Software Engineer, DevEx
Designs and builds developer productivity tools, CI/CD systems, and multi-platform environments to enhance engineering velocity at Cursor. Requires experience in internal platforms, build systems, and large-scale tooling.
About the job
Example Projects Include
- Building a multi-platform development environment that works seamlessly across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- Designing and maintaining CI/CD systems—merge queues, build caching, flaky test quarantine, observability, and safe rollout pipelines.
- Automating developer machine provisioning—from laptop setup and reset automation to interview and onboarding workflows.
- Partnering with backend and infrastructure teams to ensure local testing and debugging just work, with near-perfect parity between development and CI environments.
You might be a fit if you...
- Have experience working on developer productivity, internal platform, infrastructure, or build/test systems.
- Regularly write and review code, and enjoy improving build systems, scripting CI pipelines, and refining developer tooling.
- Have built or maintained tooling or infrastructure for large-scale or multi-language codebases.
- Care deeply about developer velocity, reliability, and maintainability, and apply sound technical judgment to improve them.
- Are energized by tightening feedback loops and making development feel effortless, fast, and enjoyable.
Skills
CI/CD, Build Systems, Developer Tooling, Infrastructure, Observability, Kubernetes, Docker, Scripting, Linux, macOS
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