Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js / AWS)

Location: Oakland, CA or Portland, OR preferred | Open to remote in CA, OR, WA

Company: MISUMI Americas

PLEASE NOTE:  Final-round interviews will be conducted in person in either Oakland, California, or Portland, Oregon.

Build the Future of Manufacturing

Manufacturing is a $13 trillion industry, and most of it is still held together by spreadsheets, phone calls, and fax machines. MISUMI Americas is rewriting that.

We've been building a cloud-based, AI-powered digital manufacturing platform that takes companies from prototype to production faster than the industry thought possible. Our platform pairs intelligent software with a global network of vetted manufacturing partners, powering innovation across electric vehicles, robotics, and next-generation consumer products.

We're scaling fast, and we're looking for engineers who'd rather untangle hard, real-world problems than push pixels on a toy app.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll help build and scale the systems running 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 features that actually move the business
• 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
• A 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 ship clean, maintainable, production-ready code
• You communicate clearly and collaborate across teams
• You solve problems proactively, even outside your immediate scope
• You enjoy mentoring others and raising the bar for engineering excellence
• You stay curious and keep learning new technologies and patterns

Why MISUMI Americas?

• 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, West Coast-friendly work environment
• Minimal travel (0–10%)

Ready to Build Something That Matters?

If scaling systems, solving hard problems, and shaping the future of manufacturing sounds like your kind of work, we want to hear from you.

Salary Range: $160,000 – $200,000 per year, depending on experience