# Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at Cape

- Company: Cape
- What the company does: Cape is the AI platform for partnerships, warm intros, and event marketing — built for teams whose revenue runs on relationships. Backed by Pear VC.
- Company website: https://joincape.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cape/3f6ca5b3-eed4-4b0c-b5d2-5ec7f45aae26
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cape-head-of-forward-deployed-engineering/

## About the role

Cape’s platform gives customers end-to-end control of their digital identity, even as they connect to untrusted networks, optimizing for resiliency, privacy, and security at every turn. As the Head of Federal Engineering, you will gain rare insight into the world’s most challenging environments.

## What they're looking for

- Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Physics or similar field
- Demonstrated success leading engineering teams that have built, deployed, and sustained software solutions for U.S. government, defense, or intelligence community customers
- Proven ability to define a technical strategy and execute against it, aligning engineering efforts with both customer mission objectives and broader business goals
- The ability to articulate complex technical concepts with authority and clarity to a wide range of audiences, from your own engineers to senior government officials and non-technical stakeholders
- An active U.S. Top Secret (TS) security clearance is strongly preferred. At a minimum, you must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Tags: Engineering