Software Engineer, Core Services

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Engineer, Core Services

• Focus: Shared backend services enabling agent workflows and developer integrations

Description

As a Software Engineer on the Core Services team, you will own critical shared services between product surfaces and infrastructure—authentication, webhooks, and backend systems powering agent workflows. You will build scalable, reliable, and well-abstracted systems that every product team depends on. You will also strengthen source control (SCM) integrations and improve end-to-end agent reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own authentication by designing and implementing a scalable auth architecture

• Power the agent backend behind Cursor’s agent workflows, optimizing end-to-end performance and reliability

• Build a robust webhook server with high-throughput delivery, retry semantics, dead-letter queues, and observability

• Harden SCM integrations with resilient abstractions over source control providers

• Drive end-to-end agent reliability by partnering across client and inference teams to improve the full path from user action to agent response

Requirements

• Experience building and operating backend services in production

• Experience working with APIs and third-party integrations

Benefits

• Annual salary: $140,000–$225,000 USD (level and base salary determined case-by-case)

• Equity

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Short- and long-term disability insurance

• Life insurance

• Various other discounts and perks