Staff Elixir Software Engineer, True Anomaly

$175-255k

Salary is applicable to CA, CO and DC candidates only, is partially dependent on location and may vary on further locations. Offers stock options

Kubernetes

Scala

Postgres

Elixir

Haskell

Erlang

Clojure

Expert level

Denver

Los Angeles

Remote from US

Occasional travel required

Space material manufacturer

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Space material manufacturer

101-200 employees

B2BManufacturingScienceAerospace

Be an early applicant

$175-255k

Salary is applicable to CA, CO and DC candidates only, is partially dependent on location and may vary on further locations. Offers stock options

Kubernetes

Scala

Postgres

Elixir

Haskell

Erlang

Clojure

Expert level

Denver

Los Angeles

Remote from US

Occasional travel required

101-200 employees

B2BManufacturingScienceAerospace

Company mission

To revolutionize space domain awareness, security, and sustainability by developing full-stack, mission-driven technologies that protect the freedoms and interests of the United States and its allies.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

10+ years of production software development experience
Practical experience with Elixir or other functional programming languages like Erlang, Clojure, Scala, or Haskell
Proven experience developing resilient and fault-tolerant architecture
Demonstrated leadership ability, exceptional written and oral communication skills, and aptitude for working across disciplines
Enjoys debugging and problem-solving systems supporting active spacecraft operations
Experience with distributed systems and API design
A strong bias towards action while understanding and rejecting the status quo

Desirable

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline or relevant experience
Deep understanding of Elixir and OTP including BEAM scheduling, GenServers, supervision trees, and the Actor model
Experience with OAuth2 and Role-Based Access Controls
Database experience with PostgreSQL and time-series databases like InfluxDB
Experience with monitoring and tracing in a distributed system
An understanding of containerized infrastructure and orchestration with Kubernetes
Experience working with real-time or game engine backends

What the job involves

True Anomaly is seeking a highly-experienced Staff Elixir Software Engineer to lead development of our distributed spacecraft ground control system
Design, develop, and sustain satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing and data analysis software systems using Elixir
Create and implement clean software architectures that deliver consistent results from a growing team while scaling in complexity
Leverage Domain-Driven Design to surface fundamental capabilities and decompose work scope into core business logic to achieve specific, measurable business outcomes
Champion simple software development lifecycle processes that ensure transparency, traceability, and accountability
Lead cross-discipline teams to deliver impactful results through collaboration, coordination, and systems integration

Application process

This position will be open until it is successfully filled

Our take

True Anomaly is a space tech startup composed of former military operators and engineers. The Colorado-based company is focused on building spacecraft and software solutions designed to secure U.S. commercial and military interests in space. It has already developed a fully-integrated platform with seamless satellite, navigation, and data-capture technologies that provide security and training for the quickly evolving space market.

Founded in 2022, True Anomaly has already designed its first spacecraft, the Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle, which can be used to train operators on the ground or as intelligence-gathering tools against adversarial spacecraft. Alongside this, the startup has built a 35,000-square-foot facility in Denver to manufacture the Jackals and hired a team of close to 60 people.

With impressive capital gained at the end of 2023, the company validated the Jackal's technical and operational capabilities and made the necessary investments to scale production. Despite this healthy injection of funding, it still had to streamline staff in spring 2024, but is looking leaner and more agile for it, planning to partner with Firefly Aerospace to launch The Jackal in 2025.

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Insights

Top investors

296% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2025

$130m

SERIES C

Dec 2023

$100m

SERIES B

Total funding: $271.7m

Company benefits

Vesting Equity
Full-coverage medical, dental, and vision with company-covered co-pays
Company Sponsored 401K
Relocation Pay
25 days of paid time off annually
Options for in-office and remote work
Flexible work-hour policy

Company HQ

Civic Center, Denver, CO

Leadership

Even Rogers

(CEO & Co-Founder)

Previously served as an Officer in the USAF, where they led interdisciplinary teams of space operators, scientists, and engineers to develop and evaluate the operational performance of military systems and tactics designed to protects U.S and allied assets.

Tom N.

(Co-Founder)

Previously served as the Chief of the Joint Fires Element in Joint Task Force Space Defence within the U.S. Space Command. As well as holding several high-stakes technical positions, including Wing Weapons Officer, Space Weapons Officers, and Orbital Warfare Phase Developer and Manager.

Kyle Zakrzewski

(Co-Founder & Chief Engineering Officer)

Previously served as the Orbital Warfare Chief of Training for the USAF. Other roles served at the USAF include, Maintenance Flight Commander, Officer In Charge of Protected SATCOM Operations, and Cyberspace Operations Officer.

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