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Tier 3Ranked #11 of 18 on The FDE List

Cursor Forward Deployed Engineer jobs

Embed with enterprise engineering orgs to ship production Cursor workflows — remote-friendly.

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67/100
Index score
SF · NYC · Remote
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As of July 9, 2026

The Forward Deployed Engineer role

Cursor (Anysphere) FDEs embed with enterprise engineering teams to ship production workflows on Cursor itself — large-scale refactors, migration systems, automated PR-review loops, and spec-to-implementation pipelines. The org is hiring FDEs and regional FDE directors across the US and Europe.

Founding-stage FDE org at the fastest-growing developer-tools company.

Worth knowing: Hiring Regional Directors of Forward Deployed Engineering in SF and London — building a full FDE org, not a support function.

Cursor FDE salary

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Total comp (est., with equity)

Cursor doesn’t post salary ranges; offers are reported top-of-market for the AI tooling category. Score reflects reported offers, not posted bands.

See how Cursor compares in the full FDE salary guide →

How Cursor scores

Compensation
6
Program maturity
5
Career capital
8
Momentum
8

Index score: 67/100. How we rank →

Cursor FDE: common questions

Cursor doesn’t publish salary ranges for this role. Cursor doesn’t post salary ranges; offers are reported top-of-market for the AI tooling category. Score reflects reported offers, not posted bands.
As of July 9, 2026: Actively hiring FDEs + regional directors (US, EMEA). Check the live careers page for current reqs.
Not typically. Expected experience: 5+ years, plus 2+ years customer-facing. For true entry-level paths, see our new-grad FDE jobs page.

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