo

Supabase · Remote · Worldwide

61 · GoodFlexible Hours

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

3mo

Assured · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $210k

Defense / Edge Tech Lead

3mo

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$219k – $274k

Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Researcher

4mo

Technergetics · Remote · USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$75k – $150k

Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Systems Engineer

4mo

Technergetics · Remote · USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$75k – $150k

Systems Engineer, Platform Requirements and Verification

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$140k – $190k

Staff Software Engineer_dbt core

18d

Fivetran · Remote · India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query (EMEA)

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · Germany

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€97k – €121k

Staff Backend Engineer - Alerting

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · UK

72 · GreatGenerous PTO£104k – £125k

Staff Backend Engineer - Alerting

1mo

Grafana Labs · Remote · Ireland

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€118k – €141k

Systems Engineer

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Springfield, VA, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$134k – $241k

Systems Engineer/Architect

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Norfolk, VA, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$134k – $241k

Lead Systems Engineer

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Huntsville, AL, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$134k – $241k

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Employers hiring for Systems Engineering on this page include The Aerospace Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, and MongoDB. Systems 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 Systems Engineering is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Systems Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 178 open roles requiring Systems 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 — Systems 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. Systems 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 Systems 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 Systems Engineering on current listings.

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