What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Recruiter position at Cursor?
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
This is an in-office role ideally based out of our San Francisco office and secondarily, our NY office.
Benefits
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.
Benefits
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
- 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
- Experience recruiting for roles in AI, developer tools, or cybersecurity
- Previous experience with employer branding or diversity recruiting initiatives
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
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.
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