Director of Engineering

Summary

Join onX as their Director of Engineering and lead a cross-functional team, shaping the future of their platform. Oversee Core Services Engineering teams focusing on foundational technology and backend systems. This role involves making great engineers better through mentorship and goal-setting, building great software and teams, and collaborating across departments. The position requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. The location is flexible, with options for working remotely or in various onX offices or Basecamps across the US. Compensation includes a competitive salary, annual bonuses, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years in a leadership role, managing and scaling engineering, and 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• And at least two (2) years of experience managing Software Engineering Managers
• You have a proven track record of delivering customer solutions
• You have a proven track record delivering solutions to help enable product and engineering teams
• You communicate well with executives and non-technical leaders
• You have a strong computer science foundation
• You want to work with other happy, talented engineers
• You’re fun to work with
• You can work in ambiguous environments and different stages of a product lifecycle

Responsibilities

• Make great engineers better. You’ll support your teammates with individual goal-setting, professional development and mentoring
• Make great software. You’ll work with your team and/or multiple teams to ensure you’re delivering maintainable, high-quality, customer-focused products. You will lead your team in design, development, testing, deployment, and operations
• Build great teams. You’ll work closely with your peers to hire smart, creative and kind engineers and managers.  You’ll be responsible for hiring talented iOS, Android, web, and backend engineers for the team. Also will be responsible for hiring managers for the engineering organization and product organization
• Collaborate. You’ll manage dependencies between functional teams and facilitate collaboration. This team builds key features used in all of our apps. You will make considerations to serve all of onX’s customers.  You will build a strong relationship with Product, Product Design and your team’s stakeholders.  You work well across multiple teams, and across all of engineering to drive outcomes from a single team or multiple teams
• Leadership. You can drive a project by yourself or direct multiple teams and leaders to a desired outcome.  You can work throughout the organization and can help solve problems in all parts of the organization
• Communicate. You’ll err on the side of over-communicating. You will help teams work efficiently together. You’ll work closely with the team’s product manager and engineers to set ambitious, but attainable goals and plan a sequence to get from where we are to where we want to be. Communicating and coordinating your team’s goals will be key to successfully working with other teams and moving the company forward together

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with mapping technology
• You have experience working both with startups and larger growth companies
• You have a B.S. or M.S. in computer science or a related field or experience

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