Field Engineer - South Korea

Cursor; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cursor is hiring Field Engineers to partner with enterprise customers, serving as the technical face in the field. You will guide proofs of concept, demonstrate AI capabilities, and translate customer requirements into solution designs while collaborating with Sales, Product, and Engineering.

This highly customer-facing role requires strong communication, deep technical fluency, and the ability to drive adoption and influence product direction across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and executive presence when engaging with technical and business stakeholders.
• Hands-on technical ability and fluency in modern engineering workflows.
• Experience discussing AI tooling and debugging complex environments with customers.
• Customer-obsessed mindset with ability to translate technical details into business impact.
• Bilingual capabilities: Korean and English at business level.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery, demos, and PoC engagements with prospects.
• Build relationships with engineering leaders, architects, and developers as a trusted advisor.
• Translate customer requirements into solution designs and rollout plans.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations and workshops tailored to customer needs.
• Advocate for the customer internally, sharing feedback to Product and Engineering.
• Collaborate with post-sales teams for smooth onboarding and expansion opportunities.
• Maintain knowledge of Cursor capabilities and competitive landscape to position value.

Skills

Communication

Executive presence

Technical fluency

AI tooling

Debugging

Customer focus

Korean language

English proficiency

Job description

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 enterprise customers. As a Field Engineer, you’ll be the technical face of Anysphere in the field, helping customers evaluate Cursor, guiding them through proofs of concept, and ensuring they see the full value of AI in their engineering workflows. You’ll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering to scope solutions, demonstrate capabilities, and act as a trusted advisor to technical stakeholders. This is a highly customer-facing role where you’ll combine deep technical fluency with strong communication skills to drive adoption and influence product direction.

What you’ll do

• Partner with Account Executives to lead technical discovery, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements
• Build trusted relationships with engineering leaders, architects, and developers, serving as their technical advisor
• Translate customer requirements into solution designs, guiding them on best practices for rollout, prompt strategy, and context configuration
• Develop and deliver technical presentations, whiteboard sessions, and hands-on workshops tailored to customer needs
• Act as the customer’s technical advocate internally, influencing roadmap priorities and escalating feedback to Product and Engineering
• Collaborate with post-sales teams to ensure a smooth handoff and successful customer onboarding
• Maintain deep knowledge of Cursor’s capabilities and competitive landscape to position our value effectively
• Support strategic account planning and help drive expansion opportunities with technical validation

You may be a fit if

• You have strong communication skills and executive presence, equally comfortable coding alongside developers or presenting to CTOs
• You have a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, modern engineering org structures, and developer productivity challenges
• You have hands-on technical ability, and while you don’t need to be a full-time engineer, but you should be fluent in technical workflows, AI tooling, and debugging complex environments
• You are customer-obsessed with a knack for translating technical details into business impact
• Speak fluent Korea and business level English