Fictiv
About MISUMI Americas
MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.
Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js / AWS)
Location: Oakland, CA (Remote) | Open to CA, OR, WA
Company: Fictiv
Build the Future of Manufacturing
Manufacturing is a $13 trillion industry—but much of it still runs on outdated, slow, and fragmented systems. Fictiv is changing that.
Since 2013, we’ve been building a cloud-based, AI-powered digital manufacturing platform that helps companies go from prototype to production faster than ever. Our platform combines intelligent software with a global network of vetted manufacturing partners—powering innovation across electric vehicles, robotics, and next-gen consumer products.
We’re growing fast and looking for engineers who want to solve complex, real-world problems at scale.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll help build and scale the systems that power our global manufacturing ecosystem:
- 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 closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to ship impactful features
- Contribute to technical design discussions and drive best practices across the team
- Debug production issues and improve system reliability
- Continuously improve code quality through testing, observability, and documentation
What You Bring
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Strong skills in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience building systems on AWS (SQS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, etc.)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures
- Experience designing and maintaining REST or GraphQL APIs
- Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Commitment to writing unit and integration tests
- Knowledge of system design, caching, and security best practices (OWASP Top 10)
- Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder)
Nice to have:
- AWS certification
- Experience with high-scale or business-critical systems
How You Work
- You take ownership and deliver clean, maintainable, production-ready code
- You communicate clearly and collaborate across teams
- You’re proactive in solving problems—even outside your immediate scope
- You enjoy mentoring others and raising the bar for engineering excellence
- You stay curious and continuously learn new technologies and patterns
Why Fictiv?
- Work on real-world problems impacting global supply chains
- Join a fast-growing company at the intersection of AI, software, and manufacturing
- Collaborate with teams building products used by top hardware innovators
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Flexible work environment (West Coast friendly)
- Minimal travel (0–10%)
Ready to Build Something That Matters?
If you’re excited about scaling systems, solving complex challenges, and shaping the future of manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you.
Salary Range:
$160,000 – $200,000 per year, depending on experience
We’re actively seeking teammates who:
- Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
- Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
- Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
- Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
- Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.
To apply for this job please visit job-boards.greenhouse.io.
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Working in Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat of and the most populous city in Alameda County, California, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the most populous city in the East Bay, the third most populous city in the Bay Area, and the eighth most populous city in California. It serves as the Bay Area's trade center: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth- or sixth-busiest in the United States. A charter city, Oakland was incorporated on
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