3 months ago
Washington, DC, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$175k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own technical delivery of Cape’s products in federal and national security customer environments from prototype through operational acceptance and sustainment.
- Embed with customer teams to understand workflows, threat models, and operational constraints.
- Configure, integrate, and tune Cape’s mobile core capabilities for each mission profile.
- Lead customer exercises, pilots, and demonstrations that produce decision-quality evidence.
- Provide technical support during live operations and incidents, conduct root-cause analyses, and drive preventive platform fixes.
- Write production-grade code for integrations, tooling, glue, and one-off capabilities that unblock deployments.
- Prototype and validate product features in the field and collaborate with core engineering teams on successful solutions.
- Translate mission requirements and deployment evidence into prioritized engineering and product roadmap decisions.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Business Development, and Solutions Architects on captures, pilots, and follow-on opportunities.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in software engineering or forward deployed engineering.
- Technical breadth across coding, networking troubleshooting, and systems-level tradeoffs.
- Ability to scope ambiguous problems, sequence delivery, and prioritize independently.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for customer briefings, engineering tickets, and working sessions.
- High ownership, resourcefulness, and a track record of delivering under ambiguity.
- Experience engaging directly with customers to scope technical requirements and deliver end to end.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret security clearance; active TS is strongly preferred.
- Preferred experience includes an active TS/SCI clearance, military or government civilian experience, or work in communications, signals, cyber, or intelligence.
- Preferred background includes mobile networks, telecom, networking infrastructure, or cybersecurity.
- Preferred experience includes customer-facing deployment work, early-stage startup operations, mentoring technical teammates, and moving field-driven features into a core product roadmap.
Benefits
- 401(k) match
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for the employee and dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents with no waiting period
- Stipends for family-forming needs and gender-affirming care
- Unlimited PTO
- Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer sites, military installations, and partner locations is required
- Role is based in Washington, DC or New York, or requires relocation to one of those locations
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Cape
Cape builds a privacy-first mobile network in the U.S., providing cellular service that minimizes data collection and supports secure communication for consumers, businesses, and government customers. It sells subscription wireless plans and related security features, enabling organizations to deploy protected mobile connectivity without relying on legacy tracking practices. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.