Lookout is a community-driven safety platform designed to empower women and urban commuters with real-time, data-backed insights. Our mission is simple: to make cities feel safer by combining crowdsourced reports, open data, and predictive mapping into one trusted app. Unlike traditional safety tools that only react to emergencies, Lookout is proactive, helping people choose safer routes, rides, and routines while also providing organizations with the data they need to improve urban safety. Our work has already been recognized: we earned the “Greatest Social Impact Award” at the NYU Tandon Capstone Pitch (Spring 2024), were selected for the Stern Accelerated Startup Bootcamp (Fall 2024), and advanced to the NYU Tandon InnoVention Challenge (Spring 2025). Through these programs, we refined our business model, conducted customer discovery, and built a prototype grounded in user research, competitor analysis, and safety data reviews. We are currently in the early-stage venture phase (pre-incorporation), building our MVP and growing our team of engineers, data scientists, designers, and community builders. Lookout is more than an app, it’s a movement to redefine what safety means in the digital age.

Engineering and Information Technology

familiarity with geospatial data, civic tech, or urban mobility applications

remote role with preference for NYC-based candidates for occasional meetings, early-stage venture, MVP development