Senior Backend Engineer - Core Services
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- B.S., M.S., or equivalent experience in computer science or a related field
- Six or more years of professional software development experience, with API development as a primary focus for at least three of those years
- Strong backend development experience with modern languages (Go strongly preferred; Python or Java also considered)
- Experience building and debugging distributed, scalable microservices architecture
- Database design and optimization experience, particularly with PostgreSQL and distributed systems
- Well-versed in RESTful API design and modern systems design
- Strong computer science foundation
- You evaluate technologies and solutions based on merit, stability, performance, and the ability to debug
- 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 take ownership and get stuff done
Nice To Haves
- Graph database or knowledge graph experience (highly valued)
- Data modeling for complex relationships and content metadata
- Experience with GraphQL
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Cloud Functions)
- Experience with geospatial databases such as PostGIS
- Familiarity with geospatial concepts such as quadtrees
- Strong background in data architecture
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform
- Cloud-native development patterns (GCP or AWS)
- Experience working with a distributed team
- Interest in mentoring junior engineers and being mentored by senior engineers
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
