Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Location New York, NY; Washington DC Employment Type Full time Location Type Hybrid Department Security Overview Application About Cape Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data. Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy. We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer. Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information. The Team At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day. The Role (also the Mission) The CISO is our chief protector. Our infrastructure, threat model, and customer expectations are more complex than a typical mobile carrier or a typical software company. Your challenge is to enable rapid product innovation without compromising on our goal to be the most secure commercial mobile network on the planet. You'll own the strategy and execution of security across our network, products, and corporate systems and work as a partner to Engineering and the executive team. This is a build-and-defend role, not a maintain-the-status-quo role. You will immediately take ownership of a highly technical, responsive, and ambitious security, IT, and compliance org. Your mandate is to resource, mature, and scale this team to stay ahead of threats and enable Cape’s rapid growth.This role is based out of our NYC or DC office and reports to our founder and CEO John Doyle. Here are some ways you’ll make an impact (also Outcomes of the role) Own Cape's end-to-end security strategy — network infrastructure, product/application security, cloud and corporate IT, and physical/personnel security. Build and lead a security team capable of defending a carrier-grade network against sophisticated, well-resourced adversaries, including nation-state actors. Design and drive the security architecture and controls for a cellular network we operate ourselves, from the radio access network through core infrastructure and subscriber data systems. Partner closely with Engineering leadership to embed security into the product development lifecycle. Lead teams conducting threat modeling, penetration testing, red-teaming, and incident response programs. Set and communicate security policy to the board and executive team, translating technical risk into business terms and making tradeoffs with speed of execution. Vet and manage relationships with external security vendors, auditors, and researchers, including running a responsible disclosure / bug bounty program. Champion a security-first culture across the entire company, not just within the security team. Are you the candidate we are looking for? (Requirements for the role) You have: 10+ years in information security, with at least 5 years in a senior security leadership role (CISO, VP Security, Head of Security) at a company with meaningful infrastructure or regulatory complexity. Eligible and willing to obtain TS/SCI clearance. Experience managing geographically dispersed teams of engineers. A track record of building security teams and programs from an early stage, not just operating a mature one you inherited. Deep technical credibility — you can go toe-to-toe with your best engineers on architecture and risk, while also speaking fluently to executive leadership and the board. A genuine belief that privacy and security are inseparable, and that protecting users sometimes means resisting internal and external pressure to compromise on either. Excellent judgment under ambiguity and the ability to move fast without cutting corners that matter. Bonus Points: (Some nice to haves for this role) Direct experience securing telecom, network infrastructure, or other critical infrastructure — you understand things like SS7, radio networks, or core carrier systems, or you've secured environments of comparable complexity (e.g., cloud infrastructure providers, fintech, critical infrastructure). Experience securing an environment with Forward Deployed Engineers and the complexity around high risk travel. We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in NYC/DC is $300,000 - $350,000 depending on experience and interview performance and location. Our benefits include: 401(k) match 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period) Stipends for Family-forming needs Gender-affirming care Unlimited PTO Relocation and moving assistance if needed Our Culture & Values We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning. We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology. We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge. We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here. How to apply Click the link below to apply. We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Apply for this Job Powered by Privacy PolicySecurityVulnerability Disclosure

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Engineering

41 days ago

Security Engineer, Corporate Security

Cape · United States

Pay

$200k–255k

Setting

Remote

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Security Engineer, Corporate Security Location Remote USA Employment Type Full time Location Type Remote Department Security Overview Application About Cape Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data. Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy. We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer. Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information. The Team At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day. The Role We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer with expertise in corporate security to join our team. As a strategic partner, you will make an immediate impact by leveraging your expertise across identity, endpoint, network, and information security alongside IT, engineering, and business teams. This role is pivotal in reducing risk across our corporate environment, covering employee-facing systems, internal infrastructure, and third-party risk, and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security measures that comply with regulatory standards, enhance internal processes, and minimize data security risks. Through developing ongoing security strategies, technologies, and a strong security culture, you will support the organization's business objectives and daily operations. Responsibilities Design, implement, and manage security controls and policies across corporate IT systems, focusing on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of employee, customer, and business data. Own and mature identity and access management (IAM/SSO/MFA), endpoint security (EDR, MDM), and email/network security (phishing defense, DLP, firewalls, VPN) across the organization. Perform comprehensive security assessments of corporate systems and vendors to identify vulnerabilities, assess risk, and recommend actionable mitigation strategies. Establish governance, guardrails, and monitoring for emerging employee tooling, including the associated data-handling, access, and third-party risks. Own the vulnerability management lifecycle across the corporate fleet: scanning, risk-based prioritization, remediation and patch SLAs, and closure tracking across endpoints and internal systems. Lead security awareness and phishing simulation programs to build an organization-wide culture of security. Contribute to compliance and audit efforts as needed, lending security context where it helps the business move faster. Assess and manage third-party/vendor security risk, including security questionnaires, contract reviews, and ongoing vendor monitoring. Assist in running and addressing findings from penetration tests, red team exercises, and internal audits, ensuring prompt and effective remediation. Stay informed about the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and compliance mandates affecting corporate environments; provide strategic guidance on technologies and best practices. Investigate security incidents and insider-threat concerns in partnership with HR, Legal, and IT as needed. Raise the security bar across the company by mentoring engineers and partners on secure practices, fostering a culture of security awareness and continuous improvement. Collaborate with stakeholders to integrate security requirements effectively into IT projects and broader business initiatives. Preferred Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field or equivalent experience. Advanced degrees or certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, Security+, CISM) are advantageous. A minimum of 2 years of experience in information security, with meaningful experience across corporate/IT security domains (identity, endpoint, network, GRC). Deep understanding of enterprise identity providers and SSO/MFA platforms, endpoint/EDR tooling, MDM platforms, and email security tooling. Working knowledge of common compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001). Familiarity with government/public-sector security frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800 series, CJIS) is a plus, given Cape's government-facing customer base. Working knowledge of consumer privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, and other regional privacy laws) as they apply to handling customer data. Exposure to secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices and partnering with engineering on secure design reviews. Proficiency in scripting or automation (Python, shell scripting, or similar) to streamline security operations and reporting. Familiarity with vendor/third-party risk management processes and tooling. Solid knowledge of network security, encryption technologies, and secure business-system configuration. Excellent analytical skills for identifying and mitigating complex security vulnerabilities and risks. Strong communication and leadership abilities, capable of working collaboratively across teams and effectively conveying technical information to non-technical stakeholders. Organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Competencies Role competencies Security Expertise – Experience identifying and resolving security issues across corporate systems (identity, endpoint, network, and data). Secure-by-design principles, and partnering with IT/engineering during design time. Analytical – Collects data and information; uses critical thinking to solve problems and make sound decisions. Collaboration & Teamwork – Builds partnerships with others to reach common goals. Able to share credit with coworkers, display enthusiasm and promote a friendly group-working environment. Works closely with other departments as necessary, supports group decisions and solicits opinions from coworkers. Communication – Presents information through verbal and written communication; reads and interprets complex information; listens well. Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey clear understanding of unique audiences. Decision-Making – Acts quickly to solve problems and exercises good judgment by making sound and well-informed decisions. Perceives the impact and implications of decisions; makes effective and timely decisions, even when data is limited. Dependability/Self-Management – Possesses the personal discipline and diligence necessary to keep commitments and to complete tasks. Is accountable for actions and outcomes. Makes effort to improve situations without explicit instructions; a self-starter who consciously manages his/her own time and resources. Customer Centric – Values the importance of delivering high quality, innovative service to employees; understands the needs of the client; responds promptly and is accessible to them; follows through on commitments in a timely manner; maintains positive, long-term working relationships; assumes ownership of process issues and takes appropriate steps to mitigate problems. Gets consistently high feedback from stakeholders. Raises hand to help. Flexibility / Adaptability – Adjusts quickly to changing priorities, conditions, and challenges. Copes effectively with complexity and change. Is comfortable navigating ambiguity. Can handle business changes with ease and without frustration or a feeling of defeat. Feels comfortable dealing with limited unknowns in an area they are well versed in. Planning & Organization – Manages multiple projects, determines project urgency in a meaningful and practical way, uses goals to guide actions, creates detailed action plans, and organizes tasks. Cape-specific competencies Do Excellent Work Respect The Opportunity (each other, the user) Overshare Bias Towards Action We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in New York, New York is $200,000-$255,000 depending on experience and interview performance. Our benefits include: 401(k) match 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period) Stipends for Family-forming needs Gender-affirming care Unlimited PTO Our Culture & Values We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning. We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology. We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge. We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here. How to apply Click the link below to apply. We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Apply for this Job Powered by Privacy PolicySecurityVulnerability Disclosure

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Engineering

69 days ago

Web Developer

Cape · New York, New York, United States

Pay

$100/hr

Setting

Hybrid

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About Cape

Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data.

Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy.

We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer.

Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information.

The Team

At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day.

About the Role

Cape is a privacy-first mobile carrier and security company looking for a contract web developer to own and maintain our marketing website and related web properties.

You'll be the primary owner of cape.co and associated sites, working closely with our engineering, marketing, and product teams. Most weeks you'll handle a mix of content updates, new page builds, and the occasional larger feature - we estimate 12-25 hours per week. Our site gets tens of thousands of visits per day, and we’re frequently updating and standing up new campaigns.

We’re looking for someone security-minded and who can implement privacy-first marketing attribution.

What You'll Do

Deploy and manage production releases (monitoring builds, diagnosing failures, optimizing build pipelines)
Update and manage content through our CMS, with a solid understanding of publish/draft states and preview link behavior
Implement copy and design updates
Translate Figma designs into pixel-accurate, production-ready pages and components
Maintain and update the web checkout flow
Handle web analytics and attribution integrations
Run A/B tests
Handle integrations with our email marketing CRM, map provider, and more
Proactively address performance issues — image optimization, build efficiency, and page load improvements
Implement and maintain SEO best practices (meta tags, robots directives, etc.)
Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities promptly — this is especially important for us as a security company
Stay on top of dependency maintenance, Dependabot alerts, and keeping the repo clean
Be responsive to requests from cross-functional stakeholders (marketing, product, engineering)

What We're Looking For

Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Next.js (or similar React frameworks)
Experience with Vercel deployments and CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience with headless CMS platforms like Sanity
Familiarity with web security fundamentals — query injection, API key hygiene, env var security
Experience with marketing analytics tools like Mixpanel, Google Ads, Meta, and demonstrated ability to implement web analytics beyond out-of-the-box implementations, such as the ability to set up custom event tracking, conversion tracking, and server-side data collection in a way that prioritizes user privacy and minimizes unnecessary third-party data exposure
Proficiency working from Figma - able to extract specs, assets, and layout details and implement them faithfully in code.
A good eye for design and UX detail - you won’t be creating designs, but you should be able to catch inconsistencies or UX issues during implementation and flag them proactively.
Ability to independently review, test, and merge PRs with minimal hand-holding
Security-minded mindset; previous experience with vulnerability remediation is a big plus
Cross-browser compatibility experience (we have a significant private browser user base)
Experience with image optimization workflows (WebP conversion, responsive images)

Familiarity with Node.js version management and dependency tooling

Compensation:

We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location. Hourly salary range for this role in New York, NY is $100 - $200 depending on experience and interview performance.

Our Culture & Values

We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning.
We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology.
We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge.
We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here.

How to apply

Click the link below to apply.

We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

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Engineering

83 days ago

Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Cape · New York, New York, United States

Pay

$225k–275k

Setting

Hybrid

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Software Engineer, Developer Experience Location New York, NY Employment Type Full time Location Type Hybrid Department Engineering Overview Application About Cape Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data. Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy. We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer. Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information. The Team At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day. The Role Cape's engineering team is small by design and ambitious by nature. We build cryptographic primitives, 5G core network functions, zero-trust edge systems, and threat detection pipelines — problems that don't have StackOverflow answers. The people doing that work deserve an environment that gets out of their way. As a Developer Experience Engineer, your job is to make Cape's engineers measurably faster, less frustrated, and more confident in what they ship. That means owning the internal platforms, tooling, and workflows that engineering depends on — from CI/CD pipelines and local development environments to AI-assisted development workflows, test infrastructure, and release processes. This is not a support role. It is a product role where the customer is the engineering organization, the product is the development loop, and quality is measured in time-to-merge, build reliability, AI-augmented velocity, and the number of times an engineer has to context-switch to deal with infrastructure instead of product. You will work across the full engineering organization — embedded closely with platform, product, and security teams — and report to engineering leadership. Your impact will be felt by every engineer at Cape. What You'll Own Developer Tooling and Environments Build and maintain the internal tooling, scripts, and SDKs that Cape engineers use daily — from project scaffolding and local dev setup to testing utilities and debugging aids Own the local development environment story: containerized setups, secrets management, service dependencies, and onboarding time for new engineers Evaluate and introduce new tools thoughtfully — instrument adoption, gather feedback, and deprecate what isn't working Write the documentation and runbooks that make complex infrastructure accessible to engineers who shouldn't need to become infrastructure experts to use it Design and implement infrastructure that enables engineers to go from code to deployed artifact quickly and with high confidence, regardless of which product surface they're working on Drive reliability improvements that eliminate common failure modes: flaky tests, non-reproducible builds, slow pipelines, and environment drift between local and CI AI Tooling and AI-Assisted Development Own Cape’s AI-assisted development strategy — evaluate, integrate, and configure AI coding tools (code completion, automated review, agentic coding assistants) so engineers get high-quality suggestions that respect our security and compliance requirements Build guardrails and context systems that make AI tools effective in Cape’s codebase — prompt engineering for internal tooling, retrieval-augmented generation over internal docs, and repository-aware configurations that keep AI suggestions relevant and safe Measure the productivity impact of AI tooling rigorously — track adoption, code acceptance rates, time savings, and quality metrics to separate hype from genuine acceleration Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving AI development tooling landscape and bring informed recommendations to engineering leadership on what to adopt, what to build internally, and what to avoid Engineering Culture and Standards Identify patterns of friction across the engineering organization through observation, surveys, and direct partnership with teams — then prioritize and eliminate them Contribute to engineering standards around testing, code review, and deployment practices that help Cape's engineers ship with speed and confidence Set a high bar for the developer experience through your own work — write code that other engineers will be glad to depend on Are You the Candidate We Are Looking For? Required 4+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on internal platforms, developer tooling, or infrastructure A track record of identifying developer friction, building solutions, and measuring the improvement — not just shipping tooling Fluency in at least one modern backend language — Go is strongly preferred; Python, TypeScript, or Rust also welcome Hands-on experience improving and optimizing CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Bazel, or similar) at engineering-team scale Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, or other containers. Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can explain infrastructure tradeoffs to engineers who didn't ask for a lecture and write docs that actually get read Nice to Have Experience building developer platforms in security-constrained environments (FedRAMP, DISA STIGs, or government compliance frameworks) Familiarity with software supply chain security: artifact signing (Sigstore, Cosign), SBOM generation, dependency auditing Experience at a high-growth startup where the engineering team scaled rapidly and tooling had to keep pace Background in observability tooling: distributed tracing, metrics pipelines, and making complex systems legible to engineers Experience integrating AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) into engineering workflows, including prompt tuning, context management, and measuring productivity impact Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one Compensation We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in New York, New York is $225,000-$275,000 depending on experience and interview performance. Our benefits include: 401(k) match 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period) Stipends for Family-forming needs Gender-affirming care Unlimited PTO Our Culture & Values We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning. We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology. We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge. We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here. How to apply Click the link below to apply. We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Apply for this Job Powered by Privacy PolicySecurityVulnerability Disclosure

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Engineering

92 days ago

Forward Deployed Engineer, East Asia

Cape ·

Pay

$175k–235k

Setting

On-site

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Forward Deployed Engineer, East Asia Location East Asia Employment Type Full time Department Engineering Overview Application About Cape Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data. Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy. We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer. Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information. The Team At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day. The Role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) are the technical operators who ensure Cape’s products actually work in the field for the customers who depend on them most. In a world of demo-ware and big promises, FDEs delivers tangible outcomes: they embed with federal customers, translate ambiguous mission needs into working software, and feed hard-won demand signal back into product and engineering. This is a hands-on builder role at the seam between Business Development and Engineering. You will be the customer’s technical advocate inside Cape and Cape’s technical advocate inside the customer’s building. You will scope deployments, prototype integrations, troubleshoot live issues on production networks, and pull engineering priorities directly from operator pain. Where the product doesn’t yet do what the mission requires, you will build the bridge—and then push the durable fix into the roadmap. FDE is a small, high-trust team. We're building this together. You will not be handed a playbook, you'll help write it. What You Will Do Customer Deployment & Delivery Own the technical delivery of Cape’s products into federal/national security/enterprise customer environments—from first prototype through operational acceptance and sustainment Embed with customer teams around the world to understand workflows, threat models, and constraints that don’t appear in any requirements document Configure, integrate, and tune Cape’s mobile core capabilities against the specific mission profile of each deployment Lead customer exercises, pilots, and demonstrations; structure them to produce decision-quality evidence rather than theater Provide direct technical support during live operations and incidents; conduct root-cause analyses and drive preventive fixes back into the platform Prototyping & Engineering Write production-grade code to build the glue, integrations, tooling, and one-off capabilities that unblock customer deployments Prototype new product features in the field, validate them against real mission use, and work with core engineering teams to expand on successful hypotheses Make sound tradeoffs between bespoke customer work and reusable platform investment—default toward the platform when the pattern repeats Bridge Between Customer, Product, and Engineering Translate customer mission requirements into clear, prioritized engineering asks; then work alongside the broader engineering team to build the features that address them; translate engineering constraints back into language program officers and operators can act on Advocate internally for customer priorities with concrete evidence: deployment data, operator quotes, blocking issues, and the cost of inaction Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to inform the roadmap—surfacing patterns across deployments that warrant platform investment versus one-off solutions Partner with Business Development and Solutions Architects on captures, pilots, and follow-on opportunities; provide the technical credibility that converts pilots into programs of record Embed with the broader engineering team to design and ship customer-specific features What You Bring Required 2+ years of experience in a software engineering or forward deployed engineering role Fluency in Mandarin Chinese (spoken and written) Based in (or willing to relocate/travel to) the Asia-Pacific region. Demonstrated technical competency across multiple domains—a “Swiss army knife” profile who can credibly code, debug networking issues, reason about systems-level tradeoffs, and learn quickly Strong ability to scope ambiguous problems, sequence delivery, and make sound prioritization calls without explicit instruction Excellent written and verbal communication; able to brief a flag officer, write a clear engineering ticket, and run a customer working session with equal fluency High ownership and resourcefulness—comfort with the parts of the job that aren’t glamorous, and a track record of doing whatever needs to be done to deliver Demonstrated ability to engage directly with customers to scope technical requirements and deliver against them end to end Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer sites, military installations, and partner locations Preferred Background in mobile networks, telecom, networking infrastructure, or cybersecurity U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret security clearance (active TS strongly preferred). Prior military service, government civilian experience, or time in roles involving communications, signals, cyber, or intelligence Experience in a hands-on technical role with significant customer facing responsibilities—for example, a former FDE in a high growth startup, a startup engineer who carried customer deployments, or a defense tech deployment engineer (Palantir, Anduril, Shield AI, etc.) Experience as an early engineer or operator at a high-growth startup—comfort with the ambiguity, pace, and missing infrastructure that comes with sub-100-person companies Experience teaching, mentoring, or onboarding technical teammates Track record of taking field-driven feature work into a core product roadmap We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in NYC/DC is $175k-$235k depending on experience and interview performance and location. Our benefits include: 401(k) match 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period) Stipends for Family-forming needs Gender-affirming care Unlimited PTO Relocation and moving assistance if needed Our Culture & Values We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning. We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology. We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge. We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here. How to apply Click the link below to apply. We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Apply for this Job Powered by Privacy PolicySecurityVulnerability Disclosure

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