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Software Engineer, Research Tooling

Cursor · Palo Alto, CA

Applied AIonsite$140k–$225k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build infrastructure and apps that help researchers iterate quickly on frontier AI.
  • Ship experiment orchestration platforms and visualization tools for model evaluation.
  • Help build the Super Intelligence stack from Colossus to Grok products.

What they offer

  • equity
  • comprehensive medical coverage
  • vision coverage
  • dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short & long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • discounts and perks

Ideal candidate

A product-minded full-stack builder who loves empowering technical users and thrives in ambiguity, quickly turning researcher workflows into intuitive, high-leverage tools.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
  • Experience building tools, platforms, or infrastructure for technical users
  • Experience shipping full-stack products and owning systems from user interface to storage or services
  • Experience building dense, data-facing tools such as transcript viewers, diffing systems, review queues, observability products, or operational dashboards
  • Product instincts: identifying the right problems to solve and moving from concept to working prototype
  • Ability to move quickly under ambiguity and collaborate closely with researchers and domain experts
  • Ability to jump into new problems, quickly develop domain expertise, and independently drive projects from conception to delivery

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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