Elixir Software Engineer

Summary

Join True Anomaly, a company building innovative space technology, as a Staff Elixir Software Engineer. You will lead the development of a distributed spacecraft ground control system, tackling challenging, greenfield problems and significantly impacting future conflict and the company's future. This role requires 10+ years of production software development experience and expertise in Elixir or similar functional programming languages. You will design, develop, and maintain software systems, create clean software architectures, and leverage Domain-Driven Design. The position offers world-class benefits, including platinum healthcare, flexible work hours/location, competitive compensation, and a generous stock options package. While ideally located near Denver, Colorado Springs, Long Beach, or Washington D.C., remote work is possible for the right candidate.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401K
• Parental Leave