Field Engineer, Life Sciences

Responsibilities

• ▹Partner with AEs to own technical discovery, demos, POCs and expansion with technical validation
• ▹Build trusted relationships across engineering, scientific computing, R&D, and commercial IT
• ▹Go deep in research-heavy and regulated environments: developer workflows, AI tooling, complex setups
• ▹Help customers connect Cursor to outcomes like faster R&D cycles and a shorter path from lab to market
• ▹Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for scientific and commercial audiences
• ▹Act as the customer's technical advocate internally with Product and Engineering
• ▹Partner with post-sales for clean handoff and onboarding

Requirements

• ▹Strong communication skills and executive presence, coding alongside developers or presenting to CTOs and scientific leaders
• ▹Understanding of the SDLC and ability to connect technical detail to business and scientific impact
• ▹Hands-on technical fluency (not full-time eng): workflows, AI tooling, complex environments
• ▹Deal-partner instinct, co-owning with AEs and navigating complex stakeholder maps
• ▹Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales or Consulting
• ▹Excitement for Life Sciences and comfort learning regulated/research-heavy orgs quickly

Soft skills

About the company

Cursor's mission is to automate coding; a flat organization with a small, talent-dense team building the best tool for professional programmers.