Field Engineer

We're hiring Field Engineers to partner with prospective and strategic enterprise customers. As a Field Engineer, you'll be the technical face of Cursor in the field, helping customers evaluate our AI tool, guiding them through proofs of concept, and ensuring they see the full value of AI in their engineering workflows.

You’ll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering to scope solutions, demonstrate capabilities, and act as a trusted advisor to technical stakeholders. This is a highly customer-facing role where you’ll combine deep technical fluency with strong communication skills to drive adoption and influence product direction.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Maintain deep knowledge of Cursor’s capabilities and competitive landscape to position our value effectively
• Support strategic account planning and help drive expansion opportunities with technical validation

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, and while you don’t need to be a full-time engineer, 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
• Thrive in a startup environment: resourceful, adaptable, and proactive in creating solutions