TL;DR

Field Engineer (AI): Partnering with prospective and strategic enterprise customers by being the technical face of Anysphere, helping customers evaluate Cursor and ensuring they see the full value of AI in their engineering workflows with an accent on strong communication skills and translating technical details into business impact. Focus on scoping solutions, demonstrating capabilities, and influencing product direction.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco or Manhattan, New York

Company

Cursor AI is building the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering to automate coding.

What you will do

  • Partner with Account Executives to lead technical discovery, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements.
  • Build trusted relationships with engineering leaders, architects, and developers, serving as their technical advisor.
  • Translate customer requirements into solution designs, guiding them on best practices for rollout, prompt strategy, and context configuration.
  • Develop and deliver technical presentations, whiteboard sessions, and hands-on workshops tailored to customer needs.
  • Act as the customer’s technical advocate internally, influencing roadmap priorities and escalating feedback to Product and Engineering.
  • Collaborate with post-sales teams to ensure a smooth handoff and successful customer onboarding.

Requirements

  • Strong communication skills and executive presence — equally comfortable coding alongside developers or presenting to CTOs.
  • Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, modern engineering org structures, and developer productivity challenges.
  • Hands-on technical ability — you don’t need to be a full-time engineer, but you should be fluent in technical workflows, AI tooling, and debugging complex environments.
  • Customer-obsessed with a knack for translating technical details into business impact.
  • Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting for enterprise software.
  • Thrives in a startup environment: resourceful, adaptable, and proactive in creating solutions.

Culture & Benefits

  • In-person with cozy offices in North Beach, San Francisco and Manhattan, New York, replete with well-stocked libraries.
  • Flat organization, and our team is small and talent dense.