Senior Software Engineer, Elixir

About the company

True Anomaly is a defense technology company that builds autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors.

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message">Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.</p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><u>OUR MISSION</u></p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message">True 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.</p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><u>OUR VALUES</u></p> <ul> <li class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><strong>Be the offset.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.</li> <li class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><strong>What would it take?</strong>&nbsp;We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.</li> <li class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><strong>It’s the people.</strong>&nbsp;Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.</li> </ul></div><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="auto">YOUR MISSION</span></span><strong> </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">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 a dedicated Senior Elixir Software Engineer to drive the development and evolution of our distributed spacecraft ground control system.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a high-autonomy, high-accountability role.&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;own entire service domains from conception to production, drive architectural decisions that affect the distributed systems powering our ground control infrastructure, and set the standard for code quality that junior and mid-level engineers will follow. You&nbsp;won't&nbsp;wait to be assigned work;&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;identify&nbsp;what needs to be done, propose solutions, and drive them to completion. When you see reliability issues,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;diagnose root causes, scope the fix, and champion the work to address them. When patterns&nbsp;aren't&nbsp;serving us,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;propose better ones and lead their adoption.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace.&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;have ownership of challenging, greenfield problems and a chance to fundamentally&nbsp;impact&nbsp;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&nbsp;compensation&nbsp;and a generous stock options package.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">RESPONSIBILITIES</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="13" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Own and deliver complex distributed system features end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and iteration across satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="13" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Drive architectural direction for Elixir/OTP systems, establishing patterns and conventions for fault tolerance, concurrency, and scalability that scale across the team and codebase</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="13" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Proactively identify and address technical debt, reliability risks, and performance bottlenecks in distributed systems</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="13" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Set the quality bar through rigorous code review, championing testing practices, and writing code that serves as a reference implementation for the team</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="13" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Mentor and elevate junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code review that teaches, not just approves