Design Engineer
Role Overview
We're looking for a design engineer who lives at the intersection of design and code. You'll work directly with the founding team to prototype, build, and polish the experiences that make Cursor magical. This role is perfect for someone who thinks like a designer but builds like an engineer – or vice versa.
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About the role
We're looking for a design engineer who lives at the intersection of design and code. You'll work directly with the founding team to prototype, build, and polish the experiences that make Cursor magical. This role is perfect for someone who thinks like a designer but builds like an engineer – or vice versa.
What you'll do
Build production-quality UI components and interactions that delight users
Rapidly prototype new concepts and features to validate ideas before full implementation
Bridge the gap between design and engineering – translating designs into code and pushing design through technical innovation
Own the quality of UI implementation across the product, ensuring pixel-perfect execution and smooth interactions
Collaborate with designers and engineers to define what's possible and push the boundaries of the product
Contribute to design systems and component libraries that enable the team to ship faster
You might be a fit if
You're equally comfortable in Figma and your code editor
You have strong front-end engineering skills (TypeScript, React, SolidJS, CSS, animations)
You have an eye for design details and care deeply about craft
You've shipped polished products and know what it takes to get from 90% to 100%
You can move fast – prototyping ideas in hours, not days
You think in systems and can build reusable, maintainable UI components
You're excited about AI and want to help define new interaction paradigms
Nice to have
Experience building developer tools or technical products
Background in design or formal design training
Experience with Electron, native UI frameworks, or building cross-platform apps
Understanding of code editors, IDEs, or programming environments
About Cursor
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