YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly’s engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking a dedicated Front End Software Engineer to contribute to the continuing evolution of our complex spacecraft modeling and simulation software.  

This is a high-autonomy, high-accountability role. You'll own entire feature domains from conception to production, drive architectural decisions that affect the entire frontend surface, and set the standard for code quality that junior and mid-level engineers will follow. You won't wait to be assigned work, you'll identify what needs to be done, propose solutions, and drive them to completion. When you see tech debt, you'll flag it, scope it, and champion the work to address it. When patterns aren't serving us, you'll propose better ones and lead their adoption. 

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You’ll have ownership of challenging, greenfield problems and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and deliver complex 2D and 3D web-based frontend features end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and iteration
• Drive architectural direction for frontend systems, establishing patterns and conventions that scale across the team and codebase
• Proactively identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities for refactoring
• Set the quality bar through rigorous code review, championing testing practices, and writing code that serves as a reference implementation for the team
• Mentor and elevate junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code review that teaches, not just approves
• Collaborate as a technical partner with product, design, backend engineers, QA, space operators, and astrodynamics algorithm engineers—contributing to system-wide architectural decisions
• Ship efficiently and iteratively, breaking complex work into well-scoped increments while maintaining a bias toward completion over perfection
• Document decisions and patterns, ensuring the team's collective knowledge grows and onboarding becomes easier over time 

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE 

• You see a PR from a junior engineer that works but violates codebase conventions—you don't just approve it; you take the time to explain the patterns and why they matter
• You notice a component is being copy-pasted across the codebase—you propose and implement an abstraction, then document when and how to use it
• You're assigned a feature and the requirements are ambiguous—you proactively clarify with product and design, propose a technical approach, and share it with the team before diving into implementation
• You see downtime as an opportunity, not a break—you're the kind of engineer who notices the flaky test everyone's been ignoring and decides to finally fix it
• You disagree with an architectural decision—you articulate your concerns constructively, propose alternatives with tradeoffs, and commit fully once a decision is made
• You're thinking beyond your current ticket—you're aware of how your work fits into the broader product roadmap and technical direction, and you surface risks or opportunities early 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of software development experience
• Expert-level command of HTML/CSS and modern TypeScript/JavaScript, including nuanced understanding of performance implications and browser internals
• Deep expertise in modern React, including advanced patterns (compound components, render props, custom hooks architecture), state management strategies, and performance optimization techniques
• Strong testing philosophy and hands-on experience with Vitest, React Testing Library, and end-to-end testing frameworks, you understand what to test, not just how
• Proven experience designing and evolving component libraries, design systems, and CSS architecture at scale
• Fluency with gRPC, RESTful and WebSocket based services, including debugging integration issues and contributing to API design discussions
• Comfort operating across the stack when needed, you can read backend code, understand infrastructure constraints, and collaborate effectively with backend engineers
• Track record of working in Git-based workflows with high standards for commit hygiene, PR quality, and collaborative review processes
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A strong engineering background in school and/or work experience ideally in Software Engineering, Math, Physics, or other related fields
• Experience as a technical lead or primary frontend architect on a product with real users and production constraints
• Experience building and shipping complex, data-dense applications with demanding performance requirements (large datasets, real-time updates, complex visualizations)
• Deep experience with Three.js, React Three Fiber, or other web-based 3D libraries, including performance profiling and optimization
• Experience in UI/UX design collaboration and tools like Figma, you can speak the language of design and advocate for engineering constraints
• Practical space industry experience
• Strong collaboration and communication skills that let

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $160,000 - $275,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—This is a fully onsite role. Candidates must be based in or able to commute to our Denver or Long Beach office daily.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.

#LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Staff Front End Software Engineer to lead the technical direction and evolution of our complex spacecraft modeling and simulation software.

This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role. You'll define and drive the frontend technical roadmap, lead cross-functional initiatives that span engineering, product, and operations, and establish the architectural foundations that will scale our platform for years to come. You'll identify strategic technical investments, champion them across the organization, and lead their execution. You won't just build features—you'll shape the product direction, influence company objectives, and mentor the engineers who will build the next generation of our platform. When you see systemic issues affecting velocity or quality, you'll diagnose root causes, build consensus around solutions, and drive organizational change to address them.

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You'll lead high-priority, greenfield initiatives with strategic importance to the company and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and deliver large-scale, cross-functional frontend initiatives that align with strategic company objectives, from technical vision through production deployment and long-term evolution
• Define and drive the frontend technical roadmap and architectural strategy, establishing patterns, frameworks, and systems that enable the entire engineering organization to move faster
• Serve as the primary technical decision-maker for frontend architecture, evaluating and adopting new technologies, and establishing engineering standards that balance innovation with maintainability
• Proactively identify systemic technical debt, scalability challenges, and architectural limitations—then build business cases, secure buy-in, and lead multi-quarter initiatives to address them
• Elevate the engineering organization through technical mentorship, establishing best practices, leading design reviews, and developing the skills of senior, mid-level, and junior engineers
• Partner with executive leadership, product, design, backend engineering, space operations, and astrodynamics teams as a key technical stakeholder, influencing product strategy and company direction
• Drive engineering efficiency and excellence by establishing metrics, tooling, and processes that improve code quality, deployment velocity, and developer experience
• Build and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and knowledge-sharing systems that scale organizational learning
• Represent the frontend engineering perspective in strategic planning, resource allocation, and cross-company technical decisions
• Identify and develop emerging technical leaders within the team, creating growth pathways and opportunities for engineers to expand their impact

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE 

• You recognize that the team is repeatedly solving similar problems in different ways—you design and champion a unified framework, drive its adoption across teams, and measure its impact on velocity
• You identify a fundamental scalability limitation in the frontend architecture before it becomes a crisis—you build a compelling case with data, present it to leadership, secure a quarter of engineering time, and lead the migration
• You're involved in early product strategy discussions, not just implementation—you're shaping what we build by contributing technical insights about feasibility, risk, and opportunity
• A critical production issue arises affecting multiple teams—you quickly establish incident command, coordinate the response, drive it to resolution, and lead the post-mortem that prevents recurrence
• You see a pattern of technical decisions being made in isolation—you establish a lightweight architectural review process that improves decisions while respecting team autonomy
• You're asked about the 6-month frontend roadmap and can articulate not just what's being built, but why it matters, what success looks like, what the risks are, and what alternatives were considered
• Junior and mid-level engineers come to you not because they're stuck on a problem, but because they want to validate their architectural thinking—and you help them grow as technical decision-makers
• You notice the team is spending 30% of their time on a particular class of bug—you trace it to a root architectural cause, propose a fundamental rework, and lead its implementation
• You disagree with a strategic product or technical decision being made at the executive level—you present a well-researched alternative with clear tradeoffs and business impact, influencing the final direction

QUALIFICATIONS

• 12-14 years of software development experience (or 8+ years with a Master's degree, or 5+ years with a PhD)
• Expert-level mastery of HTML/CSS and modern TypeScript/JavaScript, including deep understanding of performance optimization, browser internals, memory management, and runtime characteristics
• Deep expertise in modern React and the broader frontend ecosystem, including architectural patterns for large-scale applications, advanced state management, performance profiling and optimization, and emerging frontend technologies
• Proven track record of establishing comprehensive testing strategies across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers, including championing testing culture and tooling adoption
• Extensive experience designing, building, and evolving component libraries, design systems, and frontend infrastructure that serve multiple teams and products
• Expert-level understanding of distributed systems integration patterns including gRPC, REST, WebSockets, and GraphQL, with experience influencing API design and backend architecture decisions
• Demonstrated ability to work full-stack when necessary, with enough backend and infrastructure knowledge to make informed architectural decisions and unblock teams
• History of leading technical initiatives in Git-based workflows, establishing code review standards, and fostering collaborative engineering culture
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong engineering background in Software Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Science, or related technical fields
• Proven experience as a technical lead, staff engineer, or principal engineer on production systems with significant user bases and business-critical requirements
• Track record of leading large-scale migrations, architectural overhauls, or platform rewrites while maintaining product velocity
• Deep expertise building and optimizing complex, data-intensive applications with demanding performance requirements (real-time processing, large-scale datasets, complex visualizations, distributed systems)
• Advanced proficiency with Three.js, React Three Fiber, WebGL, or other web-based 3D rendering technologies, including low-level performance optimization and shader programming
• Experience bridging engineering and design through deep UI/UX collaboration, design systems development, and tools like Figma—able to influence design decisions with technical constraints and possibilities
• Experience in highly regulated industries (aerospace, defense, healthcare, finance) with understanding of compliance, security, and operational constraints
• Practical space industry or aerospace experience
• Published technical writing, open source contributions, or conference speaking that demonstrates thought leadership
• Exceptional communication skills that enable you to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $185,000 - $320,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—This is an fully onsite role. Candidates must be based in or able to commute to our Denver or Long Beach office daily.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.

#LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Staff Elixir Software Engineer to lead the technical direction and evolution of our distributed spacecraft ground control system.

This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role. You'll define and drive the backend systems technical roadmap, lead cross-functional initiatives that span engineering, product, and operations, and establish the architectural foundations that will scale our distributed ground control platform for years to come. You'll identify strategic technical investments, champion them across the organization, and lead their execution. You won't just build features; you'll shape the product direction, influence company objectives, and mentor the engineers who will build the next generation of our platform. When you see systemic issues affecting reliability, velocity, or quality, you'll diagnose root causes, build consensus around solutions, and drive organizational change to address them. 

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You'll lead high-priority, greenfield initiatives with strategic importance to the company and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Lead and deliver large-scale, cross-functional distributed systems initiatives that align with strategic company objectives, from technical vision through production deployment and long-term evolutio
• Define and drive the Elixir/OTP systems roadmap and architectural strategy, establishing patterns, frameworks, and infrastructure that enable the entire engineering organization to move faste
• Serve as the primary technical decision-maker for distributed systems architecture, evaluating and adopting new technologies, and establishing engineering standards that balance innovation with maintainabilit
• Proactively identify systemic reliability risks, scalability challenges, and architectural limitations, then build business cases, secure buy-in, and lead multi-quarter initiatives to address the
• Elevate the engineering organization through technical mentorship, establishing best practices, leading design reviews, and developing the skills of senior, mid-level, and junior engineer
• Partner with executive leadership, product, design, frontend engineering, space operations, and astrodynamics teams as a key technical stakeholder, influencing product strategy and company directio
• Drive engineering efficiency and excellence by establishing metrics, tooling, and processes that improve system reliability, deployment velocity, and developer experienc
• Build and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and knowledge-sharing systems that scale organizational learnin
• Represent the distributed systems engineering perspective in strategic planning, resource allocation, and cross-company technical decision
• Identify and develop emerging technical leaders within the team, creating growth pathways and opportunities for engineers to expand their impact 

 WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE 

• You recognize that the team is repeatedly solving similar distributed systems problems in different ways; you design and champion a unified framework, drive its adoption across teams, and measure its impact on velocity and reliability
• You identify a fundamental scalability limitation in the ground control architecture before it becomes a crisis; you build a compelling case with data, present it to leadership, secure a quarter of engineering time, and lead the migration
• You're involved in early product strategy discussions, not just implementation; you're shaping what we build by contributing technical insights about feasibility, risk, and opportunity
• A critical production issue arises affecting spacecraft operations; you quickly establish incident command, coordinate the response across teams, drive it to resolution, and lead the post-mortem that prevents recurrence
• You see a pattern of distributed systems decisions being made in isolation; you establish a lightweight architectural review process that improves decisions while respecting team autonomy
• You're asked about the 6-month backend systems roadmap and can articulate not just what's being built, but why it matters, what success looks like, what the risks are, and what alternatives were considered
• Junior and mid-level engineers come to you not because they're stuck on a problem, but because they want to validate their architectural thinking; and you help them grow as technical decision-makers
• You notice the team is spending significant time on a particular class of reliability issue; you trace it to a root architectural cause, propose a fundamental rework, and lead its implementation
• You disagree with a strategic product or technical decision being made at the executive level; you present a well-researched alternative with clear tradeoffs and business impact, influencing the final direction

 QUALIFICATIONS 

• 12+ years of software development experience
• Expert-level mastery of Elixir and OTP, including deep understanding of BEAM internals, scheduling, memory management, garbage collection, process architecture, and runtime characteristics at scale
• Deep expertise in designing, building, and evolving large-scale distributed systems, including architectural patterns for fault tolerance, consistency, availability, clustering, and horizontal scalability
• Proven track record of establishing comprehensive testing strategies across unit, integration, property-based, and end-to-end layers, including championing testing culture and tooling adoption
• Extensive experience designing, building, and evolving service architectures, libraries, and internal infrastructure that serve multiple teams and products
• Expert-level understanding of distributed systems integration patterns including gRPC, REST, WebSockets, and GraphQL, with experience influencing API design and cross-service architecture decisions
• Demonstrated ability to work full-stack when necessary, with enough frontend and infrastructure knowledge to make informed architectural decisions and unblock teams
• History of leading technical initiatives in Git-based workflows, establishing code review standards, and fostering collaborative engineering culture
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline
• Proven experience as a technical lead, staff engineer, or principal engineer on production systems with significant user load and business-critical requirements
• Deep mastery of OTP including BEAM scheduling, GenServers, run queues, pg, the Actor model, dynamic supervisors, registries, distributed process groups, and custom OTP behaviours, with experience pushing the boundaries of the runtime
• Track record of leading large-scale migrations, architectural overhauls, or platform rewrites while maintaining product velocity and system reliability
• Deep expertise building and optimizing complex, real-time distributed systems with demanding reliability and performance requirements (real-time telemetry processing, mission-critical command and control, large-scale data pipelines)
• Advanced experience with database design and optimization at scale, including PostgreSQL internals, replication strategies, and data modeling for distributed systems
• Extensive experience with monitoring, observability, and distributed tracing in production systems, including designing observability strategies and incident response frameworks
• Experience in highly regulated industries (aerospace, defense, healthcare, finance) with understanding of compliance, security, and operational constraints
• Published technical writing, open source contributions, or conference speaking that demonstrates thought leadership
• Exceptional communication skills that enable you to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $185,000 - $320,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—This is an onsite role, we are seeking candidates based near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA. 
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.
#LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Staff Full Stack Software Engineer to lead the technical direction and evolution of our spacecraft modeling, simulation, and distributed ground control platform across the entire stack.

This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role. You'll define and drive the technical roadmap spanning frontend and backend systems, lead cross-functional initiatives that bridge engineering, product, and operations, and establish the architectural foundations that will scale our platform for years to come. You'll identify strategic technical investments, champion them across the organization, and lead their execution. You won't just build features; you'll shape the product direction, influence company objectives, and mentor the engineers who will build the next generation of our platform. When you see systemic issues affecting velocity, reliability, or quality across the stack, you'll diagnose root causes, build consensus around solutions, and drive organizational change to address them.

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You'll lead high-priority, greenfield initiatives with strategic importance to the company and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Lead and deliver large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that span the entire stack, aligning frontend experience, backend infrastructure, and system architecture with strategic company objectives, from technical vision through production deployment and long-term evolution
• Define and drive the full-stack technical roadmap and architectural strategy, establishing patterns, frameworks, and systems that enable the entire engineering organization to move faster across both React/TypeScript and Elixir codebases
• Serve as the primary technical decision-maker for cross-stack architecture, evaluating and adopting new technologies, defining the boundaries and contracts between frontend and backend systems, and establishing engineering standards that balance innovation with maintainability
• Proactively identify systemic technical debt, scalability challenges, and architectural limitations across the stack, then build business cases, secure buy-in, and lead multi-quarter initiatives to address them
• Elevate the engineering organization through technical mentorship, establishing best practices, leading design reviews, and developing the skills of senior, mid-level, and junior engineers across both frontend and backend disciplines
• Partner with executive leadership, product, design, space operations, and astrodynamics teams as a key technical stakeholder, influencing product strategy and company direction with a perspective that encompasses the entire technical surface
• Drive engineering efficiency and excellence by establishing metrics, tooling, and processes that improve code quality, system reliability, deployment velocity, and developer experience across the stack
• Build and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and knowledge-sharing systems that scale organizational learning
• Represent the full-stack engineering perspective in strategic planning, resource allocation, and cross-company technical decisions Identify and develop emerging technical leaders within the team, creating growth pathways and opportunities for engineers to expand their impact across the stack 

 WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE 

• You recognize that the team is repeatedly solving similar problems differently across the frontend and backend; you design and champion unified patterns, drive their adoption across teams, and measure their impact on velocity and reliability
• You identify a fundamental mismatch between the frontend data model and the backend service architecture before it becomes a scaling crisis; you build a compelling case with data, present it to leadership, secure a quarter of engineering time, and lead a coordinated migration across both layers
• You're involved in early product strategy discussions, not just implementation; you're shaping what we build by contributing technical insights about feasibility, risk, and opportunity that account for the full system
• A critical production issue arises that spans the frontend and backend; you quickly establish incident command, coordinate the response across teams and layers, drive it to resolution, and lead the post-mortem that prevents recurrence 
• You see a pattern of frontend and backend engineers making architectural decisions in isolation from each other; you establish a lightweight cross-stack review process that improves decisions while respecting team autonomy
• You're asked about the 6-month technical roadmap and can articulate not just what's being built across the stack, but why it matters, what success looks like, what the risks are, and what alternatives were considered Junior and mid-level engineers come to you not because they're stuck on a problem, but because they want to validate their architectural thinking; and you help them grow as technical decision-makers who think beyond their layer of the stack
• You notice the team is spending significant time on a class of integration bugs between the frontend and backend; you trace it to a root architectural cause, propose a fundamental rework of the contract between layers, and lead its implementation You disagree with a strategic product or technical decision being made at the executive level; you present a well-researched alternative with clear tradeoffs and business impact, influencing the final direction 

 QUALIFICATIONS 

• 12+ years of software development experience, with demonstrated expertise across both frontend and backend development
• Expert-level mastery of HTML/CSS and modern TypeScript/JavaScript, including deep understanding of performance optimization, browser internals, memory management, and runtime characteristics
• Deep expertise in modern React and the broader frontend ecosystem, including architectural patterns for large-scale applications, advanced state management, performance profiling and optimization, and emerging frontend technologies
• Expert-level mastery of Elixir and OTP, including deep understanding of BEAM internals, scheduling, memory management, garbage collection, process architecture, and runtime characteristics at scale
• Deep expertise in designing, building, and evolving large-scale distributed systems, including architectural patterns for fault tolerance, consistency, availability, clustering, and horizontal scalability
• Proven track record of establishing comprehensive testing strategies across the full stack, including unit, integration, property-based, and end-to-end, including championing testing culture and tooling adoption 
• Extensive experience designing, building, and evolving component libraries, design systems, service architectures, and internal infrastructure that serve multiple teams and products
• Expert-level understanding of distributed systems integration patterns including gRPC, REST, WebSockets, and GraphQL, with experience defining API contracts and influencing architecture decisions across the stack
• History of leading technical initiatives in Git-based workflows, establishing code review standards, and fostering collaborative engineering culture
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline
• Proven experience as a technical lead, staff engineer, or principal engineer on production systems with significant user bases and business-critical requirements, with responsibility spanning multiple layers of the stack 
• Track record of leading large-scale migrations, architectural overhauls, or platform rewrites across frontend and backend systems while maintaining product velocity and system reliability
• Deep expertise building and optimizing complex, data-intensive applications with demanding performance requirements (real-time processing, large-scale datasets, complex visualizations, distributed systems) across the full stack Advanced proficiency with Three.js, React Three Fiber, WebGL, or other web-based 3D rendering technologies, including low-level performance optimization and shader programming
• Deep mastery of OTP including BEAM scheduling, GenServers, run queues, pg, the Actor model, dynamic supervisors, registries, distributed process groups, and custom OTP behaviours, with experience pushing the boundaries of the runtime
• Advanced experience with database design and optimization at scale, including PostgreSQL internals, replication strategies, and data modeling for distributed systems Extensive experience with monitoring, observability, and distributed tracing across the full stack, including designing observability strategies and incident response frameworks
• Experience bridging engineering and design through deep UI/UX collaboration, design systems development, and tools like Figma, able to influence design decisions with technical constraints and possibilities
• Experience in highly regulated industries (aerospace, defense, healthcare, finance) with understanding of compliance, security, and operational constraints
• Published technical writing, open source contributions, or conference speaking that demonstrates thought leadership
• Exceptional communication skills that enable you to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $185,000 - $320,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—This is an onsite role, we are seeking candidates based near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA. 
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.
#LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking a dedicated Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to drive feature development and architectural decisions across our React/TypeScript frontend and Elixir backend, shaping the evolution of our spacecraft modeling, simulation, and ground control software.

This is a high-autonomy, high-accountability role. You'll own entire feature domains from conception to production across the full stack, drive architectural decisions that affect both the frontend experience and backend infrastructure, and set the standard for code quality that junior and mid-level engineers will follow. You won't wait to be assigned work; you'll identify what needs to be done, propose solutions, and drive them to completion. When you see tech debt on either side of the stack, you'll flag it, scope it, and champion the work to address it. When patterns aren't serving us, you'll propose better ones and lead their adoption.

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You'll have ownership of challenging, greenfield problems and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Own and deliver complex features end-to-end across the full stack, from 2D and 3D web-based frontend interfaces through distributed Elixir backend services, from technical design through production deployment and iteration
• Drive architectural direction across frontend and backend systems, establishing patterns and conventions that scale across the team and codebase, with particular attention to the boundaries and contracts between layers
• Proactively identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and reliability risks across the stack
• Set the quality bar through rigorous code review, championing testing practices in both React and Elixir, and writing code that serves as a reference implementation for the team
• Mentor and elevate junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code review that teaches, not just approves, helping engineers grow their skills on whichever side of the stack they're less experienced in
• Collaborate as a technical partner with product, design, QA, space operators, and astrodynamics algorithm engineers, contributing to system-wide architectural decisions with a perspective that spans the full stack
• Ship efficiently and iteratively, breaking complex cross-stack work into well-scoped increments while maintaining a bias toward completion over perfection
• Document decisions and patterns, ensuring the team's collective knowledge grows and onboarding becomes easier over time

 WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE 

• You see a PR from a junior engineer that implements a feature on the frontend but introduces an inefficient API call pattern; you don't just fix the frontend; you suggest a backend change that solves the problem at its root and explain the tradeoffs
• You notice the same data transformation happening in both the Elixir backend and the React frontend; you determine the right layer for it, consolidate, and document the decision for the team
• You're assigned a feature and the requirements are ambiguous; you proactively clarify with product and design, propose a technical approach that accounts for both frontend UX and backend system design, and share it with the team before diving into implementation
• You see downtime as an opportunity, not a break; you're the kind of engineer who notices a flaky integration between the frontend and a WebSocket endpoint and decides to finally fix both sides
• You disagree with an architectural decision; you articulate your concerns constructively, propose alternatives with tradeoffs, and commit fully once a decision is made
• You're thinking beyond your current ticket; you understand how frontend features depend on backend services and vice versa, and you surface risks, coupling issues, or opportunities early

 QUALIFICATIONS 

• 7+ years of software development experience with meaningful depth across both frontend and backend development
• Expert-level command of HTML/CSS and modern TypeScript/JavaScript, including nuanced understanding of performance implications and browser internals
• Deep expertise in modern React, including advanced patterns (compound components, render props, custom hooks architecture), state management strategies, and performance optimization techniques
• Strong proficiency in Elixir and OTP, including deep understanding of BEAM internals, process architecture, supervision strategies, and fault-tolerant system design
• Strong testing philosophy and hands-on experience across the stack, including Vitest, React Testing Library, and end-to-end testing on the frontend; ExUnit, property-based testing, and integration testing for distributed systems on the backend; you understand what to test, not just how
• Proven experience designing and evolving component libraries, design systems, service architectures, and API boundaries Fluency with gRPC, RESTful, and WebSocket-based services, including designing APIs that serve both frontend and backend needs effectively
• Strong database experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and understanding of data modeling tradeoffs
• Track record of working in Git-based workflows with high standards for commit hygiene, PR quality, and collaborative review processes
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline
• Experience as a technical lead or primary implementor on a product with real users and production constraints, with responsibility spanning both frontend and backend
• Experience building and shipping complex, data-dense applications with demanding performance requirements (large datasets, real-time updates, complex visualizations) across the full stack
• Deep experience with Three.js, React Three Fiber, or other web-based 3D libraries, including performance profiling and optimization
• Deep understanding of OTP including BEAM scheduling, GenServers, run queues, pg, the Actor model, and advanced patterns like dynamic supervisors, registries, and distributed process groups
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and distributed tracing in production systems (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience in UI/UX design collaboration and tools like Figma, able to speak the language of design and advocate for engineering constraints
• Strong collaboration and communication skills that let you thrive in a culture that values respectful, professional, and constructive conflict

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $160,000 - $275,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—This is an onsite role, we are seeking candidates based near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA. 
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.
#LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking a dedicated Senior Elixir Software Engineer to drive the development and evolution of our distributed spacecraft ground control system. 

This is a high-autonomy, high-accountability role. You'll own entire service domains from conception to production, drive architectural decisions that affect the distributed systems powering our ground control infrastructure, and set the standard for code quality that junior and mid-level engineers will follow. You won't wait to be assigned work; you'll identify what needs to be done, propose solutions, and drive them to completion. When you see reliability issues, you'll diagnose root causes, scope the fix, and champion the work to address them. When patterns aren't serving us, you'll propose better ones and lead their adoption. 

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You'll have ownership of challenging, greenfield problems and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Own and deliver complex distributed system features end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and iteration across satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems
• Drive architectural direction for Elixir/OTP systems, establishing patterns and conventions for fault tolerance, concurrency, and scalability that scale across the team and codebase
• Proactively identify and address technical debt, reliability risks, and performance bottlenecks in distributed systems
• Set the quality bar through rigorous code review, championing testing practices, and writing code that serves as a reference implementation for the team
• Mentor and elevate junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code review that teaches, not just approves
• Collaborate as a technical partner with product, frontend engineers, backend engineers, space operators, and astrodynamics algorithm engineers, contributing to system-wide architectural decisions
• Ship efficiently and iteratively, breaking complex distributed systems work into well-scoped increments while maintaining a bias toward completion over perfection
• Document decisions and patterns, ensuring the team's collective knowledge grows and onboarding becomes easier over time 

 WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE 

• You see a PR from a junior engineer that works but misuses OTP patterns; you don't just approve it; you take the time to explain the supervision tree design and why it matters for fault tolerance
• You notice a GenServer is becoming a bottleneck under load; you propose and implement a redesign using dynamic supervisors or process pooling, then document the pattern for the team
• You're assigned a feature and the requirements are ambiguous; you proactively clarify with product and operations, propose a technical approach, and share it with the team before diving into implementation 
• You see downtime as an opportunity, not a break; you're the kind of engineer who notices the intermittent cluster synchronization issue everyone's been working around and decides to finally fix it
• You disagree with an architectural decision; you articulate your concerns constructively, propose alternatives with tradeoffs, and commit fully once a decision is made
• You're thinking beyond your current ticket; you're aware of how your work fits into the broader ground system architecture and operational mission, and you surface risks or opportunities early 

 QUALIFICATIONS 

• 7+ years of software development experience
• Expert-level command of Elixir and OTP, including deep understanding of BEAM internals, scheduling, process architecture, supervision strategies, and runtime characteristics
• Deep expertise in designing and building resilient, fault-tolerant distributed systems, including advanced patterns for process supervision, clustering, and state management
• Strong testing philosophy and hands-on experience with ExUnit, property-based testing, and integration testing strategies for distributed systems; you understand what to test, not just how
• Proven experience designing and evolving service architectures, API boundaries, and inter-service communication patterns at scale
• Fluency with gRPC, RESTful, and WebSocket-based services, including debugging integration issues and contributing to API design discussions
• Comfort operating across the stack when needed; you can read frontend code, understand infrastructure constraints, and collaborate effectively with engineers across disciplines
• Track record of working in Git-based workflows with high standards for commit hygiene, PR quality, and collaborative review processes
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance 

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline 
• Experience as a technical lead or primary backend on a product with real users and production constraints
• Deep understanding of OTP including BEAM scheduling, GenServers, run queues, pg, the Actor model, and advanced patterns like dynamic supervisors, registries, and distributed process groups
• Experience building and shipping complex, real-time systems with demanding reliability and performance requirements (real-time telemetry, large-scale data processing, mission-critical operations) 
• Experience with OAuth2, role-based access controls, and security patterns for sensitive systems '
• Deep database experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and operational concerns at scale
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and distributed tracing in production systems (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills that let you thrive in a culture that values respectful, professional, and constructive conflict 

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $160,000 - $275,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—This is an onsite role, we are seeking candidates based near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA. 
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.
#LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis. Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space. True Anomaly is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to contribute across our React/TypeScript frontend and Elixir backend, building features end-to-end across our spacecraft mission control and distributed ground control systems.

You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace. You'll have ownership of challenging, greenfield problems and a chance to fundamentally impact the outcome of future conflict (and the future of the company), all while enjoying world-class benefits including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, highly competitive compensation and a generous stock options package.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in building features that span the full stack, from web-based frontend interfaces (2D and 3D) to distributed backend services powering satellite command and control, mission planning, and data processing
• Write testable and maintainable code across both React/TypeScript and Elixir codebases following industry best practices
• Work on smaller, well-defined tasks under the guidance of senior engineers, gaining depth across the stack
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including space operators, designers, frontend specialists, backend specialists, and astrodynamics algorithm engineers
• Participate in design and code reviews to continually improve code quality across both frontend and backend systems

QUALIFICATIONS

• 0-2 years of software development experience
• Understanding of HTML/CSS and modern TypeScript/JavaScript
• Familiarity with modern React (Hooks, Context API, functional component patterns)
• Functional programming experience in Elixir and/or Erlang
• Exposure to testing frameworks across the stack (e.g., Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library, ExUnit)
• Basic understanding of gRPC, RESTful, WebSocket, or GraphQL-based services
• Familiarity with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Comfort with Git and Agile tools and processes
• Comfort both contributing to existing systems and building from scratch
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline 
• Some experience building, shipping, and maintaining real production software
• Experience using React to build complex yet performant data-rich/dense applications
• Understanding of OTP concepts including GenServers, supervision trees, and the Actor model
• Experience with distributed systems concepts and fault-tolerant architecture
• Experience in Three.js, React Three Fiber, or other web-based 3D libraries and frameworks
• Familiarity with component libraries, design systems, Storybook, and CSS-in-JS
• Experience with monitoring and tracing in distributed systems
• Experience in UI/UX design and support tools like Figma
• Strong collaboration and communication skills that let you thrive in a culture that values respectful, professional, and constructive conflict

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $85,000 - $145,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location— This is an onsite position, successful candidates will be located near Long Beach, CA or Denver, CO.  
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.
#LI-Onsite