Staff Software Engineer - AI

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 OPPORTUNITY

onX is seeking a Staff Software Engineer who will contribute to meaningful, real-world outcomes that have a lasting impact for customers and the business. In this role, you’ll focus on the design, development, and scaling of our core AI/ML platforms and product-facing services as part of the AI Foundations Team, supporting the integration of cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions across onX's product lines. You’ll take ownership of your work, collaborate closely with partners across the organization, and help move initiatives forward in an environment where priorities evolve, learning is celebrated, and you’re encouraged to keep stretching your skills. This role will report to the Director of Engineering.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Work on the design, development, and deployment of large-scale AI systems and services, including models, pipelines, product experiences and infrastructure.
• Help Drive the technical strategy and roadmap for AI feature development, focusing on scalability, repeatability, reliability, and performance.
• Mentor and guide other engineers in best practices and productionizing AI technologies.
• Collaborate with Product and Data Science teams to translate business problems into technical requirements and deliver high-impact AI solutions (combining LLMs, Vector Databases, ML and other technology in novel ways to serve onX’ unique audience).
• Look for opportunities to embed AI as a repeatable mechanism in daily workflows by integrating experimentation into real work, and continuously refining its use with sound judgment and validation.
• Be a leader in AI safety, ensuring AI-enabled products are aligned with our values and mission.
• Look for opportunities to embed AI as a repeatable co-pilot in daily workflows by integrating experimentation into real work, and continuously refining its use with sound judgment and validation.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on building and scaling production AI/ML systems, is required.
• Expertise in building scalable backend systems.
• Deep knowledge of MLOps practices, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), and CI/CD pipelines for machine learning models and the common inference APIs/SDKs and frameworks.
• Experience with modern AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs) and their various architectures, methods such as RAG, vector databases, and the common AI stack including TensorFlow/Keras, PyTorch, Transformers, etc.
• A strong curiosity for exploring new technologies, including AI.
• A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX’s Company Values.
• Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX.

ADDED BONUSES

Though not required, we would be thrilled to consider candidates with any of the following:

• A history of engaging in AI development, from the early ML/NN (YOLO, Darknet) to the LLM era.
• Experience in monitoring and debugging production AI systems (inference, evals, judging, benchmarks) including cost and performance optimizations.
• Interest or experience in edge/on-device inference (MLX, JAX, transformers on TPU/NPU, etc.)
• Interest, experience or experimentation in training/fine-tuning transformer/diffusion models, dataset curation and captioning, etc.