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True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.\nOUR MISSION\nTrue 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.\nOUR VALUES\nBe the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.\nWhat would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.\nIt’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.\nBENEFITS & PERKS*\nBest-in-class healthcare: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, with HSA/HRA options\n Generous time off: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for exempt employees, accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays; Parental Leave; Sick Leave\nFuel for your day: Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees\n And more: 401(k) retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, and Dog Fridays\n Equity participation: Equity is included as part of our total compensation package, giving you an opportunity to share in the company’s success.\n*Do not apply to fixed term and temporary roles\nYOUR MISSION\nSoftware 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 Engineering Manager, Ground Software to lead a team of talented engineers driving the direction and evolution of our distributed, multi-faceted ground software system.\nThis 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.\nYou 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.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nBuild, 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\nOwn the squad's delivery, quality, and team health, running sprint rituals that serve the work and protecting the team's ability to focus\nRun effective 1:1s, give timely and specific feedback, and grow engineers along both technical and management career paths\nStay close enough to the code to earn trust and make informed decisions, contributing directly when the situation calls for it\nDrive 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\nChampion strategic technical investments - testing, observability, internal tooling, debt reduction - and make the case for the engineering time they require\nPartner with the Product Owner as the technical counterpart in defining scope, timelines, and trade-offs\nCoordinate cross-team work with other Ground Software squads on shared APIs, components, and platform capabilities\nManage the squad's relationship with Space Operations, the Simulation team, DevOps, and other stakeholders through structured channels\nLead incident response when production issues affect operators, and drive blameless post-mortems that prevent recurrence\nHelp define what a product-aligned squad looks like at Mosaic, establishing patterns that will shape future squads as the organization scales\nQUALIFICATIONS\n7+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years building and leading engineering teams that ship production software\nHands-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\nTrack record of hiring and developing high-performing engineers in fast-moving environments\nDemonstrated ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership\nExperience leading cross-functional teams or coordinating closely across functional boundaries on shared product outcomes\nStrong understanding of distributed systems integration patterns (gRPC, REST, WebSockets) and API contract design\nExperience establishing or evolving engineering processes - sprint operating models, code review standards, testing strategy, incident response\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders and represent engineering's interests to senior leadership\nEligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance\nPREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE\nBachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline\nDirect experience with Elixir/OTP and the Phoenix framework, or with React/TypeScript at scale in production single-page applications\nExperience leading a team through a structural transition - functional to product-aligned, monolith to services, founding team to scaled organization\nBackground 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\nExperience with real-time data systems, telemetry processing, command and control, or large-scale data visualization (Three.js, WebGL, or similar)\nFamiliarity with cleared work environments and how security and accreditation constraints shape engineering workflows\nActive U.S. security clearance at any level\nCOMPENSATION\nBase Salary: $160,000 to $270,000\nEquity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave \nYour actual level and base salary will be determinedon a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. \nADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS\nWork Location -This is an onsite role, we are seeking candidates based near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA.\nWork 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.\nPhysical demands -the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.\nThis position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submityour application, please follow the directions below.\n#LI-Onsite \nTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.\nTrue Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.\nTo protect candidates and our company from application fraud and impersonation, we use third-party tools to verify applicant identity and detect fraudulent applications. 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