Senior Engineering Manager Ground Software

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 Senior Engineering Manager Ground Software to lead a team of talented engineers driving the direction and evolution of our distributed multi-faceted ground software system.

This is a high-impact strategic leadership role. You'll build and develop a cross-functional team of front-end back-end and full-stack engineers define and drive the technical roadmap for your product area lead cross-functional initiatives that span engineering product and operations and establish the architectural and operating foundations that will scale our ground platform for years to come. You'll identify strategic technical investments champion them across the organization and lead their execution. You won't just ship features; you'll shape the product direction influence company objectives and grow 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 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

• Build lead and develop a cross-functional squad of front-end back-end and full-stack engineers who own a Mosaic product area end-to-end
• Own the squad's delivery quality and team health running sprint rituals that serve the work and protecting the team's ability to focus
• Run effective 1:1s give timely and specific feedback and grow engineers along both technical and management career paths
• Stay close enough to the code to earn trust and make informed decisions contributing directly when the situation calls for it
• Drive the technical roadmap for your product area including the recurring judgment of whether a new capability belongs in the product or in the shared Mosaic platform layer
• Champion strategic technical investments — testing observability internal tooling debt reduction — and make the case for the engineering time they require
• Partner with the Product Owner as the technical counterpart in defining scope timelines and trade-offs
• Coordinate cross-team work with other Ground Software squads on shared APIs components and platform capabilities
• Manage the squad's relationship with Space Operations the Simulation team DevOps and other stakeholders through structured channels
• Lead incident response when production issues affect operators and drive blameless post-mortems that prevent recurrence
• Help define what a product-aligned squad looks like at Mosaic establishing patterns that will shape future squads as the organization scales

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years building and leading engineering teams that ship production software
• Hands-on technical depth in either modern back-end systems (Elixir/OTP or comparable concurrent/distributed runtimes such as Erlang Go or the JVM) or modern front-end systems (React/TypeScript) with enough working knowledge of the other side of the stack to make informed architectural decisions and lead cross-functional work credibly
• Track record of hiring and developing high-performing engineers in fast-moving environments
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership
• Experience leading cross-functional teams or coordinating closely across functional boundaries on shared product outcomes
• Strong understanding of distributed systems integration patterns (gRPC REST WebSockets) and API contract design
• Experience establishing or evolving engineering processes — sprint operating models code review standards testing strategy incident response
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders and represent engineering's interests to senior leadership
• Eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in computer science aerospace engineering or a related discipline
• Direct experience with Elixir/OTP and the Phoenix framework or with React/TypeScript at scale in production single-page applications
• Experience leading a team through a structural transition — functional to product-aligned monolith to services founding team to scaled organization
• Background in aerospace defense or other domains with mission-critical reliability requirements classified work environments (SCIF) or operational software where the cost of a bug is measured in operator decisions
• Experience with real-time data systems telemetry processing command and control or large-scale data visualization (Three.js WebGL or similar)
• Familiarity with cleared work environments and how security and accreditation constraints shape engineering workflows
• Active U.S. security clearance at any level

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary:  $190000 to $320000

• 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—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment some work must be done on site.
• 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.

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What We Do

Space was once the quietest place in the universe. Now it's crowded contested and confrontational.  We are True Anomaly: the only defense 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.    True Anomaly is headquartered in Centennial CO with regional offices in Colorado Springs CO Long Beach CA 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 lead instead of follow showcase integrity over ego take ownership for outcomes and measure success by impact we want to hear from you.

Why Work With Us

True Anomaly exists to enable a secure stable and sustainable space environment for the US its allies and partners. We design and build spacecraft and software solutions for space superiority. If you are ready to contribute to the future of space defense we’d love to hear from you.

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