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Field Engineer, Public Sector

Cursor· Public Sector / SpaceXSI team
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Hybrid (Remote / US-based offices)$0Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Field Engineers to partner with prospective and strategic customers across Public Sector, serving as the technical face of SpaceXAI for federal civilian and defense agencies. Responsible for technical discovery, demos, POCs, and advisory engagement to demonstrate Cursor capabilities and drive adoption in mission-critical, high-security environments.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Qualifications

  • Strong communication skills and executive presence, comfortable engaging with engineers as well as CTOs/CISOs/program leaders
  • Understanding of SDLC and ability to connect technical detail to mission and operational impact
  • Hands-on technical fluency (not full-time engineer): workflows, AI tooling, complex / constrained environments
  • Deal-partner strategic instincts: co-own with AEs and navigate complex, multi-threaded stakeholder maps
  • Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting, ideally in federal, defense, or highly regulated tech
  • Excited by Public Sector and able to learn agency buying motions, security expectations, and partner ecosystems quickly
  • Able to obtain federal security clearance (active clearance a plus)
  • Willingness to work in customer-facing, highly collaborative environment

Skills

Required:Technical discovery and demonstrationsStakeholder managementMission-critical / high-security workflowsPresentation and communication
Nice to have:Public sector / federal sales alignment

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Opportunity to influence product direction in a critical public sector space
  • Exposure to high-security, mission-critical environments
  • Cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Product, and Engineering
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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