Software Engineer, Security
Cursor — The AI code editor
About the 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.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Security Software Engineers help us ship secure products end-to-end—covering enterprise security, cloud/infrastructure, and protections embedded directly in our products. You’ll build the tools and features that safeguard our platform and editor and protect our customers.
YOU MAY BE A FIT IF
- You are a strong software engineer first, with security as your superpower.
- You think like both a builder and an attacker: you anticipate vulnerabilities before they become issues.
- You care about developer experience, building solutions that are secure and frictionless.
- You’re comfortable moving quickly, owning problems end to end, and iterating with limited guidance.
- You have experience building or scaling secure systems in fast-moving environments.
- You have strong opinions on secure defaults, but can balance pragmatism with rigor.
- You enjoy working on small, high-talent teams where impact is magnified.
- You’re motivated by protecting developers and users, and you see security as an enabler.
SAMPLE PROJECTS INCLUDE
- Build AI augmented code review to get involved in important systems at the right time
- Build a least-privilege and JIT system for cloud access that enables engineers and enforces least privileges.
- Implement a safe environment for agents to engage with code
- Implement a framework for securely handling agent manipulation of user systems (e.g., MCP tool calls and command execution).
- Implement a paved road for preventing inappropriate data from being logged
APPLYING
If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach to schedule 2-3 short technicals. After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team.
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What the index says about this role
- First seen by JobLarper — Aug 7, 2026 (today). Still inside the window where applications get read by a human rather than a pile.
- No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 1,685 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $185k and $285k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Cursor.
- What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,230 indexed openings: REST/APIs (46%), Backend (42%), Cloud (38%), Python (38%), Go (25%).
- Cursor is hiring actively — 59 open roles indexed.
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