Forward Deployed Engineer

Cursor
Australia, Singapore, Japan
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Truth-seeking","Communication","Problem-solving","Ownership","Debugging"]

Embed directly with customer engineering teams to ship production-grade Cursor workflows that measurably improve how they build software. Lead discovery to identify bottlenecks and success metrics, design and build end-to-end workflow systems, and iterate from fast initial delivery to reliable rollout using monitoring and production feedback. Own production quality across tracing, evals, debugging, and latency/cost tradeoffs, then feed reusable patterns back into the core Cursor product.

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1 month ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Embed directly with customer engineering teams to ship production-grade Cursor workflows that measurably improve how they build software. Lead discovery to identify bottlenecks and success metrics, design and build end-to-end workflow systems, and iterate from fast initial delivery to reliable rollout using monitoring and production feedback. Own production quality across tracing, evals, debugging, and latency/cost tradeoffs, then feed reusable patterns back into the core Cursor product.
Location: Australia, Singapore, Japan
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead discovery with customer engineers to identify real bottlenecks and define success metrics.
  • •Design and build Cursor-powered workflows such as refactors, migrations, PR review loops, incident→fix pipelines, and spec→implementation systems.
  • •Ship an initial workflow quickly, then harden it into a reliable system with rollout plans, monitoring, and iteration based on real usage.
  • •Own production quality including tracing, evals, metrics, model debugging, latency/cost tradeoffs, and failure modes.
  • •Turn what you build into reusable patterns and push improvements back into the core Cursor product.

Key Requirements

  • •Built and owned AI-native workflows in production (not just prototypes), including debugging real-world model failures.
  • •Strong in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript, with the ability to ramp quickly on new stacks.
  • •Can thrive in ambiguity by turning fuzzy problems into clear scopes and shipped systems.
  • •Comfortable leading discovery conversations and accountable for customer outcomes.
  • •Has handled production reliability tasks such as metrics, alerts, safe rollouts, and incident response.
Experience:AI-native workflowsProduction reliability
Skills:Truth-seekingCommunicationProblem-solvingOwnershipDebugging
Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptJavaScript

Company Brief

Cursor
Builds Cursor, an AI-powered development platform and code editor that helps developers write, review, and maintain code using large language models and developer-focused automation tools for enterprise engineering teams.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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