Outdoor gear retailer operating specialty e-commerce brands and flash-sale sites
Backcountry operates a multi-brand e-commerce portfolio (Backcountry.com, Competitive Cyclist, Motosport, Steep & Cheap, Whiskey Militia) across outdoor and motorsports verticals. The tech stack is retail-standard (React, Java/Spring, Looker, Google Analytics 4) with emerging AI adoption (Midjourney, DALL-E, ChatGPT) in creative and demand planning—a pattern consistent with their active projects in AI-powered forecasting and inventory optimization. Hiring has decelerated over the past month (11 of 50 active roles posted in last 30 days), with sales representing half of open positions, while technical debt simplification ranks among their top engineering priorities.
Notable leadership hires: Merchandise Director
Backcountry.com is a privately held outdoor and motorsports e-commerce company headquartered in Park City, Utah, with operational offices in Salt Lake City, Christiansburg VA, Portland OR, and Costa Rica. Founded in 1996, the company manages five distinct retail properties: a flagship outdoor gear site, two specialty e-tailers focused on cycling and motorsports, and two flash-sale brands. Their workforce spans 1,001–5,000 employees across sales, operations, marketing, engineering, and merchant functions. Current project focus centers on platform reliability, inventory management, demand forecasting, and legacy system modernization.
Core: Java, Spring Framework, React, Node.js, SQL. Data/analytics: Looker, Google Analytics 4. Design: Figma, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Emerging: ChatGPT, Midjourney, DALL-E for creative and forecasting workflows.
United States (primary), Canada, Costa Rica, and India. Headquarters in Park City, UT; additional offices in Salt Lake City, Christiansburg VA, Portland OR, and Costa Rica.
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