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Updated July 14, 2026

21 open positions

Systems programming Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ systems programming jobs at companies offering best places to work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Arista Networks, Workato, and ClickHouse.

21

Jobs

2

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Audio Consultant Engineer - Linux Audio Stack

29d

RemoteUK

70 · Great5 day weekVery Flexible

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

1mo

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

1mo

RemoteIndia

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

1mo

RemoteNetherlands

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Member of Technical Staff - Edge Inference Engineer

19d

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Multigres Deployment Engineer

2mo

RemoteWorldwide

61 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

ML Model Serving Engineer

2mo

OnsiteSan Francisco +2 more

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Localization

20d

HybridSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$141k - $242k

Staff Software Engineer - Mobile Platform

28d

HybridMelbourne, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer, EOS

25d

Arista Networks

OnsiteSydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer (Wifi/Embedded)

25d

Arista Networks

OnsiteBengaluru, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer (Wifi/Embedded)

25d

Arista Networks

HybridPune, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Gateways)

1mo

HybridTbilisi, Georgia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Gateways)

1mo

HybridSofia, Bulgaria

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Gateways)

1mo

HybridNicosia, Cyprus

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer (Wifi/Embedded)

25d

Arista Networks

OnsiteChennai, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Engineer (Wifi/Embedded)

25d

Arista Networks

HybridChennai, India

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Gateways)

1mo

HybridBerlin +2 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Gateways)

1mo

HybridBarcelona or Madrid

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

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Every role is a genuine reduced-hours position, manually curated and refreshed daily. How we curate

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Systems Programming on this page include Arista Networks, Workato, and ClickHouse. Systems Programming 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 Programming is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Systems Programming roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Systems Programming 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 Programming 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 Programming 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 Programming 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 Programming on current listings.