Public Sector Field Engineering Director

Anysphere; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anysphere, Inc. is seeking a Regional Director, Public Sector Field Engineering to build and lead Cursor's technical pre-sales organization for Federal, State, Local, and Education accounts.

This founding leadership role will stand up the Field Engineering team, drive the technical pre-sales motion, and develop an evaluation playbook for government agencies and contractors. As RD, Public Sector Field Engineering, you will lead Field Engineers, partner with Public Sector AEs to run technical

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience leading Field Engineers, Solutions Architects, or Pre-Sales teams in enterprise software
• Experience in Federal and/or SLED environments
• Strong technical foundation and fluency in modern software development workflows, AI tooling, and developer productivity
• Proven ability to partner with Sales while maintaining technical integrity and customer trust

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a Field Engineering team supporting Federal and SLED enterprise opportunities
• Partner with Public Sector Sales leadership and AEs to drive high quality technical discovery, demos, and POCs within government evaluation processes
• Establish best practices for evaluations, proof-of-concept execution, and technical deal strategy that address public sector requirements — FedRAMP, StateRAMP, air-gapped/on-prem environments
• Serve as an escalation point for complex customer evaluations and high-stakes public sector deals
• Hire, onboard, and develop Field Engineering talent with public sector or regulated-environment domain experience
• Feed agency insights back to Product and Engineering to shape the public sector roadmap
• Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance to ensure evaluations meet government requirements
• Ensure tight handoffs with post-sales teams to support onboarding and adoption in public sector accounts
• Maintain deep knowledge of Cursor's product, roadmap, and competitive landscape in public sector security and compliance

Job description

Anysphere, Inc. is seeking a Regional Director, Public Sector Field Engineering to build and lead Cursor's technical pre-sales organization for Federal, State, Local, and Education accounts.

This founding leadership role will stand up the Field Engineering team, drive the technical pre-sales motion, and develop an evaluation playbook for government agencies and contractors. As RD, Public Sector Field Engineering, you will lead Field Engineers, partner with Public Sector AEs to run technical