Backend Engineer III - Hunt at onX
Bozeman, MT
$130,000–$153,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Bozeman, MT
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role on the Hunt team at onX, focused on designing, building, and scaling microservices and data layers that power features for hunters within the onX app ecosystem. The position involves owning API development, contributing to architectural decisions, participating in on-call rotations, and collaborating cross-functionally with product and engineering partners. It suits an experienced backend engineer with strong Go and relational database skills who is comfortable in a distributed team environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 18,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 11,200–28,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is fully remote within the US, with optional access to corporate offices and distributed 'Basecamp'/'Connection Hub' communities across multiple states — no single metro applies.
The title is simply 'Backend Engineer' with no level modifier; the 5+ years of overall experience and 3+ years of API-focused experience support a Senior classification.
A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is listed in requirements but explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' as a substitute, so no minimum degree is recorded.
MySQL and PostgreSQL are listed together as examples of required relational database experience; PostgreSQL is captured as an alternative rather than a separate required skill.
The 3-year API development figure is a role-level requirement tied to a focus area rather than a specific named technology, but it is the closest proxy for the REST/API skill's years demanded.
All 'Added Bonuses' items (GraphQL, Elixir, Rust, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP, PostGIS, CockroachDB, event-based workflows, distributed team experience) are explicitly marked as not required and are listed under a 'ADDED BONUSES' heading.
Event-based workflows and distributed team experience are mentioned under 'Added Bonuses' but name no specific technology, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
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