Eight Sleep is hiringSenior Backend Engineer

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.

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, we have been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018, 2022 and 2023.

Our temperature-regulated technology, the Pod, is an absolute game changer, improving people's health and happiness by changing the way they sleep. The Pod was also recognized two years in a row by TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year.” It is available for purchase in North America (the United States and Canada) and throughout the United Kingdom, Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Denmark) and Australia via eightsleep.com. We’re excited by the success of the Pod to date and still have a long way to go toward achieving our mission.

That is why Eight Sleep is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help us expand our product features and our capability to scale. We have distributed back-end systems responsible for critical business logic as well as bridging communications/data flows between our embedded, machine learning, mobile, and business intelligence systems. 

About the role

We are seeking someone who is passionate about designing, implementing, and supporting distributed systems and appreciating the impact they have on all aspects of the member experience. We look for people who dig under the hood and understand what the technology is doing, so we can make wise decisions about how our technology should solve and evolve.

How you'll contribute

• 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

What you'll need to succeed 

• 8+ years of software engineering experience

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer/SRE

• Language polyglot, advanced experience with at least 2 out of Java, C# (.NET core), Python, NodeJS+TypeScript

• Experience with distributed systems

• Deep understanding of cloud services

Why you’ll love Eight Sleep

• We’re a tight-knit, passionate team that’s working to impact people’s lives by improving the way they sleep

• Work alongside an award-winning team of marketers, creatives and engineers from diverse backgrounds

• Opportunity to play a defining role in the future of Eight Sleep and the sleep fitness category

• Leadership is committed to employees’ wellness and career development

• You’ll get a better night sleep every night; all full-time employees receive the Pod

• Flexible PTO 

• Role ownership, and uncapped growth opportunities

At Eight Sleep we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our values by ensuring everyone feels they can flourish and grow. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Please note: This role is open to applicants in the US and Canada. The compensation listed is reflective of candidates based in California and New York.

Compensation Range: $180K - $220K