Field Engineer - India

Cursor
India
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level professionals with enterprise software experience, comfortable with leading technical discovery and demos. Requires adaptability in a flat, talent-dense startup environment and expertise in AI tooling within India's engineering landscape.

Best fit for

  • Mid-level candidates with enterprise software consulting or pre-sales experience
    — “experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting for enterprise software
  • Individuals who can bridge technical execution with business impact analysis
    — “customer-obsessed with a knack for translating technical details into business impact
  • Professionals accustomed to startup dynamics and cross-functional collaboration
    — “thrive in a startup environment: resourceful, adaptable, and proactive in creating solutions

Things to consider

  • High customer-facing demands may require frequent travel or on-site presence
    — “highly customer-facing role where you’ll combine deep technical fluency
  • Internal influence responsibilities extend beyond traditional technical support roles
    — “[REDACTED] the customer’s technical advocate internally, influencing roadmap priorities

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience translating developer workflows into product validation cases
    — “Translate customer requirements into solution designs, guiding them on best practices
  • Highlight AI tooling expertise and complex environment debugging in technical interviews
    — “hands-on technical ability... fluent in technical workflows, AI tooling, and debugging complex environments
  • Demonstrate cross-team collaboration history with Sales, Product, and Engineering
    — “work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering to scope solutions
  • Showcase ability to position technical value propositions in competitive contexts
    — “maintain deep knowledge of Cursor’s capabilities and competitive landscape
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • Led technical discovery and demos
  • Guided customers through proofs of concept
  • Influenced product direction
Typical background
Field EngineeringSolutions ArchitecturePre-Sales

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical FluencyCommunicationSoftware Development LifecycleAI ToolingCustomer EngagementProduct Advocacy

Preferred

Enterprise Software ExperienceStartup Environment

Stack & domain

Technical DiscoveryDemosProof-of-concept EngagementsSolution DesignTechnical PresentationsWhiteboard SessionsHands-on WorkshopsAI ToolingDebugging Complex EnvironmentsCommunicationCustomer Relationship BuildingProblem-solvingTechnical FluencyEnterprise SoftwareAISoftware Development

About the role

Original posting from Cursor via Ashby

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re hiring Field Engineers to partner with prospective and strategic enterprise customers. As a Field Engineer, you’ll be the technical face of Anysphere in the field, helping customers evaluate Cursor, guiding them through proofs of concept, and ensuring they see the full value of AI in their engineering workflows.

You’ll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering to scope solutions, demonstrate capabilities, and act as a trusted advisor to technical stakeholders. This is a highly customer-facing role where you’ll combine deep technical fluency with strong communication skills to drive adoption and influence product direction.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Partner with Account Executives to lead technical discovery, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements
  • Build trusted relationships with engineering leaders, architects, and developers, serving as their technical advisor
  • Translate customer requirements into solution designs, guiding them on best practices for rollout, prompt strategy, and context configuration
  • Develop and deliver technical presentations, whiteboard sessions, and hands-on workshops tailored to customer needs
  • Act as the customer’s technical advocate internally, influencing roadmap priorities and escalating feedback to Product and Engineering
  • Collaborate with post-sales teams to ensure a smooth handoff and successful customer onboarding
  • Maintain deep knowledge of Cursor’s capabilities and competitive landscape to position our value effectively
  • Support strategic account planning and help drive expansion opportunities with technical validation

YOU MAY BE A FIT IF

  • You have strong communication skills and executive presence, equally comfortable coding alongside developers or presenting to CTOs.
  • You have a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, modern engineering org structures, and developer productivity challenges
  • You have hands-on technical ability, and while you don’t need to be a full-time engineer, but you should be fluent in technical workflows, AI tooling, and debugging complex environments
  • You are customer-obsessed with a knack for translating technical details into business impact
  • You have experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting for enterprise software
  • You thrive in a startup environment: resourceful, adaptable, and proactive in creating solutions

Source: Cursor careers (Ashby)

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