The Company

Cape was founded in early 2022 by Palantir and Anduril alums with deep expertise in privacy and national security. While running Palantir’s US national security business, our CEO became passionate about privacy and security on mobile devices. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless.

At Cape, we are not just another cellular service provider; we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that starts with the devices in your pocket. We are building a cellular network that helps citizens, including those responsible for our nation’s security, regain control of their own data.

We believe that where we are, where we go, and whom we are with are among our most personal information and should be kept private. Privacy is not something you achieve by limiting yourself or by doing less, it is a set of features to be built so you can do more. We have raised money from Andreessen Horowitz and other top-tier VCs, and are excited to grow the team.

The Team

We are relentless builders, constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible and bringing to life ideas that have never before existed. Innovation is at the core of everything we do. At Cape, we trust our team to deliver greatness and empower them to make a profound impact. As a member of our team, you will collaborate seamlessly with our diverse group of talented engineers and other team members, enjoying dynamic interactions with colleagues from across the organization.

The Role
This isn’t just another Android role. You’ll be on the front lines of creating an industry-first mobile privacy and security platform. Here’s what you’ll do:

• Build a new kind of mobile provider from the ground up.

• Push back against mass surveillance and reshape the way mobile privacy works.

• Break new technical ground in mobile and telecom.

• Ship software that goes straight into the hands of high-profile customers—government, defense, and everyday consumers who care about privacy.

We move fast, we solve hard problems, and we’re offering competitive salary, benefits, and meaningful early equity.

What You’ll Do

• Own the Android experience end-to-end—this is your product as much as ours.

• Invent novel ways to manage telephony on Android devices.

• Wire up Android apps to deep telecom infrastructure.

• Work shoulder-to-shoulder with backend, product, and telecom engineers.

• Balance scrappy short-term wins with bold long-term bets.

• Go low-level when needed: Telephony APIs, 4G/5G connectivity, device-level features.

What We’re Looking For
We don’t expect perfection, but we do expect builders who want to ship, learn, and push boundaries.

Preferred

• 2+ years of software engineering experience.

• 1+ years of Android development with the Android SDK.

• Strong foundation in CS, CE, Math, or Physics—or equivalent real-world experience.

• Solid understanding of Android internals (architecture, lifecycle, components).

• Fluent in Kotlin; Jetpack Compose experience is a plus.

• A passion for privacy, security, and building software that matters.

Nice to Have

• Application security experience.

• Experience integrating payment processors.

Our Culture 

• 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).

• We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Achieving diversity across these categories will serve to make our company stronger and our product better.

How to apply

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