Cape · 7 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
3+ years expCape is a company focused on privacy and national security, aiming to build a cellular network that empowers citizens to control their data. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to manage backend engineering teams, drive technical and people strategies, and collaborate across functions to deliver scalable and reliable features.
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Responsibilities
Technical Leadership: Scope problems, provide technical mentorship, craft architecture, review technical designs, and manage technical execution to deliver solutions to problems on relevant timelines
Career & Personal Development: Manage and mentor teams of engineers and emerging managers. Provide coaching, structured feedback, and career development paths for engineers across all levels of experience
Product Design & Delivery: Generate ideas, architecture, and execute on net new products & features to drive business direction and growth
Distributed Systems Ownership: Ensure that distributed services are designed and built with reliability, observability, and security in mind, aligned with Cape’s standards for performance and scalability across both on-prem and cloud
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other Engineering Leads, Product Managers, Designers, and Business Development to define scope, prioritize work, and ensure end-to-end delivery of product initiatives
Culture Building: Foster an environment of trust, respect, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement across your teams
Hiring & Scaling: Drive hiring for your teams, working closely with Talent and Engineering Leadership to attract, assess, and retain top technical talent
Process Evolution: Champion engineering best practices for feature development, code review, deployment, incident response, and technical documentation
Qualification
Required
3+ years experience leading software engineering teams, including managing managers
Skilled at developing engineers and managers through coaching, mentorship, and performance management
Deep experience building, deploying, and maintaining microservices in production
Strong knowledge of distributed systems design, cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and scalable API development
Proven success in leading teams that have shipped complex, end-to-end product features that created measurable user or business impact
Able to zoom between high-level technical direction and tactical problem-solving to support teams and unblock delivery
Effective working closely with Product, Design, Security, and other Engineering Leads to align technical execution with product strategy
Passionate about growing technical talent at all stages—from junior engineers to new managers—through mentorship, sponsorship, and structured development
Deep commitment to support, observability, and incident response best practices
Strong communicator who can clearly articulate technical and strategic decisions to engineers, peers, and executives alike
Get things done. Not every solution needs to be perfect or exquisite. The best solutions are the ones that work and solve the problem on the necessary timelines
Benefits
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
Stipends for Gender-affirming care
Unlimited PTO
Company
Cape
Cape is America's privacy-first mobile network, bringing connection without compromise to everyone.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2021 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
John Doyle
Founder, CEO
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