True Anomaly
Staff Software Engineer, Front End
Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA · Staff+
No sponsorshipDetected 62 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactHTMLCSSDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewGitAPI DevelopmentGraphQLRESTgRPCWebSocketsFigmaDesign SystemsProduct StrategyLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringWriting
About the role
- Software bridges the gap between military objectives, theoretical astrodynamics and the human and autonomous control of spacecraft and ground systems in time and space.
- This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role.
- This position will be open until it is successfully filled.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the frontend technical roadmap and architectural strategy, establishing patterns, frameworks, and systems that enable the entire engineering organization to move faster
- Proactively identify systemic technical debt, scalability challenges, and architectural limitations-then build business cases, secure buy-in, and lead multi-quarter initiatives to address them
- Elevate the engineering organization through technical mentorship, establishing best practices, leading design reviews, and developing the skills of senior, mid-level, and junior engineers
- Partner with executive leadership, product, design, backend engineering, space operations, and astrodynamics teams as a key technical stakeholder, influencing product strategy and company direction
- Drive engineering efficiency and excellence by establishing metrics, tooling, and processes that improve code quality, deployment velocity, and developer experience
- Identify and develop emerging technical leaders within the team, creating growth pathways and opportunities for engineers to expand their impact
- You recognize that the team is repeatedly solving similar problems in different ways-you design and champion a unified framework, drive its adoption across teams, and measure its impact on velocity
- You identify a fundamental scalability limitation in the frontend architecture before it becomes a crisis-you build a compelling case with data, present it to leadership, secure a quarter of engineering time, and lead the migration
- You're involved in early product strategy discussions, not just implementation-you're shaping what we build by contributing technical insights about feasibility, risk, and opportunity
- A critical production issue arises affecting multiple teams-you quickly establish incident command, coordinate the response, drive it to resolution, and lead the post-mortem that prevents recurrence
Requirements
- Candidates must be based in or able to commute to our Denver or Long Beach office daily.
- 12-14 years of software development experience (or 8+ years with a Master's degree, or 5+ years with a PhD)
- Proven track record of establishing comprehensive testing strategies across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers, including championing testing culture and tooling adoption
- Demonstrated ability to work full-stack when necessary, with enough backend and infrastructure knowledge to make informed architectural decisions and unblock teams
- Advanced proficiency with Three.js, React Three Fiber, WebGL, or other web-based 3D rendering technologies, including low-level performance optimization and shader programming
- Work Location -This is an fully onsite role. Candidates must be based in or able to commute to our Denver or Long Beach office daily.
- 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.
- Expert-level mastery of HTML/CSS and modern TypeScript/JavaScript, including deep understanding of performance optimization, browser internals, memory management, and runtime characteristics
- Deep expertise in modern React and the broader frontend ecosystem, including architectural patterns for large-scale applications, advanced state management, performance profiling and optimization, and emerging frontend technologies
- Extensive experience designing, building, and evolving component libraries, design systems, and frontend infrastructure that serve multiple teams and products
- Expert-level understanding of distributed systems integration patterns including gRPC, REST, WebSockets, and GraphQL, with experience influencing API design and backend architecture decisions
- History of leading technical initiatives in Git-based workflows, establishing code review standards, and fostering collaborative engineering culture
- U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance
Skills
- Strong engineering background in Software Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Science, or related technical fields
- Track record of leading large-scale migrations, architectural overhauls, or platform rewrites while maintaining product velocity
- Practical space industry or aerospace experience
- Published technical writing, open source contributions, or conference speaking that demonstrates thought leadership
- Exceptional communication skills that enable you to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization
Compensation
- $185,000 - $320,000
- Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.
Benefits
- Lead and deliver large-scale, cross-functional frontend initiatives that align with strategic company objectives, from technical vision through production deployment and long-term evolution
- Build and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and knowledge-sharing systems that scale organizational learning
- Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
Company info
- 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.
- Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
- What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
- It's the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.
- Software is the central nervous system for True Anomaly's engineering and product thesis.
- True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Staff Front End Software Engineer to lead the technical direction and evolution of our complex spacecraft modeling and simulation software.
- You'll define and drive the frontend technical roadmap, lead cross-functional initiatives that span engineering, product, and operations, and establish the architectural foundations that will scale our platform for years to come.
- You'll identify strategic technical investments, champion them across the organization, and lead their execution.
- You won't just build features-you'll shape the product direction, influence company objectives, and mentor the engineers who will build the next generation of our platform.
- When you see systemic issues affecting velocity or quality, you'll diagnose root causes, build consensus around solutions, and drive organizational change to address them.
- You do not need to have experience building space ground systems or experience in aerospace.
Equal opportunity
- If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance
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