Software Engineer ML Platform
Cursor is an AI coding-agent product operated by Anysphere, Inc.; it was acquired by SpaceX in August 2026 and continues to operate.
Funding history
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, build, and operate core platform systems. You will turn recurring research problems into durable infrastructure, own system reliability and performance, improve developer experience, and measure the impact of iterative improvements.
Requirements
- Systems and infrastructure software engineering
- Production distributed systems
- Ingestion systems
- Data pipelines
- Scheduling and orchestration
- Linux
- Cloud infrastructure
- Bare-metal infrastructure
- Kubernetes, Ray, or equivalent orchestration
- ML research collaboration
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate core platform systems
- Turn recurring research problems into durable infrastructure
- Own system reliability, performance, and developer experience
- Ship iterative platform improvements and measure impact
Benefits
- Well-stocked libraries
Hiring Process
Schedule 2–3 short technical interviews, followed by an onsite office session involving a small project, idea discussions, and team meetings.