We are Emma – The Sleep Company. Founded in 2015, we have grown into the world’s largest direct-to-consumer (D2C) sleep brand, with a presence in over 35 markets and more than 15 retail stores across Europe.
Our mission is simple: to develop sleep comfort products that empower our customers to awaken their best every day. Today, our products are trusted by millions and recommended by leading consumer associations worldwide.
It’s our people who bring this mission to life. At Emma, you’ll join a driven, international team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous knowledge sharing. With colleagues from over 70 nationalities, we combine diverse perspectives with a shared ambition to learn, grow, and create lasting impact, together.
Ready to awaken your best with us?
What you’ll do
- Architect, design, and implement Emma’s backend platform, supporting our growth from E-commerce into SleepTech and global fulfillment & logistics.
- Design, build, and scale backend services using Go
- Develop and maintain robust, secure, and high-performance REST APIs that integrate with internal systems and third-party providers.
- Work in a services-oriented, API-first architecture, including event-driven systems using AWS services such as SNS, SQS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
- Build cloud-native solutions running on AWS, with full ownership from development and testing to deployment and monitoring (full DevOps).
- Fully own your team’s tech stack: develop, maintain, operate, and continuously improve it.
- Ensure high code quality through automated testing, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Be part of an agile, empowered team: collaborate closely, share knowledge, and contribute to the growth of fellow engineers.
- Contribute to improving our CI/CD, DevOps and SRE practices.
- Take part in recruitment processes to help grow our high-performing tech team.
Who we’re looking for
- Proven experience designing and delivering backend services and APIs that meet high software quality standards.
- Strong background in Go (Golang).
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, distributed systems, and software design patterns.
- Experience working with cloud-native architectures, ideally on AWS, and familiarity with Docker and container-based deployments (Kubernetes is a plus).
- Experience with databases and messaging systems, such as relational and NoSQL databases, Redis, SNS/SQS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
- Several years of experience across the software development lifecycle; senior-level candidates should demonstrate clear technical ownership and architectural impact.
- Strong appreciation for clean, well-organized, and well-documented codebases.
- Experience implementing unit, integration, end-to-end, and load tests.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, and a mindset of operational excellence and ownership.
- Self-organized, proactive, and comfortable taking responsibility for driving solutions forward.
- Strong analytical skills, open-mindedness, and a collaborative, feedback-driven attitude.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical 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 ambitions, with access to mentorship, training, and learning resources.
- The opportunity to work on exciting and challenging problems as part of a dedicated, international team.
- A culture of collaboration and innovation, with real ownership and freedom to shape solutions, processes, and the future of our tech platform.
- The chance to work and learn from experts across diverse fields and connect with your colleagues at engaging company events.
We are on a mission to become No.1 in the world of sleep, and we’re looking for driven, ambitious people to help us shape what’s next. If you’re curious, hands-on, and ready to challenge the status quo, you’ll find the space here to make things happen and create real impact.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. We celebrate diversity and consider all qualified applicants regardless of 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 within a few days. Due to the high volume of applications, there may be slight delays, but we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
