Design Engineer · Cursor

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:15:38 GMT
Engineering

Cursor · remote

About the role

We're looking for a design engineer who can bridge the gap between 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

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