Updated May 16, 2026

250 open positions

Technical Leadership Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 250+ technical leadership jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and flexible hours—full pay and a better work-life balance. 138 new this week.

Hiring companies include GitLab, Klaviyo, and Airbnb. Schedules on offer include unlimited PTO, flexible hours, and 9-day fortnights.

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Full-Stack Software Engineer

Uplift

RemoteWorldwide

4 day week (100% pay)

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Brightbeam

RemoteIreland

4 day week (100% pay)

6G Security Program Manager

Parsons Corporation

RemoteUSA

9 day fortnight

Senior Software Engineer

12d

Gecko

RemoteWorldwide

4 day week (80% pay)

Senior Platform Engineer

14h

Phaidra

RemoteNorth America

5 day weekVery Flexible

Director of Global Developer Success

14h

Temporal

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Frontend Engineer

Feedzai

RemotePortugal

4 day week during Summer

Senior Cloud Database Engineer

Marqeta

RemoteUSA

5 day weekFlex Fridays

Lead, Supplier Quality Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

RemoteWorldwide

9 day fortnight

Senior Advisor II, Data Architect

Phillips 66

RemoteUSA

9 day fortnight

Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform

14h

Flex

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Product Engineer

1mo

Ghost

RemoteWorldwide

4 day week (100% pay)$140k - $180k

Professional Services Consultant

Cribl

RemoteUSA

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Software Engineer

Confluent

RemoteCanada

5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Data Engineer

ClickHouse

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior AI Controls Solutions Engineer

Phaidra

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Senior AI Controls Solutions Engineer

Phaidra

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

Technical Product Lead

Metabase

RemoteWorldwide

5 day weekVery Flexible

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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 16, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

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

Technical Leadership roles span the full seniority range — we list 355 open roles requiring Technical Leadership 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 — Technical Leadership 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. Technical Leadership 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 Technical Leadership 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 Technical Leadership on current listings.

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