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UNIX Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 124+ unix jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 28 new this week. Hiring companies include Arista Networks, ClickHouse, and United Launch Alliance.

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9-day fortnights 14
compressed weeks 2
generous PTO 17
unlimited PTO 13
best places to work 66

Updated August 24, 2026

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Site Reliability Engineer

Chess.com · Remote · Worldwide

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior C++ Engineer - SONiC

Arista Networks · Remote · Bucharest, Romania

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Onboarding Engineer - Presales

Starburst · Remote · India

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Senior Consulting Engineer (AMER)

13d

ClickHouse · Remote · North America

64 · GoodGenerous PTO$158k – $198k

Technical Account Manager Architect

14d

ClickHouse · Remote · India

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Consulting Engineer (LATAM)

14d

ClickHouse · Remote · Argentina +3 more

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Researcher, Systems

2mo

Category Labs · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$180k – $250k

Sr. Backend Engineer - Engine Team: API

1mo

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $220k

Backend Engineer- Inference Services

1mo

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $220k

Backend Software Engineer - Engine Team (Voice Agent)

3mo

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $220k

Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$159k – $268k

Software Engineer, Network Systems

13d

Arista Networks · Remote · Vancouver, BC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$120k – $195k

Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Layer1

13d

Arista Networks · Remote · Vancouver, BC, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$120k – $195k

SRE Specialist

1mo

Experian · Remote · São Paulo, Brazil

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Data Center Engineer

1mo

Five9 · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$55k – $138k

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Platform

2mo

Glia · Remote · Portugal

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Platform

2mo

Glia · Remote · Poland

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Platform

2mo

Glia · Remote · Estonia

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Telecom Engineer

2mo

Five9 · Remote · UK

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Asset Architecture

2mo

Five9 · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$83k – $232k

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

Unix roles span the full seniority range — we list 113 open roles requiring Unix 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 — Unix 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. Unix 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 Unix 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 Unix on current listings.

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