12 months ago
Responsibilities
- Advance the agent harness, including agent loops, tools, prompts, execution environments, and capabilities.
- Improve the default Cursor “Auto” experience through model selection based on user needs, model capabilities, and cost.
- Shape the default agent’s personality and behavior.
- Launch new models end-to-end by partnering with foundational model providers and the research team on integration, evaluation, and rollout.
- Ship production systems and help define agent behavior using data, user experience, and product judgment.
Requirements
- Experience building complex agentic products or infrastructure.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems.
- Strong judgment and opinions about model and agent behavior, with awareness of emerging research and industry trends.
- Ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations by balancing data, user experience, and product taste.
Benefits
- The interview process includes 2–3 short technical interviews followed by an onsite in the company office with a small project, idea discussion, and team meetings.
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About Cursor
Cursor is an AI-powered code editor and coding assistant from Anysphere, built for professional software engineers and enterprise teams. It combines a VS Code–style editor with integrated AI chat, code generation, and repo-aware refactoring, and is sold via individual, team, and enterprise subscriptions. The company also targets sectors like healthcare and state and local education with field engineers who support evaluations and proofs of concept.