Regional Director Forward Deployed Engineering
Anysphere, Inc. (doing business as Cursor)Visit Anysphere, Inc. (doing business as Cursor) website
Cursor is an AI coding-agent product operated by Anysphere, Inc.; it was acquired by SpaceX in August 2026 and continues to operate.
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About Anysphere, Inc. (doing business as Cursor)
Cursor provides AI-assisted software-development tools, including desktop and CLI coding agents, autonomous cloud agents, code review, and enterprise offerings.
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About the Role
You will lead strategic customer engagements from technical discovery through delivery and executive close. You will manage, coach, and hire Forward Deployed Engineers; maintain delivery quality; resolve complex technical issues; develop reusable playbooks; and train consulting partners to deliver high-quality engagements.
Requirements
- 8+ years leading technical teams that build and ship production systems
- Experience with Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a similar coding-focused function
- Software development experience with Python and JavaScript or TypeScript
- Experience building and owning AI-native production workflows
- Experience debugging real-world model failures
- Ability to diagnose enterprise engineering environments and scope engagements
- Experience building and scaling individual-contributor technical teams
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery, architecture reviews, engagement scoping, and executive closes
- Build and present proposals with time-boxed deliverables and clear ROI
- Drive deal strategy for strategic accounts
- Serve as executive technical sponsor for priority engagements
- Ensure project scoping, milestone tracking, technical standards, and customer handoffs
- Escalate product gaps and customer pain to Product and Engineering
- Coach Forward Deployed Engineers and intervene on high-stakes accounts
- Build reusable delivery playbooks
- Lead, develop, and scale a team of Forward Deployed Engineers
- Hire Forward Deployed Engineers and set performance standards
- Train and enable GSI and consulting partners