Forward Deployed Engineer
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Summary
A forward deployed engineer at Cursor (Anysphere) works hands-on with customer engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, design and ship Cursor-powered AI workflows, and own them through production — covering discovery, rollout, monitoring, reliability, and iteration using Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
You will work directly with customer engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, design practical AI-powered workflows, and deliver them from discovery through launch and post-production support. You will build reliable solutions, monitor production quality, communicate tradeoffs, and turn successful implementations into reusable patterns.
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, evaluation, metrics, debugging, and failure-mode management
- Communicate technical tradeoffs and results to engineering leaders
- Turn delivered solutions into reusable patterns and product improvements
Requirements
- Build and own production AI-native workflows
- Lead discovery conversations and own customer outcomes
- Work across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and prompt iteration
- Handle production reliability, monitoring, rollouts, and incident response
- Use Python
- Use TypeScript
- Use JavaScript
