Director, Product Education Engineering

Responsibilities

• ▹Own the technical education content roadmap: what gets built, when, and for which customer segments
• ▹Build Cursor's technical learning library hands-on: code walkthroughs, structured learning paths, lab exercises, certification-ready content, and workshops
• ▹Partner with Product and Engineering ahead of every major launch so new capabilities ship with the learning paths developers need
• ▹Help engineering organizations evolve from isolated usage to company-wide adoption — designing rollout strategies and escalating product feedback
• ▹Define performance metrics beyond completion rates, measuring activation, adoption, and developer fluency gains
• ▹Hire and develop a team of education engineers, and define the strategy for the third-party course ecosystem

Requirements

• ▹7+ years in technical education, developer content strategy, or developer relations at a developer tools or platform company
• ▹A track record of owning a content roadmap end-to-end — not just the content, but the systems behind it
• ▹Hands-on, fluent in developer workflows, AI tooling, SDLC and CI/CD systems, and enterprise engineering environments
• ▹Deeply technical editorial judgment — reading code, following tutorials critically
• ▹Extensive daily use of AI coding tools (ideally Cursor) as core infrastructure
• ▹Customer-obsessed, cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and CS
• ▹Ability to build in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Nice to have

• ▹Background in instructional design or learning science
• ▹Experience building or governing a third-party education or partner certification ecosystem
• ▹Familiarity with LMS platforms (Skilljar, Thought Industries, or similar)
• ▹Experience managing video content programs (YouTube channels, tutorial series, course platforms)
• ▹Prior experience standing up a certification or credentialing program from scratch

Soft skills

About the company

Cursor's mission is to automate coding. The first step in that journey is building the best tool for professional programmers, combining inventive research, design, and engineering. The organization is very flat, with a small, talent-dense team.