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Test Strategy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 28+ test strategy jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include Graphcore, Meritis, and Block.

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9-day fortnights 4
rotating 4-day weeks 1
generous PTO 1
unlimited PTO 10
best places to work 8

Updated August 26, 2026

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QA Engineer

DEFCON AI · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$135k – $170k

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Flex · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$116k – $170k

Software Engineer in Test

14d

Roadie · Remote · USA

69 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

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Senior/Staff Software Engineer

2mo

Murmuration · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Test Manager (ARE)

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Edinburgh, UK

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Director of Silicon Validation

NEW

Positron AI · Hybrid · Austin, TX, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTOPro · early access

Staff Manufacturing Test Development Engineer

NEW

Nutanix · Onsite · San Jose, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

QA Automation Engineer, Professional Services R&D

NEW

Okta · Onsite · Bengaluru, India

57 · GoodBest Place to WorkPro · early access

Silicon Product & Test Engineer

Block · Hybrid · Singapore, Singapore

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Test Engineer

Version 1 · Onsite · London, UK

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

QA Manager, Cinema Technology

12d

Dolby · Hybrid · San Francisco, USA

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$153k – $210k

Quality Automation Engineer II

ZoomInfo · Hybrid · Bengaluru, India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Software Application Test Lead

1mo

Boeing · Onsite · Scott Air Force Base, IL, USA

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$80k – $103k

QA Automation Engineer

Meritis · Onsite · Valbonne, France

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Systems Integration & Test Lead Engineer

12d

General Dynamics UK · Onsite · Oakdale, UK

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight£59k – £80k

Test Engineer

11d

Version 1 · Hybrid · London +5 more

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Test Engineer

11d

Version 1 · Hybrid · London +5 more

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Lead Automation Engineer

23d

Capital on Tap · Hybrid · Porto, Portugal

60 · GoodGenerous PTO€65k – €75k

Software Engineer In Test

15d

DeepIntent · Hybrid · Pune, Maharashtra, India

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer in Test 5 - Apple Player

3mo

Netflix · Hybrid · Los Gatos, CA, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$266k – $442k

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Employers hiring for Test Strategy on this page include Graphcore, Meritis, and Block. Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Test Strategy roles span the full seniority range — we list 25 open roles requiring Test Strategy 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 — Test Strategy 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. Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy on current listings.

Test Strategy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 28+ test strategy jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include Graphcore, Meritis, and Block.

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