Data Engineer II
$103k - $115k USD
ABOUT onX
We’re a team of builders, adventurers, and risk takers using technology to help people confidently explore the outdoors. Driven by our mission to awaken the adventurer inside everyone, we build products that optimize every outdoor experience and inspire confidence to get out and go further.
We’re a high-growth tech company. The pace is fast, the work takes grit, and ambiguity is part of the job. As the world changes around us, we adapt - continuously evolving how we build, prioritize, and deliver.
Our business moves quickly, and there’s real opportunity to shape what we build next. Each of our verticals - Hunt, Offroad, Backcountry, and Fish - is at a different stage of maturity, which means the challenges you encounter and the impact you have will vary depending on where you sit and what the business needs most.
We operate with an experimentation mindset, continually iterating and improving how we solve problems. We expect our people to use the latest tooling, including AI, thoughtfully and responsibly, pairing human judgment with technology to increase quality, speed, and impact.
Our impact comes to life through the products we build, in the stories of our customers, and in our growing commitment to land stewardship and recreational access.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Data Engineer II plays a key role in building and evolving the onX Lakehouse. This role focuses on creating reliable, well-modeled data products on Google Cloud while improving how data is described, governed, discovered, and trusted across the organization.
You will balance hands-on pipeline development with thoughtful design around schemas, metadata, and operational health. This is a role for engineers who think beyond moving data from A to B and care deeply about how data is understood, reused, and scaled in a modern analytics and AI-driven ecosystem.
As an onX Data Engineer, your day to day responsibilities would look like:
Lakehouse Development
- Build and maintain production-grade data pipelines that land and organize data into Apache Iceberg tables on Google Cloud.
- Apply best practices for data modeling, partitioning, and table design to support analytics, BI, and emerging AI use cases.
- Evolve existing pipelines while maintaining platform stability and reliability.
Data Modeling & Quality
- Design clear, consistent schemas with an emphasis on usability, longevity, and downstream consumption.
- Implement data quality checks and validation patterns to ensure datasets are accurate, timely, and trustworthy.
- Make intentional tradeoffs between flexibility and structure as data products mature.
Metadata & Data Discovery
- Enrich datasets with meaningful metadata, ownership, lineage, and freshness signals.
- Partner in building a shared data catalog experience that helps users understand what data exists, what it means, and how it should be used.
- Treat metadata as a first-class asset alongside the data itself.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work closely with Business Intelligence and analytics partners to build curated domain datasets aligned with shared definitions and business logic.
- Collaborate with platform, analytics, and governance stakeholders to improve data consistency across domains.
Operational Excellence
- Monitor pipeline performance, cost, and data freshness.
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of reliability (KTLO).
- Contribute to standards, patterns, and documentation that scale beyond individual pipelines.
LOCATION
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.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Strong foundations in data engineering with 2+ years of experience building and operating data pipelines in production.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, with the ability to write clear, maintainable, and testable code.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud data services (e.g., BigQuery, Composer/Airflow, Dataflow, or equivalent).
- Experience working with modern table formats or lakehouse concepts, such as Apache Iceberg or similar.
- Comfort with software engineering best practices, including Git-based workflows, peer code reviews, and CI/CD.
- A systems-level mindset that considers data modeling, metadata, cost, performance, and downstream consumers—not just pipeline execution.
- Conceptual understanding of metadata, lineage, and governance, and why they matter in scalable analytics and AI-driven environments.
- Curiosity about where data platforms are headed, including how AI systems rely on well-described, well-governed data to understand enterprise context.
- Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to translate between technical implementation and business meaning.
COMPENSATION
onX is committed to compensating all employees fairly and equitably for their contributions. For this position, applicants can expect to make between $103,000 to $115,000 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.
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING YOU
- 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, and 7 paid holidays annually
PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALS
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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At onX, we believe that unique perspectives make us stronger. By bringing together people with different experiences, ideas, and viewpoints, we fuel innovation and move closer to our mission of awakening the adventurer in everyone. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to fairness not only in hiring, but also in development, compensation, and promotion. Our goal is to build an inclusive community where every team member can show up authentically and thrive. Together, we win as one team. Come join us!
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