Cursor Logo

Cursor

Software Engineer, ML Research

Reposted 24 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mid level
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mid level
Build distributed training, inference, and RL infrastructure; create libraries for large-scale data jobs; architect systems converting user data into training data; collaborate with researchers to accelerate iteration and reproducibility.
The summary above was generated by AI

Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.

Research Engineer

Cursor is building the future of coding. We train frontier coding agents and scale RL on real user data to make them increasingly effective.

About the role

We’re looking for Research Engineers to build the training, inference, and data systems behind our frontier coding models. You’ll work directly with researchers to make progress repeatable and iteration fast.

What you’ll do
  • Build our distributed training, inference, and RL infrastructure

  • Write libraries to simplify how researchers do large-scale data jobs

  • Architect the systems that turn Cursor user data into effective training data

You may be a fit if
  • You have a strong infrastructure/distributed systems background

  • You are able to architect and ship end-to-end with high ownership

  • You have strong intuitions about how language models work

  • You’re excited to learn more about ML

#LI-DNI

Cursor San Francisco, California, USA Office

San Francisco, CA, United States

Similar Jobs

18 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
USA
155K-190K Annually
Mid level
155K-190K Annually
Mid level
Robotics
As a Software Engineer in ML Infrastructure, you will develop scalable data pipelines, enhance data discovery, and collaborate with teams on data organization and ML features.
Top Skills: Data Annotation PlatformsLlmsPythonSQLVector DatabasesVlms
33 Minutes Ago
Hybrid
Mid level
Mid level
Financial Services
Support daily trade operations from order entry through settlement, reconcile accounts, prepare reports, drive process improvements and automation, collaborate with traders and stakeholders, mentor junior staff, and ensure compliance with trading regulations.
Top Skills: ExcelMS OfficeTrading Systems
33 Minutes Ago
Hybrid
Mid level
Mid level
Financial Services
Manage day-to-day community interactions across J.P. Morgan social platforms, monitor sentiment, escalate reputational issues, drive engagement tactics, partner with content and PR teams, and build dashboards to measure organic content performance and inform strategy.
Top Skills: Sprinklr

What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene

San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.

Key Facts About San Francisco Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
  • Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
  • Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account