Engineering Manager (Ground Software)

Join True Anomaly, a pioneering company in the space security industry. As an Engineering Manager for Ground Software, you will lead a talented team of engineers, define the technical roadmap, and drive cross-functional initiatives. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to shape the product direction, influence company objectives, and grow the next generation of engineers. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including 100% employer-sponsored healthcare, generous time off, equity options, and 401k plans.

• Construire et diriger une équipe interfonctionnelle d'ingénieurs, en définissant et en pilotant la feuille de route technique de votre domaine de produit.
• Identifier les investissements techniques stratégiques, les défendre au sein de l'organisation et diriger leur exécution.
• Gérer la livraison, la qualité et la santé de l'équipe, en animant les rituels de sprint et en protégeant la capacité de l'équipe à se concentrer.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years building and leading engineering teams that ship production software
• Track record of hiring and developing high-performing engineers in fast-moving environments
• Strong understanding 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
• Experience establishing or evolving engineering processes — sprint operating models, code review standards, testing strategy, incident response
• 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
• 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
• Eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline
• 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
• Direct experience with Elixir/OTP and the Phoenix framework, or with React/TypeScript at scale in production single-page applications
• Experience with real-time data systems, telemetry processing, command and control, or large-scale data visualization (Three.js, WebGL, or similar)
• Active U.S. security clearance at any level
• Familiarity with cleared work environments and how security and accreditation constraints shape engineering workflows
• Experience leading a team through a structural transition — functional to product-aligned, monolith to services, founding team to scaled organization
• To 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