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.
As a Technical Recruiter at Cursor, you’ll be a key driver of our company growth by identifying, engaging, and hiring top technical talent. You will partner closely with hiring managers and cross-functional teams to understand our hiring needs, design effective recruiting strategies, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-performing team and make a direct impact as we scale our organization.
What You’ll DoOwn full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, feedback management, and offer negotiations
Collaborate with hiring managers to develop and execute strategic hiring plans
Proactively identify passive candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping
Ensure a world-class candidate experience through every stage of the process
Track key recruiting metrics to drive continual process optimization
Partner with People Operations and cross-functional teams to support headcount planning and employer branding initiatives
Represent Cursor at recruiting events and in the broader tech community
5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles, ideally at a high-growth and talent dense high growth startup.
A strategic over volume recruiting mindset
Deep understanding of technical skills, market trends, and the unique challenges of hiring top engineering and product talent
Proven ability to build strong, consultative partnerships with hiring managers and senior leadership
Excellent communication, organization, and candidate assessment skills
Highly driven, self-starter with a data-driven, results-oriented mindset
Comfortable working in an incredibly fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment
Experience recruiting for roles in AI, developer tools, or cybersecurity
Previous experience with employer branding or diversity recruiting initiatives
This is an in-office role ideally based out of our San Francisco office and secondarily, our NY office.
BenefitsCompetitive salary and equity
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Generous PTO and parental leave
Professional development opportunities
The opportunity to grow your career and have significant impact at an incredibly ambitious, high-growth company
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles
- Own full-cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing, feedback management, and offer negotiations
- Collaborate with hiring managers to develop and execute strategic hiring plans
- Proactively identify passive candidates through creative sourcing and talent mapping
- Deep understanding of technical skills, market trends, and challenges hiring engineering and product talent
- Proven ability to build consultative partnerships with hiring managers and senior leadership
- Excellent communication, organization, and candidate assessment skills
- Data-driven, results-oriented mindset; track key recruiting metrics and optimize processes
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling startup environment
- Partner with People Operations and cross-functional teams to support headcount planning and employer branding
- Represent Cursor at recruiting events and in the broader tech community
- In-office presence ideally based in San Francisco or secondarily New York
- Experience recruiting for roles in AI, developer tools, or cybersecurity
- Experience with employer branding or diversity recruiting initiatives
What We Do
We'd like to automate coding. To advance that mission, we're building Cursor. Our work includes training the world’s most widely used coding models, creating infrastructure that supports billions of requests per day, and building better ways for humans and AIs to work together.
