TL;DR — We’re building the defense layer for the AI age and looking for a founding Forward-Deployed Engineer to embed with elite sports, music, and live production environments — identifying and neutralizing real-world cyber-physical threats — and converting those field patterns into scalable product capability.
If you want to invent a new category — not optimize an existing one — this is that role.
Why Sweep?
As intelligent machines proliferate into every part of the physical world, humans still lack a defense layer to ensure the systems and devices they rely on remain aligned with them.
We’re building that layer by deploying Sweep alongside the world’s highest-stakes teams — F1 paddocks, Olympic delegations, global tours, halftime shows, studio lots, executive protection units — in environments where signal is dense, movement is constant, and failure is visible.
These environments are dense with unmanaged devices — rogue Wi-Fi, BLE trackers, smart glasses, sanctioned hardware, robotics, and embedded systems. What we learn there becomes product capability. What we build from that compounds across every deployment.
You'll join a small, talent-dense team with high ownership, high velocity, and low ego. We care deeply, move fast, and are here to build something that outlasts us.
Together, we’ll redefine cyber-physical security for the AI age.
What makes this role special?
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Be our first Forward Deployed Engineer in sports and entertainment.
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Operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and elite team operations.
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Work directly with security directors, league officials, production leads, and crews.
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Deploy in places where RF density, logistics complexity, and reputational risk are extreme.
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Deliver discreetly in high-stakes environments where precision and judgment matter.
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Influence core product roadmap based on what actually breaks in the real world.
What we’re looking for
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2–5 years working in environments involving real-world cyber-physical risk (Wi-Fi, BLE, rogue access points, IoT, robotics, embedded systems).
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Strong architectural thinking across mobile, backend, data, and infrastructure.
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Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
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Ability to prototype quickly and iterate based on field feedback.
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Engineering fluency — able to reason across software, networks, hardware, and adversarial behavior without supervision.
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Clear communicator — able to translate messy field observations into structured product changes.
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U.S. Person status (may involve export-controlled environments).
Bonus if you’ve
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Worked in elite sports, live production, or national-level events.
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Used SDRs, packet capture, RF survey tools, or similar instrumentation.
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Been forward-deployed or customer-embedded.
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Built automation using LLMs or data-driven workflows.
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Operated in an early-stage, high-ownership startup.
What You’ll Do
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Work directly with customers to understand workflows, constraints, and ground truth.
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Deploy globally for short, high-intensity engagements (~40–50% travel).
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Operate reachback support between deployments — rapidly responding to reported threats and converting those interactions into system improvements that compound globally.
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Diagnose threats on-site, developing countermeasures in real time, and brief stakeholders clearly under pressure.
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Capture patterns and failure modes so improvements scale beyond any single deployment.
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Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works (rituals, playbooks, org design).
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Contribute to core product strategy and roadmap.
How we select
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Submit a short application
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Complete a 20-minute intro call
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Technical deep-dive and discussion of how you approach problems
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Show us something you’ve built that makes you proud
References and offer
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Final Facts
Base salary up to $180,000, depending on qualifications, experience, and impact.Total compensation includes equity, premium insurance, and individual benefits.
You’ll join us on-site at our HQ in New York City, with frequent global travel.
Make history. Build humanity’s defense against machines.
