Software Engineer, Product
Cursor·New York, New York, United States | San Francisco, California, United States·posted 383d ago · last seen 51m agoTrack this application
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Short and fast: a recruiter screen, then '2-3 short technicals' (Cursor's own job-posting wording), then the signature round — an onsite in their office where you build a real project. CEO Michael Truell has said every engineering and design hire spends two days in-office working on a project: you get a desk, a laptop, a choice of three projects, and a frozen older copy of the real codebase with the dev environment set up, then present what you built. Crucially, first technical screens BAN AI beyond autocomplete ('programming without AI is still a really great time-boxed test for skill and intelligence' — Truell), while the onsite expects you to work with full tooling including Cursor itself. There is no formal behavioral round — the 4-6 meals with the team during the trial are the culture interview. Decisions come fast; the whole loop targets weeks, not months.
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Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.
About the Role
Product engineers create the software we ship to our users, in particular our editor. As a member of our core product team, you'll join us in inventing a new, better way to build software.
You may be a fit if
You've built a great product.
You blend excellent engineering with a taste for models and design.
You have a propensity for creative ideas and have a knack for making powerful tools without compromising their ease-of-use.
Sample projects include
Inventing new interfaces and UX for reviewing PRs of AI-generated code
Sprinting for two weeks to build a new product vertical from scratch (e.g., AI bug detection)
Running experiments and A/B tests on millions of users to push the frontier of agent quality - ex sub-agents, memories, and PR retrieval
Applying
If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach to schedule 2-3 short technicals. After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team.
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