Field Engineer, Public Sector

Cursor
Washington
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Government & Public AdministrationSkills: ["Communication","Executive presence","Truth-seeking","Passion","Creativity","Stakeholder management","Trusted advising","Commercial instinct","Clear communication"]

Partner with prospective and strategic Public Sector customers to help them evaluate Cursor and realize the value of agentic coding in real mission workflows. Act as Cursor’s technical face for federal civilian and defense agencies, owning discovery, demos, POCs, and validation while advising engineering, security, procurement, and program stakeholders. Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, and post-sales to scope solutions and ensure smooth onboarding.

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Field Engineer, Public Sector

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Job Summary

Partner with prospective and strategic Public Sector customers to help them evaluate Cursor and realize the value of agentic coding in real mission workflows. Act as Cursor’s technical face for federal civilian and defense agencies, owning discovery, demos, POCs, and validation while advising engineering, security, procurement, and program stakeholders. Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, and post-sales to scope solutions and ensure smooth onboarding.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Government & Public Administration

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with AEs to own technical discovery, demos, POCs, and technical validation for new deals and expansions.
  • •Build trusted relationships across engineering, security, product, and IT stakeholders.
  • •Go deep in mission-critical and high-security environments, including developer workflows and complex/constrained setups.
  • •Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for technical and executive audiences.
  • •Act as a technical advocate internally with Product and Engineering, and partner with post-sales for clean handoff and onboarding.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong communication skills and executive presence, comfortable presenting to CTOs, CISOs, and program leaders.
  • •Understanding of the SDLC and the ability to connect technical detail to mission and operational impact.
  • •Hands-on technical fluency with workflows, AI tooling, and complex/constrained environments (not full-time engineering).
  • •Deal-partner instincts to co-own with AEs and navigate complex, multi-stakeholder engagement.
  • •Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting, ideally in federal, defense, or highly regulated tech; hold or be able to obtain a federal security clearance.
Experience:Public sectorFederalDefenseHighly regulated techField engineeringSolutions engineeringPre-salesConsulting
Skills:CommunicationExecutive presenceTruth-seekingPassionCreativityStakeholder managementTrusted advisingCommercial instinctClear communication
Tech Stack:Agentic codingAI tooling

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Federal security clearance

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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