Senior Backend Engineer - Core Services

ABOUT onX We’re a team of builders, adventurers, and risk takers using technology to help people confidently explore the outdoors. Driven by our mission to awaken the adventurer inside everyone, we build products that optimize every outdoor experience and inspire confidence to get out and go further. We’re a high-growth tech company. The pace is fast, the work takes grit, and ambiguity is part of the job. As the world changes around us, we adapt - continuously evolving how we build, prioritize, and deliver. Our business moves quickly, and there’s real opportunity to shape what we build next. Each of our verticals - Hunt, Offroad, Backcountry, and Fish - is at a different stage of maturity, which means the challenges you encounter and the impact you have will vary depending on where you sit and what the business needs most. We operate with an experimentation mindset, continually iterating and improving how we solve problems. We expect our people to use the latest tooling, including AI, thoughtfully and responsibly, pairing human judgment with technology to increase quality, speed, and impact. Our impact comes to life through the products we build, in the stories of our customers, and in our growing commitment to land stewardship and recreational access. WHAT YOU WILL DO onX is seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our Connected Content team. In this role, you will be an integral part of a cross-functional team building and evolving the systems that power content relationships, metadata, and discovery across the onX platform. You will design and build scalable backend services that model complex data relationships and deliver structured content to our suite of outdoor navigation apps. 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 work with new technologies and solve hard problems at the intersection of graph-based data modeling, content systems, and outdoor recreation. This position reports to a Software Engineering Manager III. TECHNOLOGIES WE USE Our backend engineers primarily work in Go running in Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform. This role benefits from knowledge and experience working with GraphQL and graph databases, as well as relational databases like PostgreSQL for complex data modeling. As an onX Senior Backend Engineer, your day to day responsibilities would look like: (Essential Job Duties) Build and maintain scalable services to support new features and products across the onX suite of apps Design and implement data models for complex content relationships and metadata Write unit, integration, and acceptance tests Assist in the creation, deployment, and management of services in Kubernetes Participate in and drive architectural decisions involving our services Design and instrument systems to monitor key performance indicators Mentor and share knowledge with engineers on your team Leverage and extend existing onX platform services Collaborate effectively with cross-functional team members and stakeholders Lead by example -- embody onX's company values, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration Participate in an on-call schedule to support backend services 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 f ... (truncated, view full listing at source)