TL;DR - We're building
humanity's defense layer for the AI age and looking for a founding
Forward-Deployed Engineer to embed with elite sports, music, and live production environments - turning real-world cyber-physical risk into durable product capability.
If you would have joined Fitbit or Nest on day one to build a new category - not polish an old 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 we rely on remain aligned with us.
We're building that layer today by deploying alongside the world's highest-stakes teams - Olympic delegations, F1 paddocks, halftime shows, global tours, studio productions, executive protection units. What we learn there becomes the foundation for a civilization-defining capability.
We're a small, talent-dense team with a bias for 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?- Be a first Forward Deployed Engineer (Sports & Entertainment) at Sweep.
- Embed with security directors, league officials, production leads, and operators.
- Represent Sweep in rooms where trust matters more than titles.
- Operate discreetly behind the scenes of humanity's biggest moments where RF density, logistics complexity, and reputational risk are extreme.
- Operate as the connective tissue between customers and core engineers to solve never-seen-before cyber risks.
- Influence core product direction based on what actually breaks in the field.
- Build repeatable playbooks that scale beyond any single deployment.
What we're looking for...- 3-5 years building and shipping production-grade systems in ambiguous, real-world environments.
- Strong architectural thinking across mobile, networking, data, and backend systems.
- Ability to operate calmly in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
- Bias toward action - prototype, deploy, iterate.
- Hands-on experience with BLE, Wi-Fi (802.11), RF, and device-level exploration in dense, noisy signal environments.
- Clear communication-turning field observations into concrete product changes.
- U.S. Person status required (may involve export-controlled data).
Bonus if you've...- Used SDRs, packet capture, RF survey tools, or similar instrumentation.
- Been customer-embedded or forward-deployed in national-level sporting, entertainment, or government environments.
- Worked with LLMs, agentic systems, or data-driven automation.
- Hustled in a founding or early-stage startup environment.
What you'll do...- Deploy globally for short, unpredictable high-intensity engagements (~40-60% global travel).
- Diagnose real-world cyber-physical risk in dense environments.
- Implement and validate countermeasures using Sweep, then convert repeatable patterns into product capability.
- Capture patterns and edge cases so improvements scale system-wide.
- Partner directly with core engineers to translate field reality into durable platform capability.
- Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works (rituals, repeatable playbooks, org design)
How we select...- Submit a short application
- Complete a 20-minute intro call
- Technical deep-dive and discussion of how you approach problems
- Show us something you've built that makes you proud
- References and offer
Final facts.Base salary up to $190,000, 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 deployments.
Apply. Make history. Build humanity's defense against machines. 
