Principal Data Engineer

ABOUT onX

As a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation with a suite of apps, onX was founded in Montana, which in turn has inspired our mission to awaken the adventurer inside everyone. With more than 400 employees located around the country working in largely remote / hybrid roles, we have created regional “Basecamps” to help remote employees find connection and inspiration with other onXers. We bring our outdoor passion to work every day, coupling it with industry-leading technology to craft dynamic outdoor experiences.

Through multiple years of growth, we haven’t lost our entrepreneurial ethos at onX. We offer a fast-paced, growing, tech-forward environment where ownership, accountability, and passion for winning as a team are essential. We value diversity and believe it leads to different perspectives and inspires both new adventures and new growth. As a team, we’re hungry to improve, value innovation, and believe great ideas come from any direction.

Important Alert: Please note, onXmaps will never ask for credit card or SSN details during the initial application process. For your digital safety, apply only through our legitimate website at onXmaps.com or directly via our LinkedIn page.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

At onXmaps, we build apps that enable millions of people to plan their adventures and navigate the outdoors with confidence. Central to this mission is how we collect, process, and present data—terabytes of it from thousands of sources—through our maps and contextual app features. As a Principal Data Engineer, you will design and build the next generation of these systems in Google Cloud, tackling the challenges of managing data at scale. Success in this role means leading by example in the systems you design and the code you write while mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering leadership.

To excel, you must be an exceptional communicator, able to understand complex business needs and effectively drive change across teams and stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing and successful company while playing a pivotal role in shaping one of the greatest pillars of our success—the data and insights our users rely on most.

This position serves as a Principal Engineer within the Content domain at onXmaps and reports directly to the Senior Director of Engineering. You play a key role in shaping the future of how we manage data at scale.

As an onX Principal Data Engineer, your day to day responsibilities would look like:

(Essential Job Duties)

• Develop and drive a technical roadmap that aligns with business opportunities by understanding the fundamentals of the business.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively, including goals and expectations, through excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Extremely high technical competency with distributed systems and data processing. We expect you to not only design and collaborate across teams, but to also be a very strong contributor that leads by example. You should earn the respect of highly skilled peers and senior engineers by regularly writing and reviewing code.
• Strong coaching skills for both code and technical architecture proposals.
• Recommend process and tool improvements based on industry standards, patterns and practices, and direct experience.
• Foster a “one team” culture through cross-functional collaboration and engineering alignment, contributing to best practices, reducing technical debt, and addressing operational inefficiencies.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and product management to plan and deliver large-scale features aligned with technical and product roadmaps.
• Serves as a thought leader, drives large-scale transformations, represents the organization in industry forums, and provides long-term technical guidance.
• Has a visionary understanding of emerging technologies and expertise in aligning technology with business strategy. Recognized as an influencer in the tech community.
• Drive organization-wide initiatives, develop technical roadmaps, and recommend improvements to architecture, security, scalability, and performance.
• Communicate project statuses, risks, and concerns to stakeholders and technical leadership, while managing stakeholder relationships effectively.

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 w