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Engineer, Client Infrastructure

Cursor· SpaceXAI / Cursor client infrastructure team
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Hybrid (Remote / Flexible)Full-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Engineer on the Client Infrastructure team to design and build desktop systems for the Cursor client across macOS, Windows, and Linux, focusing on performance, reliability, and developer experience to support an AI-driven development environment.

Responsibilities

  • Building core client infrastructure: shared abstractions, build systems, and observability foundations.
  • Improving reliability and performance: eliminating memory leaks, crashes, and frame-time inconsistencies.
  • Designing instrumentation and telemetry systems for profiling, structured logging, and performance measurement.
  • Partnering with product teams to unlock faster release velocity—shipping updates to users daily.
  • Evaluating Electron vs. native approaches for critical code paths, guiding architectural tradeoffs.
  • Building internal tooling that enables other engineers to ship safely and quickly on the client platform.

Qualifications

  • Deep experience in client infrastructure—build systems, performance, distribution, or observability.
  • Experience building or contributing to high-performance desktop applications, Electron-based or native.
  • Strong emphasis on performance, reliability, and developer experience with elegant systems design.
  • Able to thrive in fast-moving, collaborative, product-focused environments.
  • Excited to push the limits of AI-driven developer tools.

Skills

Required:Client infrastructureDesktop application developmentPerformance optimization
Nice to have:Observability and instrumentation
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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