Hybrid Software Engineer, Client Infrastructure

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About the role

  • Software Engineer designing and building performant systems for desktop applications at Cursor, focusing on client infrastructure and developer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build the systems that make our desktop experience performant and stable for millions of developers.
  • Work across the core architecture of the Cursor client—from build and distribution systems to performance instrumentation.
  • Shape the systems that let us ship safely and quickly, while pushing the limits of what’s possible in an AI-driven development environment.
  • Building core client infrastructure: shared abstractions, build systems, and observability foundations.
  • Improving reliability and performance: eliminating memory leaks, crashes, and frame-time inconsistencies.
  • Designing instrumentation and telemetry systems for profiling, structured logging, and performance measurement.
  • Partnering with product teams to unlock faster release velocity—shipping updates to users daily.
  • Evaluating Electron vs. native approaches for critical code paths, guiding architectural tradeoffs.
  • Building internal tooling that enables other engineers to ship safely and quickly on the client platform.

Requirements

  • You have deep experience in client infrastructure—build systems, performance, distribution, or observability.
  • You’ve built or contributed to high-performance desktop applications, whether Electron-based or native.
  • You care deeply about performance, reliability, and developer experience, and have an eye for elegant systems design.
  • You thrive in environments that are fast-moving, collaborative, and product-focused.
  • You’re excited to push the limits of what’s possible in AI-driven developer tools.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

Job title

Software Engineer, Client Infrastructure

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Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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