Forward Deployed Engineer Sports Entertainment

## About the role 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? - Be our first Forward Deployed Engineer in sports and entertainment. - Operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and elite team operations. - Work directly with security directors, league officials, production leads, and crews. - Deploy in places where RF density, logistics complexity, and reputational risk are extreme. - Deliver discreetly in high-stakes environments where precision and judgment matter. - Influence core product roadmap based on what actually breaks in the real world. ## What we're looking for - 2–5 years working in environments involving real-world cyber-physical risk (Wi-Fi, BLE, rogue access points, IoT, robotics, embedded systems). - Strong architectural thinking across mobile, backend, data, and infrastructure. - Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-stakes environments. - Ability to prototype quickly and iterate based on field feedback. - Engineering fluency — able to reason across software, networks, hardware, and adversarial behavior without supervision. - Clear communicator — able to translate messy field observations into structured product changes. - U.S. Person status (may involve export-controlled environments). ## Bonus if you've - Worked in elite sports, live production, or national-level events. - Used SDRs, packet capture, RF survey tools, or similar instrumentation. - Been forward-deployed or customer-embedded. - Built automation using LLMs or data-driven workflows. - Operated in an early-stage, high-ownership startup. ## What You'll Do - Work directly with customers to understand workflows, constraints, and ground truth. - Deploy globally for short, high-intensity engagements (~40–50% travel). - Operate reachback support between deployments — rapidly responding to reported threats and converting those interactions into system improvements that compound globally. - Diagnose threats on-site, developing countermeasures in real time, and brief stakeholders clearly under pressure. - Capture patterns and failure modes so improvements scale beyond any single deployment. - Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works (rituals, playbooks, org design). - Contribute to core product strategy and roadmap. ## 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 $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.