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Senior Backend Engineer - Backcountry - Bozeman

$150,000 - $175,000 yearly
Full time Computer Science Engineering Senior Level Software

Job Description

ABOUT onX

As 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 300 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.

Important Alert: Please note, onXmaps will never ask for credit card or SSN details during the initial application process. For your digital safety, apply only through our legitimate website at onXmaps.com or directly via our LinkedIn page.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

onX is seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer to help our Backcountry team. This team focuses on feature development for the onX Backcountry application. We practice data-driven decision making and emphasize experimentation. Engineers on our team have ownership and autonomy to create, develop and analyze their work in the context of greater company objectives. This is a great opportunity to be a part of a dynamic growing company focused on making an impact on the business, working with new technologies, and solving hard problems.

As an onX Senior Backend Engineer, your day to day responsibilities would look like:

(Essential Job Duties)

  • Build scalable services to support new features and products for the onX suite of apps.
  • Write unit, integration, and acceptance tests
  • Participate in architectural decisions involving our services
  • Collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders
  • Lead by example - embody our company values
  • Leverage and extend existing onX services
  • Participate in an on-call schedule to support backend services after work hours

LOCATION

onX 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: 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: 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

  • Minimum of eight (8) years of professional software development experience is required, where API development was your professional focus for at least three (3) or more years. 
  • You have experience building and debugging distributed, scalable microservices architecture
  • You evaluate technologies and solutions based on merit, stability, performance and the ability to debug
  • You are well-versed in modern API and systems design and development
  • You have a strong computer science foundation
  • You believe that your profession is a craft and you’re driven to improve every day
  • You are an advocate for the customer and their experience
  • You want to work with other happy, talented engineers
  • You want to mentor junior engineers and be mentored by other senior engineers
  • You write great code
  • You get stuff done
  • You take ownership

ADDED BONUSES

Though not required, we would be thrilled to consider candidates with any of the following:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science, software engineering or related degree required
  • Experience working in Go
  • Experience with Elixir or other FP languages
  • 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
  • Strong background in relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL
  • Experience working with payment systems such as Stripe
  • Experience working with a distributed team

COMPENSATION

onX is committed to compensating all employees fairly and equitably for their contributions. For this position, applicants can expect to make between $150,000 to $175,000 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, quiet weeks, and floating holidays

PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALS

In 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 PS@onxmaps.com. 

Position open until filled. 

At onX, we believe that diversity makes us better.  Bringing together a diverse set of backgrounds, ideas, and opinions helps us to achieve our mission to awaken the adventurer in everyone. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. onX is committed to equal opportunity not only in our hiring practices but also in our employment practices, including but not limited to development, compensation, and promotion. We strive to build an inclusive work community where everyone can be their authentic self, and together, we win as a team. Come join us!

onXmaps, Inc.
About onXmaps, Inc.

Our mission is to awaken the adventurer inside everyone.

The call of the wild is in all of us. It provokes exploration. It propels us to ridgelines, coastlines, high crags, deep crannies — those spaces and moments when our heart forges ahead because we can’t turn back. Because we have to know. Because we must experience it for ourselves.

Whether you find yourself listening for bugles on a lonely hillside, choosing the longer trek at the fork in the trail, ripping through the desert at sunset in your SxS, or picking your ski line from the summit before the powder plunge — onX helps bring that adventure to life. Whether it’s your first step into the uncharted, or your annual backcountry trip, we unlock confidence in the unknown.

onX is home to a team of passionate explorers. We celebrate our adventures, but we don’t take them for granted. Our appreciation for wild places drives us to preserve access to the recreation that we cherish. As a company, we invest in land access initiatives to expand and protect open spaces. We believe that the more people who experience their own off-the-beaten-path awakening, the more likely they are to join us in protecting these spaces for the future.

onX products are built by adventurers, for adventurers. Our current suite of navigation apps includes onX Hunt, onX Offroad, and onX Backcountry. We believe that every adventurer needs to know where to go, to know where they stand, and to be able to share their experiences.

  • We believe every outdoor pursuit is defined by access and we look for ways to expand it.
  • We believe that empowering more people to find their adventure strengthens our community, that technology can enrich an outdoor experience, but that looking up at stars always beats looking down at screens.
  • We believe that stories are made in the minutes before sunrise, written across maps, and best told over campfires.
  • We believe that the knee-deep, shifting-wind, send-it-for-glory moments are made sweeter by the missed chances and cold morning waits. That there’s always another layer to the landscape to learn and another horizon to chase.

We’re onX, and we believe that a map is only the beginning.

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