Software Engineer, Infrastructure

About this role

Own and improve the foundational cloud, networking, and compute infrastructure powering production services. The role focuses on reliable Kubernetes deployments, multi-region expansion, edge security, and cloud cost optimization.

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

Engineering Foundations

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What you'll do

• Build and operate production Kubernetes clusters, including service mesh, scaling, and ingress.
• Design a repeatable architecture for deploying geo-replicated services across regions and cloud providers.
• Build edge networking and security infrastructure for abuse prevention, rate limiting, and traffic routing.
• Develop cost attribution and optimization systems across cloud spending.
• Unify container orchestration into a consistent platform for engineering teams.

What we're looking for

• Experience building and operating infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience operating Kubernetes at scale, including service mesh, autoscaling, and multi-region deployments.
• Knowledge of edge networking, CDN/WAF architectures, and infrastructure-level traffic management.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, reproducibility, and self-service infrastructure.
• Experience in large-scale cost optimization or infrastructure migration and unification.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.

Benefits

• Equity
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Other discounts and perks

Hiring process

1. Two to three short technical interviews
2. Onsite interview with a small project, discussion of ideas, and team meetings