Cursor Forward Deployed Engineer India Recruitment 2026
Cursor is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers – India for full-time positions in Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai. The role involves working directly with customer engineering teams to build, deploy and improve production-grade AI-powered software workflows.
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About Cursor
Cursor is an AI-powered coding platform developed by Anysphere. Its product is designed to help professional developers use AI for coding, software development and engineering workflows. Cursor's Forward Deployed Engineering team works directly with customer engineering organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Experience building and owning AI-native workflows in production.
- Strong Python skills.
- Strong TypeScript or JavaScript skills.
- Ability to work across frontend, backend and infrastructure.
- Experience with production reliability.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to communicate technical solutions to engineering leaders.
- Comfort working with ambiguous problems and turning them into shipped solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Work directly with customer engineering teams.
- Identify engineering bottlenecks and define success metrics.
- Design and build Cursor-powered workflows.
- Develop solutions for refactoring, migrations and code-review workflows.
- Build and deploy initial solutions quickly.
- Improve reliability through monitoring and iteration.
- Work with tracing, evaluations, metrics and debugging.
- Analyze latency, cost and failure modes.
- Convert successful solutions into reusable product patterns.
Important Skills
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- AI-native Workflows
- Prompt Iteration
- Frontend Development
- Backend Development
- Infrastructure
- Production Reliability
- Debugging
- Monitoring
Selection Process
Cursor's application asks candidates about their experience convincing technical audiences to adopt new solutions or tools. The company also requests a resume, LinkedIn profile and GitHub profile. The complete interview process is not publicly specified.
Salary and Benefits
Cursor does not disclose the salary on the official India job posting. Current third-party sources provide different estimates. One current job-data source estimates approximately $32,000–$81,000 per year, while broader 2026 Indian FDE market data places MNC India FDE compensation around ₹22–₹80 LPA. Because these are not Cursor-confirmed figures, a conservative article estimate is ₹22–₹60 LPA, clearly labelled as third-party market data.
The official posting does not specify a benefits package.
Frequently Asked Questions
The position is Forward Deployed Engineer – India.
The role is based in Bengaluru, New Delhi or Mumbai.
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, AI-native workflows, production reliability and end-to-end software development are important.
Yes. Cursor lists the position as full-time.
Cursor has not officially disclosed the salary. Third-party 2026 market data suggests approximately ₹22–₹60 LPA, but actual compensation may vary significantly based on experience and equity.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next round of the selection process.