Field Engineer, Life Sciences

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives to own technical discovery, demonstrations, proofs of concept, and expansion with technical validation.
• Build trusted relationships across engineering, scientific computing, R&D, and commercial IT.
• Work in research-heavy and regulated environments involving developer workflows, AI tooling, and complex setups.
• Help customers connect Cursor to outcomes such as faster R&D cycles and a shorter path from lab to market.
• Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for scientific and commercial audiences.
• Act as the customer's technical advocate internally with Product and Engineering.
• Partner with post-sales teams to ensure a clean handoff and successful onboarding.
• Maintain strong knowledge of Cursor and the competitive landscape.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills and executive presence; comfortable coding alongside developers and presenting to CTOs and scientific leaders.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle and the ability to connect technical detail to business and scientific impact.
• Hands-on technical fluency with workflows, AI tooling, and complex environments.
• Deal-partner instincts and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder maps.
• Customer-focused approach with the ability to translate technical detail into organizational value.
• Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting.
• Interest in Life Sciences and comfort learning regulated, research-heavy organizations quickly.
• Motivation to put AI in the hands of people accelerating benefits for humanity.