140K–225K USD / year
Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
DevOpsOn-site — San Francisco, CA
Published on 2026-11-10
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About this role
Build and operate developer productivity systems that help engineers work efficiently, from local development through global deployments. The role focuses on fast builds, reliable development environments, intuitive tooling, and seamless CI/CD.
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
Developer Productivity team
What you'll do
- Build a multi-platform development environment for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Design and maintain CI/CD, merge queues, build caching, flaky-test quarantine, observability, and safe rollout pipelines
- Automate developer machine provisioning, laptop setup and resets, interviews, and onboarding
- Partner with backend and infrastructure teams to align local development and CI environments
What we're looking for
- Experience in developer productivity, internal platforms, infrastructure, or build and test systems
Nice to have
- Experience maintaining tooling or infrastructure for large-scale or multi-language codebases
- Regularly write and review code, and enjoy improving build systems, CI pipelines, and developer tooling
- Care about developer velocity, reliability, and maintainability
- Enjoy tightening feedback loops and making development fast and easy
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Other discounts and perks
Hiring process
- Two to three short technical interviews
- Onsite office interview involving a small project, discussion of ideas, and meetings with the team