ABOUT onXAs a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation with a suite of apps, onX was founded in Montana, which in turn has inspired our mission to awaken the adventurer inside everyone. With more than 400 employees located around the country working in largely remote / hybrid roles, we have created regional "Basecamps" to help remote employees find connection and inspiration with other onXers. We bring our outdoor passion to work every day, coupling it with industry-leading technology to craft dynamic outdoor experiences.
Through multiple years of growth, we haven't lost our entrepreneurial ethos at onX. We offer a fast-paced, growing, tech-forward environment where ownership, accountability, and passion for winning as a team are essential. We value diversity and believe it leads to different perspectives and inspires both new adventures and new growth. As a team, we're hungry to improve, value innovation, and believe great ideas come from any direction.
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WHAT YOU WILL DOonX is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with a passion for content and the great outdoors. In this role, you'll help improve and streamline our data processing systems, bringing mapping data to life so users can seamlessly explore and engage with our products. While this role is primarily focused on backend development, we're excited about engineers who are curious about the full stack and eager to expand their skills by contributing to web frontend work when opportunities arise.
This is a great opportunity to be a part of a dynamic growing company focused on making an impact on the business and the mapping industry as a whole. This role will report to the team's Engineering Manager.
As an onX Backend Engineer, your day-to-day responsibilities would look like:(Essential Job Duties)
- Build and maintain scalable services to support new features and products
- Use Golang and best practices, build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Use modern JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue, and best practices, build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Write unit and integration tests, maintaining adequate coverage
- Assist in deploying and managing services in Kubernetes
- Collaborate in architectural decisions, across teams
- Work with SRE and your team to define SLO for services and help monitor and maintain them
- Mentor other engineers in your team and across the organization
LOCATIONonX has created a thriving distributed workforce community across several US locations. This position can be performed from an onX corporate office, "Basecamp," or "Connection Hub".
- Corporate Offices: onX was founded in Montana with offices in Missoula and Bozeman. If you prefer to work in an office at least part of the time this is a great option.
- Basecamps: onX's Basecamps are established virtual workforce communities where a sizable number of distributed team members group for work, volunteering, socializing, and adventure.
- Our current Basecamps are located within a 90-mile radius of the following: Austin, TX; Charlotte, NC; Denver, CO; Kalispell, MT; Minneapolis, MN; Portland, OR; Salt Lake City, UT; and Seattle, WA.
- Connection Hubs: onX's Connection Hub locations are smaller, emerging communities of distributed team members.
- Our current Connection Hubs are located within a 60-mile radius of the following: Boise, ID; Charleston, SC; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Richmond, VA; Spokane, WA; and Vermont.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
- Five (5) or more years of relevant industry experience as a software engineer, where API development was your professional focus for four (4) or more years and web development for one (1) or more years.
- Recent experience with modern web frontend technologies, using TypeScript and any modern web framework (React, Vue, etc)
- Expertise in building and debugging scalable distributed services using Golang, REST, and GraphQL.
- Ability and desire to traverse the full stack. You can trace an issue from the browser all the way to the service container.
- You are well-versed in modern API and systems design and development.
- You believe that your profession is a craft and you're driven to improve every day.
- You have a strong computer science foundation.
- You write quality and maintainable code.
- You want to work with other happy, talented engineers.
- You're fun to work with.
- You get stuff done.
- A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX's Company Values.
- Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX.
ADDED BONUSESThough not required, we would be thrilled to consider candidates with any of the following:
- Experience with Geospatial tools and libraries (PostGIS, BigTable/BigQuery, quadtrees)
- Experience with map viewer technologies, such as MapBox
- Recent SSR experience via React/Next, Vue/Nuxt, Remix and friends
- Experience with other languages, including Python and Elixir
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform
- Familiarity with at least one major cloud platform provider such as Google Cloud Platform
- Experienced and comfortable with working remotely as part of a distributed team
COMPENSATIONonX is committed to compensating all employees fairly and equitably for their contributions. For this position, applicants can expect to make between $130,000 to $153,000 upon hire. The pay range will vary based on experience, skills, certifications, and education among other factors as required in the job description. In addition, full-time onX employees are eligible for a grant of common share options with a vesting schedule and a potential annual bonus of 10% based on company performance.
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING YOU- Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth
- Comprehensive health benefits including a no-monthly-cost medical plan
- Parental leave plan of 5 or 13 weeks fully paid
- 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
- Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
- Annual "Get Out, Get Active" funds to fuel your active lifestyle in and outside of the gym
- Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, and holidays
PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALSIn this role, success is driven by cognitive abilities such as concentration and problem-solving, essential for our computer-centric tasks. onX will explore reasonable accommodations to ensure that individuals with diverse abilities can fully engage in and contribute to the essential physical and mental functions of the job. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact us at
Position open until filled. #LI-RemoteAt onX, we believe that unique perspectives make us stronger. By bringing together people with different experiences, ideas, and viewpoints, we fuel innovation and move closer to our mission of awakening the adventurer in everyone. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to fairness not only in hiring, but also in development, compensation, and promotion. Our goal is to build an inclusive community where every team member can show up authentically and thrive. Together, we win as one team. Come join us!
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