Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Cursor
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["CI/CD","Build tooling","Scripting","MacOS","Windows","Linux"]

Core contributor on the DevEx team building systems, tools, and workflows to boost Cursor developers’ productivity. You’ll shape the developer experience from local development to global deployments, architect and operate foundations powering engineering, and collaborate to ensure fast, reliable, and maintainable build/test environments. The role emphasizes developer velocity and parity between development and CI environments.

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8 months ago

Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

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Job Summary

Core contributor on the DevEx team building systems, tools, and workflows to boost Cursor developers’ productivity. You’ll shape the developer experience from local development to global deployments, architect and operate foundations powering engineering, and collaborate to ensure fast, reliable, and maintainable build/test environments. The role emphasizes developer velocity and parity between development and CI environments.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build the systems, tools, and workflows that make Cursor developers highly productive.
  • •Set technical direction within the DevEx team, write and review code, and collaborate across engineering to improve developer experience.
  • •Maintain parity between local development and CI environments, ensuring reliable testing and deployment workflows.
  • •Design and maintain CI/CD systems, including merge queues, build caching, flaky test quarantine, observability, and safe rollout pipelines.
  • •Automate developer machine provisioning and collaborate with backend/infrastructure teams to streamline setup, onboarding, and debugging.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience working on developer productivity, internal platform, infrastructure, or build/test systems.
  • •Regularly write and review code, and enjoy improving build systems, scripting CI pipelines, and refining developer tooling.
  • •Have built or maintained tooling or infrastructure for large-scale or multi-language codebases.
  • •Care deeply about developer velocity, reliability, and maintainability, and apply sound technical judgment to improve them.
  • •Are energized by tightening feedback loops and making development feel effortless, fast, and enjoyable.
Experience:Developer productivityInternal platformInfrastructureBuild/test systems
Skills:CI/CDBuild toolingScriptingMacOSWindowsLinux
Tech Stack:CI/CDBuild toolingScriptingMacOSWindowsLinux

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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