Senior Software Engineer (West Coast)

Fictiv•Oakland, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster Fictiv exists to help product innovators create. Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv’s four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk—ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth. Build the Future of Manufacturing Manufacturing is a $13 trillion industry—but much of it still runs on outdated, slow, and fragmented systems.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. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll help build and scale the systems that power our global manufacturing ecosystem:

Requirements

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 Haves

AWS certification
Experience with high-scale or business-critical systems

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 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