Technical Recruiter

Cursor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Generous PTO and parental leave

Professional development opportunities

Opportunity to grow career and impact

Job summary

Cursor is seeking an experienced Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles and partner with hiring managers to scale a high-growth team. You will identify passive candidates, design strategic hiring plans, and drive a world-class candidate experience in a fast-paced environment.

Join a flat, talent-dense startup culture with ownership of recruiting metrics, employer branding, and events representation to help Cursor attract top engineering and product talent.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles.
• Experience at a high-growth startup preferred.
• Strong partnerships with hiring managers and senior leadership.
• Excellent communication, organization, and candidate assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, feedback management, and offer negotiations.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to develop and execute strategic hiring plans.
• Proactively identify passive candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping.
• Ensure a world-class candidate experience through every stage of the process.
• Track key recruiting metrics to drive continual process optimization.
• Partner with People Operations and cross-functional teams to support headcount planning and employer branding initiatives.
• Represent Cursor at recruiting events and in the broader tech community.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Strategic hiring

Stakeholder management

Sourcing & talent mapping

Interviewing & negotiation

Data-driven mindset

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.

As a Technical Recruiter at Cursor, you’ll be a key driver of our company growth by identifying, engaging, and hiring top technical talent. You will partner closely with hiring managers and cross-functional teams to understand our hiring needs, design effective recruiting strategies, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-performing team and make a direct impact as we scale our organization.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, feedback management, and offer negotiations
• Collaborate with hiring managers to develop and execute strategic hiring plans
• Proactively identify passive candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping
• Ensure a world-class candidate experience through every stage of the process
• Track key recruiting metrics to drive continual process optimization
• Partner with People Operations and cross-functional teams to support headcount planning and employer branding initiatives
• Represent Cursor at recruiting events and in the broader tech community

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles, ideally at a high-growth and talent dense high growth startup.
• A strategic over volume recruiting mindset
• Deep understanding of technical skills, market trends, and the unique challenges of hiring top engineering and product talent
• Proven ability to build strong, consultative partnerships with hiring managers and senior leadership
• Excellent communication, organization, and candidate assessment skills
• Highly driven, self-starter with a data-driven, results-oriented mindset
• Comfortable working in an incredibly fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment

Bonus Points

• Experience recruiting for roles in AI, developer tools, or cybersecurity
• Previous experience with employer branding or diversity recruiting initiatives

Location

This is an in-office role ideally based out of our San Francisco office and secondarily, our NY office.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous PTO and parental leave
• Professional development opportunities
• The opportunity to grow your career and have significant impact at an incredibly ambitious, high-growth company