Agent Harness Engineer - Build Core AI Orchestration

cursor; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cursor is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Agent Harness team in New York. You will develop core agent capabilities that influence user experiences across Cursor products. This role includes advancing agent harness projects and improving the default agent experience.

Ideal candidates have a strong foundation in software engineering, enjoy creating complex products, and have insights into model and agent behaviors. This position offers an opportunity to make significant contributions in the evolving field of coding automation.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience shipping production systems.
• Up-to-date knowledge of emerging research and industry trends.
• Ability to weigh user experience and data in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Build core agent behavior and capabilities for Cursor products.
• Advance agent harness and improve default agent experience.
• Launch new models based on integration and evaluation.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Building complex agentic products

Model and agent behaviors

Building eval datasets

Job description

Cursor is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Agent Harness team in New York. You will develop core agent capabilities that influence user experiences across Cursor products. This role includes advancing agent harness projects and improving the default agent experience.

Ideal candidates have a strong foundation in software engineering, enjoy creating complex products, and have insights into model and agent behaviors. This position offers an opportunity to make significant contributions in the evolving field of coding automation.