Senior Software Engineer, Elixir
True AnomalyBase Salary
$180k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own complex distributed-system features end to end across satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems.
- Drive architectural direction for Elixir/OTP systems, including fault tolerance, concurrency, clustering, state management, and scalability patterns.
- Identify and resolve technical debt, reliability risks, performance bottlenecks, and distributed-system issues.
- Set code-quality and testing standards through implementation, rigorous code review, and reference-quality code.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code review.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, backend, space operations, and astrodynamics engineering teams on system-wide architecture.
- Break complex work into iterative increments, document technical decisions, and improve team onboarding and shared knowledge.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software development experience.
- Expert-level Elixir and OTP knowledge, including BEAM internals, scheduling, process architecture, supervision strategies, and runtime characteristics.
- Deep experience designing resilient, fault-tolerant distributed systems and service architectures at scale.
- Hands-on experience with ExUnit, property-based testing, and integration testing for distributed systems.
- Fluency with gRPC, REST, and WebSocket-based services, including API design and integration debugging.
- Ability to work across the stack, understand infrastructure constraints, and collaborate across engineering disciplines.
- Experience with Git-based workflows, high-quality commits, pull requests, and collaborative code review.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
- Preferred: bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar discipline.
- Preferred: technical-lead or primary-backend experience on products with real users and production constraints.
- Preferred: experience with real-time systems, large-scale data processing, mission-critical operations, OAuth2, role-based access controls, PostgreSQL, observability, and distributed tracing.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO, paid holidays, 401(k), and parental leave.
- Equity and a generous stock-options package.
- Platinum healthcare and flexible work hours/location within an onsite role.
- Onsite position for candidates based near Denver, Colorado, or Long Beach, California.
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About True Anomaly
True Anomaly is the only defense technology company focused exclusively on space defense. Founded in 2022 by ex-U.S. Space Force members, True Anomaly designs and builds advanced systems for space superiority: agile and powerful spacecraft platforms, mission software engineered for unmatched command and control, and payloads tailored for precision sensing and effects. We are headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, with regional offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Long Beach, California, and Washington, D.C. We are hiring and seeking exceptional talent to join True Anomaly, from any technical industry or background, to bring unique talents, perspective, and solutions. If you embrace complexity, demonstrate relentless ownership, have the resiliency and persistence to overcome challenges. If you’re like us and want your work to carry purpose and shape the future of space, visit www.WhyAreYouHere.com.