Backend Software Engineer, Emma Sleep

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

RDS

Git

REST API

Golang

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Berlin

4+ days a week in office

Mattresses & other sleep furniture

Open for applications

Mattresses & other sleep furniture

1001+ employees

B2CFurnitureWellbeingeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

RDS

Git

REST API

Golang

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Berlin

4+ days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CFurnitureWellbeingeCommerce

Company mission

Emma's mission is to lead, disrupt, and reinvent the whole sleep industry.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We are seeking a talented and motivated Backend Software Engineer to join our dynamic team
You are eager to learn, open to mentorship, and excited to grow your technical and business understanding
You have hands-on experience with backend development, ideally using Go (Golang) or are enthusiastic about learning it quickly
You are familiar with event-driven architectures, have worked with cloud-based environments, ideally AWS and Kubernetes
You understand the basics of building and maintaining RESTful APIs and are comfortable working with distributed systems
You have some experience in integrating systems via messaging services like SNS/SQS, Kafka, or similar tools
You are comfortable with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and have a basic understanding of monitoring and operational best practices
You have a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
You are a team player who thrives in a collaborative, open-minded, and feedback-rich environment

What the job involves

As a Backend Engineer, you will help design, develop, and maintain high-performance APIs and systems that power our global fulfillment operations
Working closely with senior engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders, you'll play an important role in delivering scalable backend services that drive real impact for our customers
You will contribute to building and maintaining backend services in Go, supporting our fulfillment and logistics systems across multiple markets
You will develop robust REST APIs and help integrate our backend with internal systems and external partners
You will work with AWS services such as SNS, SQS, RDS to build event-driven, scalable solutions
You will collaborate with your team to ensure high code quality through testing, code reviews, and continuous integration
You will take ownership of the full lifecycle of software development. Design, coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring
You will work in an agile, cross-functional team where knowledge sharing, feedback, and continuous improvement are part of our everyday work
You will contribute ideas and help identify opportunities for technical and process improvements

Our take

Emma makes mattresses, bed frames and other sleep accessories that can be delivered right to your door. The company was started in Frankfurt in 2013 at the beginning of a wave of similar companies emerging around Europe. It has since grown to operate in over 30 countries, and has become the world's most international direct to customer sleep brand.

The company owes this to its 'omnichannel strategy', selling both online and in store via retail partnerships, and it produces mattresses locally in each economy. With the launch of its retail-specific product assortment "Emma Select" and its pan-European partnership with the interior giant JYSK, Emma now collaborates with more than 200 different retail partners worldwide.

Emma's products continue to be awarded by reputable test institutes such as Stiftung Warentest in Germany and Which? (UK). It is aiming to strengthen both retail and marketplaces teams to anchor its expansion in Latin America as well as in the US. It will also be strengthening the product team and bringing yet more new sleep innovations to market.