[Hiring] Software Development Engineer @onX

Role Description

onX is seeking a Software Development Engineer (full-stack) to help build and evolve the technology that powers onX Hunt. As part of the Hunt team, you’ll work across the stack, with a particular focus on the services, APIs, and data that connect to the experiences hunters rely on throughout their journey, from getting started with onX to planning and navigating their season.

• Design, build, and evolve customer-facing Hunt experiences across mobile applications, APIs, backend services, and data systems.
• Own technical solutions from design through delivery, making sound decisions about architecture, performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Build and support large-scale systems throughout their lifecycle, diagnosing complex technical issues and continuously improving the systems you own.
• Partner with Product, Design, QA, and engineers across teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality customer experiences and navigate cross-team dependencies.
• Write maintainable, well-tested code and use unit, integration, and acceptance testing to ensure the reliability and performance of the systems you build.
• Review code, share technical knowledge, and mentor and support other engineers in strengthening their craft.
• Look for opportunities to embed AI as a repeatable co-pilot in daily workflows by integrating experimentation into real work, and continuously refining its use with sound judgment and validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) or more years of professional software development experience is required, where API development was your professional focus for at least three (3) or more years.
• Experience building and debugging distributed, scalable microservices architectures.
• You are well-versed in modern API and systems design and development, with a strong computer science foundation.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Experience working in Go, Elixir or other functional programming languages.
• Experience with iOS or Android development.
• A strong sense of ownership, a desire to mentor and be mentored, and advocacy for the customer and their experience.
• A strong curiosity for exploring new technologies, including AI.
• A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX's Company Values.
• You want to work with other happy, talented engineers.
• You write great code and get stuff done.
• Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX.
• Ability to travel on occasion for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp.

Requirements

• Experience working with GraphQL.
• Experience with Python.
• 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.
• Experience with geospatial databases such as PostGIS.
• Experience with CockroachDB distributed database systems.
• Experience with event-based workflows.
• Experience working with a distributed team.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth.
• Comprehensive health benefits, including a no-monthly-cost medical plan.
• Paid parental leave of 13 weeks for birthing parents and 5 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• 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.
• Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, and paid holidays.