Senior Backend Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $180K - $220K

Eight Sleep is the world’s first sleep fitness company. Our mission is to fuel human potential through optimal sleep. We use innovative technology, detailed design, and proven science and data to personalize and improve each night for everybody—changing the way people sleep forever and for the better. With our flagship product, the Pod, we are addressing critical sleep issues such as temperature regulation, bed elevation, snoring reduction, and the wake-up experience. Hundreds of thousands of customers around the world sleep better every night thanks to the Pod. But we’re just getting started. We’re committed to developing more groundbreaking products to tackle additional sleep problems, changing the role sleep plays in our lives forever. We’re excited about the journey ahead and the impact we can make as we continue to innovate and expand our offerings to fulfill our mission. We are backed by leading Silicon Valley investors like YC Combinator, Founders Fund, Valor, and Khosla Ventures, and we have been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018, 2022, and 2023. The Pod was also recognized two years in a row by TIME’s “Best Inventions of the Year.” We currently sell the Pod in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.

Requirements

• Experience with distributed systems
• Passion for designing, implementing, and supporting distributed systems
• Understanding of how technology solves and evolves

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the integrity of our data processing pipeline (5Tb per day)
• Develop tools to guarantee the availability of our services (~30 microservices) and automate their operation
• Contribute to the development of back-end services and product features

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Company Information

• Eight Sleep is an intense environment: we’re demanding and ambitious, which means we ask a lot of ourselves and one another. This means fantastic learning opportunities, achievements, and career growth, but it also requires a significant commitment. Our dedication, drive, and intensity rival those of Olympic athletes.
• At Eight Sleep, we embody Kobe Bryant’s mamba mentality: we always aim to be at the top 1% of what we do.
• If you’re looking for a 9-5, this is not for you. Our employees report working up to 60 hours per week.
• We have been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018, 2022, and 2023.
• The Pod was also recognized two years in a row by TIME’s “Best Inventions of the Year.”
• We currently sell the Pod in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.