Backend Engineer Jobs in Montana (NOW HIRING)

onX is seeking a Backend Engineer who will contribute to meaningful, real-world outcomes that have a lasting impact for customers and the business. In this role, you'll focus on building and scaling the hunt-specific backend services and data layer that power experiences for hunters as part of the Hunt team, supporting onX's goal of delivering a best-in-class Hunt experience from onboarding through the season. You'll take ownership of your work, collaborate closely with partners across the organization, and help move initiatives forward in an environment where priorities evolve, learning is celebrated, and you're encouraged to keep stretching your skills. This role will report to the Engineering Manager of Hunt.

(Essential Job Duties)

• Design, build, and scale well-tested backend services and data models that power engaging experiences across onX apps.
• Own the data layer that captures, stores, and serves data to deliver new features.
• Partner with engineers and product managers across teams to integrate data and services cleanly, leveraging and extending existing services and platform patterns.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and write thorough unit, integration, and acceptance tests to keep services reliable, performant, and maintainable.
• Provide code review and backend coverage across the team's work to keep everyone shipping.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure backend services remain highly available and reliable after hours.
• 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.

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.

• 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.
• You evaluate technologies and solutions based on merit, stability, performance, and the ability to debug, and you write maintainable, well-tested code that's easy for others to understand.
• 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.

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

• Experience working with GraphQL.
• Experience with Elixir or other functional programming languages.
• Experience with Rust programming language.
• 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.

onX 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.

• 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

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. 

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