Key skills
Node.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptAWSAWS SQSAWS LambdaAWS EC2AWS RDSDistributed SystemsEvent-driven ArchitectureREST APIsGraphQL APIsSQLNoSQL DatabasesUnit TestingIntegration TestingSystem DesignCachingSecurity Best PracticesOWASP Top 10NoSQLGraphQLEC2LambdaRDSSQSOWASP
About this role
Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and develop scalable backend services, build APIs, and contribute to technical discussions while improving system reliability.
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
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)
- AWS certification
- Experience with high-scale or business-critical systems