Senior/Staff Elixir/Full

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

About us

My name: Austin Morris
My position: Director of Engineering - Mosaic
Company name: True Anomaly
Company website: https://www.trueanomaly.space/
Company headquarters (country): USA
Company info and history (how you’re using Elixir etc): Elixir powers the central nervous system of True Anomaly’s ground software platform, Mosaic. This includes satellite telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C), ground station communications, mission planning, constellation management, sensor data fusion, space domain awareness, and more. We have used elixir since the company’s beginning, just over four years ago and view it as a technology differentiator in the industry. We recently closed our Series D round of $650M and are now poised to massively scale our development, execution, and delivery capabilities.

About the job

Job titles:
Senior Software Engineer, Elixir
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack
Staff Software Engineer, Elixir
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Job description:

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Sr. Software Engineer, Elixir

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA

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Sr. Software Engineer, Full Stack

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA

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Staff Software Engineer, Elixir

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA

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Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA

Salary range: $160k - $320k (see each individual job posting)
Qualifications or experience required: (see individual job postings)
What the successful job applicant will be working on:

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 Senior and Staff level Elixir and Full Stack Software Engineers to drive feature development and architectural decisions across our Elixir backend and React/TypeScript frontend, shaping the evolution of our spacecraft modeling, simulation, and ground control software.

These are high-autonomy, high-accountability roles. 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 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.

Position on remote work

Remote job: negotiable
Remote restrictions: Applicants must be U.S. persons, located within the United States, and be willing and able to pursue a security clearance.
Any other notes about your position on remote work: Due to the nature of our work, some things can only be accomplished on site which is why our job postings are for in-office/hybrid roles. That being said, we have several experienced, remote engineers in addition to those located at our primary locations - Denver, CO (headquarters), and Long Beach, CA.

About the interview process

Apply directly using the links above then send me a DM here on the forum so I can look our for your application.

Step 1: Recruiting screen (30 minutes)
Step 2: Technical interview with hiring manager (45 minutes)
Step 3: Technical panel (including some coding) with your peers (60 - 90 minutes) plus a team-fit interview with the VP of software (30 minutes).

Further info

Due to the nature of our work, we can only accept candidates who are U.S. persons working in the United States. We have many roles open across many different disciplines, so if you or a friend are looking for something else, checkout Careers . Btw, that’s me.