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(Senior) Backend Software Engineer

We’re on a mission to lead, disrupt, and reinvent the sleep industry Our mission is to help people understand the importance of sleep in our daily lives and we will continue creating products that combine our world-class German engineering together with Europe wide manufacturing.

Emma

Employee count: 501-1000

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Ready to lead, disrupt and reinvent the sleep industry?
We are Emma – The Sleep Company. Founded in 2015, we’ve become the world’s largest D2C sleep brand, available in over 35 countries with more than 25 stores across Europe. Recommended by leading consumer associations in EMEA, APAC, and the Americas, we develop the best sleep comfort products that empower our customers to awaken their best every day.
At Emma, we are a community of smart, driven people, united by a strong culture of collaboration, teamwork, and knowledge sharing. We think big, take ownership, and are empowered to drive meaningful impact. Through hands-on experience, mentorship, and continuous learning, we drive our own growth and learning. With Emmies from over 60 nationalities and offices across multiple regions, our diverse perspectives enrich our workplace culture. Ready to shape the future of sleep with us? Let’s make it happen!
We are seeking a talented and passionate Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems. You will work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable and efficient solutions that power exceptional user experiences.

What you'll do:

  • You will architect, design and implement Emma’s technology platform, supporting our growth from E-commerce into SleepTech.
  • You will implement product features (in Typescript or Golang) that will help improve people’s sleep and support Emma’s core business.
  • You will implement backend services in a services-oriented architecture (APIfirst) in a cloud-native environment (AWS).
  • You will fully own, i.e. develop, maintain and operate your team’s tech stack.
  • You will be a team player as part of an agile, empowered team and contribute to the development of fellow engineers.
  • You will contribute to the improvement of our CI&CD and DevOps & SRE practices.
  • You will take part in recruitment processes to grow our tech team.

Who we're looking for:

  • Experience designing and delivering APIs and backend services meeting highest software quality standards.
  • Extensive knowledge of computer science fundamentals, incl. data structures, object-oriented programming and software design patterns (GoF and cloud-native).
  • Several years of proven experience in software development and operation practices covering the full software development lifecycle, ideally in an E-commerce business.
  • Deep understanding in object-oriented languages and/or Javascript/ Typescript. Ideally experience with multiple databases (RDMBS, NoSQL, Redis, ...) and messaging services (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS ...), run in a cloud (e.g. AWS).
  • Understanding of the importance of well-organized codebase and documentation.
  • Capability of implementing unit, integration, end-to-end and load tests.
  • You are highly self-organized and interested in taking over ownership and bringing the team to the best solution.
  • You have strong analytical skills and are an open-minded and creative team player.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Business Informatics or equivalency in relevant work experience.

What we offer:

  • A combination of personal and company growth to accelerate your career and help you reach your goals.
  • A career development path tailored to your goals, with access to mentorship, training, and resources that will accelerate your professional growth.
  • The chance to work on exciting and challenging projects as part of a dedicated, international team.
  • A culture of collaboration and innovation, where you’ll have the freedom to implement new ideas, shape processes, and help build the DNA of a maturing company.
  • To work and learn from experts in diverse fields and get to know your team members at exciting company events.

Become an Emmie

Emma is transforming the world of sleep - and we want the highest-performing people to help us pull it off. We want you. But only if you're willing to go all in. Only if you're willing to question, disrupt, innovate, and create from the ground up. ​
We proudly celebrate diversity. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting inclusion in our workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
Our aim is to get back to you in a couple of days, however, we are currently receiving a large number of applications and this might lead to a delay in the process. We will get back to you as soon as possible!

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Senior

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Portugal +/- 0 hours, and 1 other timezone

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We’re on a mission to lead, disrupt, and reinvent the sleep industry

Our mission is to help people understand the importance of sleep in our daily lives and we will continue creating products that combine our world-class German engineering together with Europe wide manufacturing. And we are just getting started.

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Company size

501-1000 employees

Founded in

2013

Chief executive officer

Dennis Schmoltzi

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