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onXmaps, Inc. · 1 day ago

Backend Engineer

onXmaps, Inc. is a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation with a focus on creating dynamic outdoor experiences. They are seeking a Backend Software Engineer who will improve and streamline data processing systems, primarily focusing on backend development while also contributing to web frontend work.

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Growth Opportunities
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Hiring Manager
Mandy Safstrom
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Responsibilities

Build and maintain scalable services to support new features and products
Use Golang and best practices, build reusable code and libraries for future use
Use modern JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue, and best practices, build reusable code and libraries for future use
Write unit and integration tests, maintaining adequate coverage
Assist in deploying and managing services in Kubernetes
Collaborate in architectural decisions, across teams
Work with SRE and your team to define SLO for services and help monitor and maintain them
Mentor other engineers in your team and across the organization

Qualification

GolangAPI developmentTypeScriptKubernetesModern web frameworksDistributed servicesQuality codeProblem-solvingCollaborationMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Five (5) or more years of relevant industry experience as a software engineer, where API development was your professional focus for four (4) or more years and web development for one (1) or more years
Recent experience with modern web frontend technologies, using TypeScript and any modern web framework (React, Vue, etc)
Expertise in building and debugging scalable distributed services using Golang, REST, and GraphQL
Ability and desire to traverse the full stack. You can trace an issue from the browser all the way to the service container
You are well-versed in modern API and systems design and development
You believe that your profession is a craft and you're driven to improve every day
You have a strong computer science foundation
You write quality and maintainable code
You want to work with other happy, talented engineers
You're fun to work with
You get stuff done
A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX's Company Values
Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX

Preferred

Experience with Geospatial tools and libraries (PostGIS, BigTable/BigQuery, quadtrees)
Experience with map viewer technologies, such as MapBox
Recent SSR experience via React/Next, Vue/Nuxt, Remix and friends
Experience with other languages, including Python and Elixir
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
Experienced and comfortable with working remotely as part of a distributed team

Benefits

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

Company

onXmaps, Inc.

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Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$195.08M
Key Investors
TCVSummit Partners
2025-11-03Private Equity
2022-10-04Series B· $87.4M
2021-10-20Series Unknown· $87.38M

Leadership Team

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Eric Siegfried
Member Board Of Directors
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