
Business Recruiter at Cape (New York, NY)
Cape· New York, NY·
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About Cape
Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data. Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy. We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer. Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information.
The Team At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day.
The Role
We are building the most user-friendly recruiting and HR machine in the world to propel Cape’s growth. The right candidate treats every open role as a massive opportunity cost for the company. They move fast to manage, prioritize, and close searches. They develop practical and creative ways to identify leading talent, creating a world-class experience for Capers and candidates. They use data to benchmark, surface challenges, and set a new bar for process and quality. In summary, the right candidate, along with the hiring managers, builds high-performing teams that embody Cape’s values and culture. This is a fast-paced, passionate environment in explosive growth mode - we need you to find the best of the best who will continue to make Cape a great company. This role reports to our Head of Operations.
What You'll Work On
- Meet (or exceed) weekly, monthly, quarterly recruiting goals and hiring targets
- Partner with hiring teams to deeply understand hiring needs and requirements of the role and the ideal candidate, and develop unique full cycle hiring strategies and interview criteria for each role
- Develop a close business relationship with hiring managers, interview teams and executives to influence scoping of roles and ensuring interview team alignment
- Build talent pipelines for multiple technical job requisitions at any given time
- Run searches and engage with passive candidates via Ashby, LinkedIn, Google Search Engine, and other platforms
- Execute and build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage hiring manager expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment
- Provide positive and exceptional interview experiences for all parties
Experience
- Relentless passion and drive to find and connect with the best talent
- 4+ years recruiting experience with an in-house recruiting team
- Experience in tech startups and demonstrated ability to achieve goals in a low structure, fast-paced environment in a flexible manner
- A sincere understanding of the importance of building relationships with active and passive candidates of all levels
- Proven experience in building and managing a diverse pipeline
- Exceptional organizational skills, with attention to detail and great follow-through
- Passionate, driven mentality with the readiness to jump right in and go!
- Keep ‘em warm! Manage the existing pipeline of candidates and identify potential opportunities for the future
Compensation
We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in New York, New York and Arlington, VA is $150,000-$180,000 depending on experience and interview performance. Our benefits include:
- 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
Our Culture & Values
- We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning.
- We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology.
- We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge.
- We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here.
How to apply Click the link below to apply. We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.
Why work at Cape
- Culture highlights:
- Values: "Do excellent work," "Bias to action" (outcomes over process), "Overshare" (transparency), "Respect the opportunity" (building for mission-critical work) cape.co
- "We don't accept 'the way things are done;' we're hackers who challenge the status quo and redefine the best way to do something. We make 10,000 mistakes, but own each one, and insist on learning quickly." cape.co
- Small, autonomous teams with high ownership
- Remote/hybrid/office policy: Hybrid — offices in New York, NY; Arlington, VA; and Washington, DC; with some remote roles available linkedin.com
- Notable perks & benefits cape.co:
- 100% of insurance premiums covered for employee and dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- "Take what you need" PTO policy
- Fully paid parental leave (12+ weeks for all parents)
- 401k with 4% match
- $20,000 family forming stipend (IVF, adoption, surrogacy)
- $20,000 gender affirming care stipend
- 12 weeks military leave with "make-whole" differential pay
- Engineering culture: 26% of employees are in technical roles; strong talent pipeline from Palantir, Anduril, Amazon Web Services, and Andreessen Horowitz linkedin.com
- Open roles: 31 active job postings including Senior Security Engineer, Full Stack Software Engineer, Software Engineer (Infrastructure, iOS, Android), Head of Federal Engineering, Solutions Architect (Air Force, East Asia), VP of Engineering linkedin.com cape.co