Cursor

Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

In short

Forward Deployed Engineer at Cursor (Anysphere), embedding with customer engineering teams to design, build, and support production AI-native workflows powered by Cursor. The role spans discovery, end-to-end frontend/backend/infrastructure work, prompt iteration, and production reliability (monitoring, evaluation, incident response). Requires Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript plus experience debugging real-world model failures and leading customer-facing discovery.

About the Role
You will embed with customer engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, design practical Cursor-powered workflows, and take them from discovery through production support. You will build, monitor, debug, and improve reliable systems while turning successful work into reusable product patterns.
Requirements
•Experience building and owning production AI-native workflows
•Experience debugging real-world model failures
•Ability to lead discovery conversations and own customer outcomes
•End-to-end frontend, backend, infrastructure, and prompt iteration capability
•Production reliability experience, including metrics, alerts, rollouts, and incident response
•Python
•TypeScript
•JavaScript
Responsibilities
•Lead discovery with customer engineers and define success metrics
•Design and build Cursor-powered workflows
•Ship initial workflow versions and harden them through rollout, monitoring, and iteration
•Own production quality, including tracing, evaluations, metrics, debugging, and reliability
•Communicate technical tradeoffs and results with engineering leaders
•Turn customer solutions into reusable patterns and product improvements

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