Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js / AWS) - Remote

Fictiv; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Flexible, West Coast-friendly work环境

Minimal travel (0-10%)

Job summary

MISUMI Americas seeks a Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js / AWS) to design, build, and operate scalable backend services in AWS. The role focuses on asynchronous, event-driven systems and robust REST/GraphQL APIs, collaborating with product, frontend, and infra teams to accelerate manufacturing platform scale.

Remote-ready for CA/OR/WA, with preferred Oakland/Portland location. Expect high-impact work across AI-powered digital manufacturing and global supply chains.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong skills in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience building systems on AWS (SQS, Lambda, EC2, RDS).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience designing and maintaining REST or GraphQL APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly available, scalable backend services in AWS.
• Build and maintain event-driven, asynchronous systems using Node.js.
• Create robust APIs (REST / GraphQL) powering customer-facing and internal tools.
• Partner with product, frontend, and infra teams to ship features that move the business.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and drive best practices.
• Debug production issues and improve system reliability.
• Continuously improve code quality through testing and observability.

Skills

Node.js / JavaScript / TypeScript

Distributed systems

REST/GraphQL API design

Testing & quality practices

Security best practices

Tools

AWS (SQS, Lambda, EC2, RDS)

REST/GraphQL APIs

SQL & NoSQL databases

Job description

MISUMI Americas seeks a Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js / AWS) to design, build, and operate scalable backend services in AWS. The role focuses on asynchronous, event-driven systems and robust REST/GraphQL APIs, collaborating with product, frontend, and infra teams to accelerate manufacturing platform scale.

Remote-ready for CA/OR/WA, with preferred Oakland/Portland location. Expect high-impact work across AI-powered digital manufacturing and global supply chains.