# Software Engineer, Security

**Company:** [Cursor](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cursor)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Skills:** Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Secure Systems, Least Privilege, Jit Access, Code Review, Agent Security, Developer Tools, Vulnerability Prevention
**Posted:** 2025-09-03

> Builds secure tools and features for platform, editor, and customer protection, including AI code review, least-privilege cloud access, and safe agent environments. Requires strong software engineering with security expertise, builder-attacker mindset, and experience scaling secure systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build AI augmented code review to get involved in important systems at the right time.
- Build a least-privilege and JIT system for cloud access that enables engineers and enforces least privileges.
- Implement a safe environment for agents to engage with code.
- Implement a framework for securely handling agent manipulation of user systems (e.g., MCP tool calls and command execution).
- Implement a paved road for preventing inappropriate data from being logged.

## Requirements
- Strong software engineer first, with security as your superpower.
- Think like both a builder and an attacker: anticipate vulnerabilities before they become issues.
- Care about developer experience, building solutions that are secure and frictionless.
- Comfortable moving quickly, owning problems end to end, and iterating with limited guidance.
- Experience building or scaling secure systems in fast-moving environments.
- Strong opinions on secure defaults, but can balance pragmatism with rigor.
- Enjoy working on small, high-talent teams where impact is magnified.
- Motivated by protecting developers and users, and see security as an enabler.

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