This position is based in Oakland, CA. Candidates must be located in Oakland or the greater Bay Area and able to work onsite as required.
What You'll Own
Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation as our primary Infrastructure-as-Code tool
Own and evolve our AWS environments for high availability, scalability, failover, and security
Lead infrastructure projects from planning through execution, mentoring and guiding a small team
Build and maintain Node.js–based tools and services for automation, deployment workflows, monitoring, and platform operations
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
Set up and manage logging, monitoring, and alerting across our AWS environments
Perform infrastructure upgrades and improvements while minimizing downtime
Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across infrastructure, applications, and CI/CD systems
Drive initiatives that improve performance, reliability, security posture, and cloud cost efficiency
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, security, and operations
Maintain clear documentation of infrastructure, automation, and operational processes
Contribute to and uphold MISUMI Americas' Quality Management System (QMS)
What You Bring
Location & Authorization
Based in Oakland, CA / greater Bay Area, with the ability to work onsite as required
U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder)
Experience
10+ years in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Systems Engineering
5+ years of hands-on, production experience writing Node.js code — building services, automation, or internal tools, not just deploying Node.js applications
Expert-level, hands-on AWS experience across EC2, Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, CodeBuild, and Elastic Beanstalk
Extensive, real-world CloudFormation experience: authoring and maintaining complex templates, managing stacks across multiple environments, and handling updates, rollbacks, drift detection, and full stack lifecycle management
Strong track record designing and operating CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience debugging systems and applications in production
Experience with database performance tuning and optimization
Solid grasp of AWS security best practices — IAM, networking, encryption, least-privilege access
Strong Linux systems experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience leading or mentoring engineers on infrastructure projects
Experience operating multi-region or globally distributed AWS environments
Familiarity with containerized workloads (ECS, EKS)
Cloud cost optimization / FinOps experience
Background in fast-growing or high-scale engineering organizations
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $180,000 – $220,000 USD (actual offer depends on experience, skills, and role fit)
Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan
Parental leave programs
Paid volunteer days
And much, much more
Why MISUMI Americas
You'll work on real, complex infrastructure that supports the design and manufacturing of physical products around the world. This role puts you in direct ownership of core cloud systems, gives you influence over architectural decisions, and puts you at the center of scaling a global platform.
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.
