Manager III, Software Development - Content Data Platform

onX•Bozeman, MT

15d•Hybrid

About The Position

onX is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the Content Data Platform team. This team is responsible for the data infrastructure that ensures accurate, current, and complete content on onX's maps. The role involves leading a cross-functional team of data engineers and geospatial analysts who manage the entire map content data lifecycle, from ingesting data from numerous sources to delivering consistent outputs to downstream consumers. This is a high-impact position central to onX's content strategy, operating within the Content Engineering organization and reporting to the Director of Engineering.

Requirements

At least five (5) years of experience directly managing software engineers.
Proven experience leading teams building data platform or data infrastructure systems.
Experience leading a team through migration off a legacy system to modern infrastructure.
Proven track record of breaking down large, long-horizon projects into milestones that deliver incremental business value.
Managed or closely partnered with cross-functional teams that aren't organized along traditional engineering/analytics lines.
Strong hiring and team development instincts.
Ability to engage substantively on architectural decisions and challenge existing assumptions.
Communicate well with executives and non-technical stakeholders.
Comfortable using AI-assisted tools to improve engineering productivity and help the team adopt them effectively.
A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX's Company Values.
Permanent US work authorization.
Ability to travel for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the GCP data stack: Managed Spark, BigQuery, BigLake, Pub/Sub, Managed Airflow.
Familiarity with Apache Iceberg, Spark/PySpark, DuckDB, dbt, and Airflow.
Exposure to geospatial data processing (GDAL, PostGIS, Apache Sedona, DuckDB spatial extensions).
Familiarity with Knowledge Graph architectures or graph data models.
Experience managing teams in an outdoor, mapping, or location technology context.
A B.S. or M.S. in computer science, data engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Support teammates with individual goal-setting, professional development, and mentoring.
Coach engineers through structured growth plans and partner with senior/staff-level ICs to set technical direction.
Drive delivery of the Content Foundation roadmap, including extending the unified data ingestion platform, proving fact-level provenance on land ownership data, and establishing versioned data contracts.
Work closely with peers to hire engineers and build/sustain a healthy team culture.
Mentor across disciplinary lines, raising the bar on data quality craft and engineering best practices.
Partner with the Data & Analytics EM to converge on shared Lakehouse infrastructure, metadata and lineage platform, unified analytics infrastructure, and consistent environment patterns.
Establish and maintain production reliability practices, including SLO definition, monitoring, alerting, incident management, on-call sustainability, and postmortem culture.
Drive a shift-left approach to data quality, including schema contracts, automated validation gates, and SLOs tied to data freshness and completeness.
Translate business strategy and content team priorities into clear engineering direction.
Articulate the value of platform investments to stakeholders.
Serve as the engineering interface for vertical product teams, data delivery, and the geospatial editing team.
Manage dependencies, push back on one-off pipeline requests in favor of durable platform capabilities, and maintain high cross-functional alignment.

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Annual bonuses
Equity
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
Amazing outdoor industry perks
Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds
Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, quiet weeks, and floating holidays