350K–400K USD / year
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Engineering managerOn-site — Washington, D.C.
Published on 2026-11-09
These details were extracted automatically from the original listing. They may not be complete or fully up to date — it's worth checking the original job post.
About this role
Lead and scale a regional team of Forward Deployed Engineers serving public sector customers. Own engagements from technical discovery through delivery, build partner delivery capabilities, and ensure customer teams can sustain the solutions after engagements end.
About the company
Cursor builds an AI coding editor and agent workflows that help developers write and ship software faster. It serves software teams looking for tighter AI assistance inside the IDE.
The team
Solutions department, Forward Deployment team.
Stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScript
What you'll do
- Hire, lead, and coach regional Forward Deployed Engineers; establish performance standards and career paths.
- Scope public sector engagements, lead discovery and architecture reviews, and develop proposals with clear ROI.
- Maintain delivery quality through milestones, technical standards, and customer handoffs.
- Serve as executive technical sponsor and primary contact for priority customer engagements.
- Share detailed product feedback with Product and Engineering and turn successful approaches into reusable solutions.
- Train and enable GSI and consulting partners to deliver engagements to the team's quality bar.
What we're looking for
- Direct experience managing engineers who build and ship production software.
- Professional software development experience in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Experience building and deploying AI-powered workflows in production.
Nice to have
- U.S. citizenship and an active security clearance or ability to obtain one.
- Leadership experience in forward deployed engineering, data science, machine learning engineering, or software engineering.
- Experience debugging model failures in production AI systems.
- Experience scoping six- and seven-figure technical engagements and presenting to executive and engineering leaders.
- Experience enabling GSI or consulting partners to deliver technical engagements.
Benefits
- Equity.
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance.
- Various discounts and perks.