Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)
Emma – The Sleep CompanyLisbon, Portugal • Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Posted March 2, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Emma – The Sleep Company is a global D2C sleep brand founded in 2015, offering high-quality sleep products across over 35 countries. Known for empowering customers with the best sleep comfort solutions, Emma fosters a collaborative and diverse workplace culture that values continuous learning and innovation.
Job Description
Emma – The Sleep Company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems using Go. The role involves working closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable and efficient solutions that power exceptional user experiences.
Requirements
- Proven experience designing and delivering backend services and APIs
- Strong background in Go (Golang)
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals
- Experience working with cloud-native architectures
- Experience with databases and messaging systems
- Several years of experience across the software development lifecycle
- 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
Benefits
- Career development path tailored to your ambitions
- Access to mentorship, training, and learning resources
- Opportunity to work on exciting and challenging problems
- Culture of collaboration and innovation
- Freedom to shape solutions, processes, and the future of our tech platform
