Join a small, passionate team as a Forward Deployed Engineer to enhance software development workflows for customers.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead discovery with customer engineers
- Design and build Cursor-powered workflows
- Ship a fast first version
- Own production quality
- Turn what you build into reusable patterns
Must have
- Strong in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript
- Built and owned AI-native workflows in production
- Handled production reliability
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, seniority, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, a Forward Deployed Engineer works closely with customer engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and implement Cursor workflows that enhance software development processes. Proficiency in Python and TypeScript or JavaScript is essential, along with experience in building and maintaining AI-native workflows in production environments. This position is ideal for someone who excels in ambiguous situations and can manage end-to-end development, from initial discovery to post-launch support. The team operates in a flat structure, encouraging collaboration and innovation.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze September 29, 2026. Last confirmed on Cursor's careers page September 29, 2026.
- Python appears in 41.2% of 114 comparable ai/ml roles in India; JavaScript appears in 4.4% of 114 comparable ai/ml roles in India.
Quick facts
- Is the Forward Deployed Engineer - India role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Bengaluru, India.
- Where is the role based?
- Cursor is hiring for this position in Bengaluru, India.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: JavaScript, Python, TypeScript.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Forward Deployed Engineer - India role at Cursor.
From the original posting
About the role
Forward Deployed Engineers embed directly with customer engineering teams to ship production-grade Cursor workflows that measurably improve how they build software.
You’ll figure out what’s actually slowing a team down, design a practical solution, and own it end-to-end, from first discovery call through launch, iteration, and post-production support. This is not a demo role. You are responsible for systems that work in the real world. This role will be based in all 3 cities: Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai.
What you’ll do
Lead discovery with customer engineers to identify the real bottleneck and define clear success metrics
Design and build Cursor-powered workflows (e.g., large-scale refactors, migrations, PR review loops, incident → fix pipelines, spec → implementation systems)
Ship a fast first version in days, then harden it into something reliable over weeks with proper rollout plans, monitoring, and iteration based on real usage
Own production quality: tracing, evals, metrics, debugging model behavior, latency/cost tradeoffs, and failure modes
Work directly with Staff+/Platform/Eng leaders — going deep in code while also communicating clearly about tradeoffs and results
Turn what you build into reusable patterns and push improvements back into the core Cursor product
You may be a fit if
You thrive in ambiguity and can turn fuzzy problems into clear scopes and shipped systems
You’ve built and owned AI-native workflows in production, not just prototypes, and have debugged real-world model failures
You’re comfortable leading discovery conversations and being accountable for customer outcomes
You build end-to-end - if it needs frontend, backend, infra, or prompt iteration, you’ll own it
You’ve handled production reliability before (metrics, alerts, safe rollouts, incident response)
You’re strong in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript and can ramp quickly on new stacks
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