Lead Distributed Systems Engineer is open at Cape (Hybrid: New York, NY). The posting gives a salary of $250K - $325K. Posted on Sep 10, 2026, and still on Cape’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Cape runs private cellular networks that operate disconnected for weeks at a time. Getting subscriber state where it needs to be means delivering it to nodes we can't reach, over links we don't control, onto hardware we can't trust. You'll own the architecture and implementation of an edge data distribution system for private 5G bubbles, and lead the team that builds it. The core challenge is synchronizing data from…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Cape’s careers page.
Hiring at Cape
Cape has 23 open roles right now, 2 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Security and Data & Research. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $205K. See all its roles
