Software Engineer, Research Tooling
Cursor · Palo Alto, CA
Applied AIonsite
At a glance
Highlights
- Build apps that power frontier AI research and experiments daily.
- Create visualization tools for model evaluation and behavior at scale.
- Ship experiment orchestration platforms used by researchers daily.
Ideal candidate
Product-minded full-stack builder who loves empowering technical users. You thrive in ambiguity, prototype fast, and care deeply about turning complex research workflows into intuitive, high-leverage tools.
Requirements
- Experience building tools, platforms, or infrastructure for technical users
- Shipped full-stack products owning systems from UI to storage or services
- Built dense data-facing tools like review queues or observability dashboards
- Strong product instincts, moving from concept to working prototype with ease
- Moves quickly under ambiguity and collaborates closely with researchers
- hiring process
- 2-3 short technical screens, then onsite with a small project, idea discussions and team meetings.
Lab profile
About Cursor
Automates coding with AI-powered editor for professional programmers.
What they build
- Cursor AI code editor
- Cursor for Enterprise
Known for
- AI-assisted coding
- Applied ML research
- Developer tools
Key facts
- Founded in 2022
- Headquartered in San Francisco
- Backed by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
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