Software Engineer, Cape
$150-230k
+ Equity
Privacy-first mobile network
Open for applications
Privacy-first mobile network
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$150-230k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To reimagine connectivity in this mobile-first world, with privacy and security at the core.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of software engineering experience
- Prior engineering experience from the industry, along with academic pursuits & studies in any of the areas of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
- Fluency in Golang, Rust, Java/Kotlin, Python, or similar language
- Familiarity with algorithms, data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, mobile frameworks, and other technical tools
- A passion for personal privacy and national security
- A desire to work on software that has real-world impact
Desirable
- Familiarity with mobile telecommunications technologies such as smart cards, SIM/eSIM, and 4G/5G
- Interest in low-level mobile & networking software
- Experience with unreliable networks and/or distributed systems
- Fluent in Golang
What the job involves
- Be responsible for the full lifecycle development of software products from problem discovery to solution delivery for various components of our privacy-focused telecommunications stack
- Build new or integrate with existing telecommunications infrastructure and components
- Integrate with mobile devices (both Android & iOS) to provide cellular service to those devices
- Shape and influence what great software engineering practices look like
- Balance short term critical business needs with long term product vision and roadmap
Our take
The massive amounts of data that telecom companies hold on their customers, and the various weak spots in mobile networks, offer many lucrative possibilities for hackers. With massive mobile network data breaches affecting the likes of US telecom giant AT&T, Cape is a mobile network responding with a way to reconcile personal privacy and national security.
Cape positions itself as a privacy-first mobile network, offering 5G and 4G speeds with more privacy. It collects minimal personally identifiable information from its customers as well as offering spam protection, hardened account security and firewall. The network itself piggybacks on existing cellular networks and uses advanced encryption and data protocols to protect its customers.
The company has attracted good investment and secured contracts with the US military because of the network's ability to contribute to national security. Cape only came out of stealth recently, though, and its first steps will be to provide its users with eSIMS. A partnership with UScellular will help grow the company's market share as well.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2024
$40m
SERIES B
Jun 2023
$15.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $61m
Company values
- We are builders, and we choose to spend our time building things that matter. Many of our people have backgrounds in Defense Tech as well as the defense and intelligence community. We build to win
- We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute at a high level. Everyone here has a track record of solving hard problems throughout their careers
- We believe that personal privacy and national security interests are not inherently at odds, and can be reconciled via strong technology
- We believe that companies exist to build awesome things and take care of their people. Our benefits reflect that– top-tier health care, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy (that we actually use)
Company HQ
North Rosslyn, Arlington, VA
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Leadership
John Doyle
(CEO)Currently Board Member at Vannevar Labs. Previously held positions at Palantir Technologies and was a Judicial Law Clerk at Eastern District of Virginia.
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