Field Engineer, Public Sector

cursor· Solutions
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🌍 Remote📍 Remote📍 Washington, D.C.FullTime

About this role

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.

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.

About the Role

We're hiring Field Engineers to partner with prospective and strategic customers across Public Sector. You'll be the technical face of Cursor for the federal civilian and defense agencies modernizing how software gets written for the mission: helping developers, engineering leaders, and program teams evaluate Cursor, running proofs of concept, and making sure they see the full value of agentic coding in their real workflows.

You'll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering as a deal partner, not a demo resource. You'll scope solutions, demonstrate capabilities, and act as a trusted advisor across the stakeholders that matter in PubSec: engineering leaders, architects, developers, security, procurement, and program leads. This is a highly customer-facing role where deep technical fluency, commercial instinct, and clear communication drive adoption and influence product direction.

What you'll do

  • Partner with AEs to own technical discovery, demos, POCs, and technical validation for new deals and expansion

  • Build trusted relationships across engineering, security, product and IT stakeholders

  • Go deep in mission-critical and high-security environments: developer workflows, AI tooling, complex / constrained setups

  • Help customers connect Cursor to outcomes that matter: developer productivity, secure software delivery, and mission velocity

  • Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for technical and executive audiences

  • Act as the customer's technical advocate internally with Product and Engineering

  • Partner with post-sales to hand off cleanly and set up onboarding for success

You may be a fit if

  • You have strong communication skills and executive presence, equally comfortable developing alongside engineers or presenting to CTOs, CISOs, and program leaders

  • You understand the SDLC and can connect technical detail to mission and operational impact

  • You have hands-on technical fluency (not full-time eng): workflows, AI tooling, complex / constrained environments

  • You have deal-partner strategic instincts: co-own with AEs and navigate complex, multi-threaded stakeholder maps

  • You have experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting, ideally in federal, defense, or highly regulated tech

  • You're excited by Public Sector and comfortable learning agency buying motions, security expectations, and partner ecosystems fast

  • You hold or can obtain a federal security clearance (active clearance is a plus)

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Is the salary disclosed for the Field Engineer, Public Sector position at cursor?
The salary for this Field Engineer, Public Sector role at cursor is not publicly listed. Click "Apply Now" to learn more about the compensation package on their official careers page.
Is the Field Engineer, Public Sector job at cursor remote?
Yes, this Field Engineer, Public Sector position at cursor is remote, with team members based in Remote, Washington, D.C.. You can work from home or anywhere in the supported regions.
Is the Field Engineer, Public Sector role at cursor full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Field Engineer, Public Sector role in the Solutions department at cursor.
Which team or department does the Field Engineer, Public Sector at cursor belong to?
This Field Engineer, Public Sector position is part of the Solutions department at cursor. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Field Engineer, Public Sector position at cursor?
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When was the Field Engineer, Public Sector job at cursor posted?
This Field Engineer, Public Sector position at cursor was posted on Sep 4, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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