Hiring: Engineering Manager, Ground Software Company: True Anomaly Location: Denver, CO Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:29:05 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Elixir, Erlang, Monolith, Phoenix, REST, React, TypeScript, WebSocket, gRPC About the job Experience: •Direct experience with Elixir/OTP and the Phoenix framework, or with React/TypeScript at scale in production single-page applications •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 •Operational familiarity with cleared work environments and how security and accreditation constraints shape engineering workflows Required Skills: •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 •Strategically drive 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 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 •In-depth knowledge of distributed systems integration patterns (gRPC, REST, WebSockets) and API contract design •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 •Work Location—This is an onsite role, we are seeking candidates based near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA. •Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline •Active U.S. security clearance at any level Compensation: •$160,000 - $270,000 / year •Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!