Senior Software Engineer (West Coast - Oakland, CA or Portland, OR Preferred)
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 or Portland, OR preferred | Open to remote in CA, OR, WA
- Company: MISUMI Americas
PAY RANGE: $160,000 – $200,000 per year, depending on experience
What You'll Do
- 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
- Takes ownership and ships clean, maintainable, production-ready code
- Communicates clearly and collaborates across teams
- Solves problems proactively, even outside their immediate scope
- Enjoys mentoring others and raising the bar for engineering excellence
- Stays curious and keeps 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.
Company Culture
- Encourages diverse perspectives and experience
- Emphasizes respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth
- Values the contributions of all teammates