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Software Engineer, Product Platform

Cape· Engineering
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Hybrid (Hybrid: New York, NY), Hybrid (Hybrid: Arlington, VA)$200k - $290kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Senior/Staff-level backend engineer focusing on Cape’s product platform services (Identity & Access, Subscriber Lifecycle, Provisioning, Billing, Reporting, Spam Protection, Voicemail) to scale and re-architect distributed systems while maintaining privacy-centric design.

Responsibilities

  • Enable Scale: Build reliable, extensible systems that let us grow in features, users, and engineers including re-architecting existing services and migrating live flows onto new systems safely.
  • Own the Lifecycle: Take full ownership of features that span multiple foundational components from problem discovery through design, deployment, and operations.
  • Raise the Bar: Make safe change the default - end-to-end testing, continuous deployment, zero-downtime migrations, and hold a high standard through design and code review.
  • Collaborate: Work closely with Product, Mobile, SRE, and Design to shape features and the infrastructure they run on, bringing stakeholders along through clear written proposals.
  • Mentor: Grow the engineers around you through pairing, review, and written designs, transferring ownership of what you build.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience building and operating scalable backend systems in one or more modern languages (we're primarily a Go shop).
  • A strong foundation in Computer Science - algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems demonstrated through the systems you've built.
  • Hands-on distributed systems experience: you've designed and operated services that communicate through queues and async workflows, and you know idempotency, retries, and schema migrations from production experience.
  • Experience leading a significant re-architecture or migration on a live system, end to end.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills - you work through designs and decisions in writing and bring others along.

Skills

Required:Backend engineeringDistributed systemsArchitecture and re-architectureCommunication

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
  • Gender-affirming care
  • Unlimited PTO
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Cape

Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security.

Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security. Talk, text, and live with the confidence that you’re protected.

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