Software Engineer, Developer Productivity at Cursor

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY You will be a core contributor on the Developer Productivity team, designing and building the systems, tools, and workflows that make every SpaceXSI developer incredibly productive. Your mission is to create a world-class developer experience inside SpaceXSI: fast builds, intuitive tooling, reliable environments, and seamless CI/CD. You'll architect, implement, and operate the foundations that power our engineering organization, from local development to global deployments. You'll set technical direction within the team, write and review code, and collaborate across engineering to make it effortless for developers to build, test, and ship quickly. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Build a multi-platform development environment that works seamlessly across macOS, Windows, and Linux - Design and maintain CI/CD systems, merge queues, build caching, flaky test quarantine, observability, and safe rollout pipelines - Automate developer machine provisioning, from laptop setup and reset automation to interview and onboarding workflows - Partner with backend and infrastructure teams to ensure local testing and debugging just work, with near-perfect parity between development and CI environments BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience working on developer productivity, internal platform, infrastructure, or build/test systems PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: - Experience building or maintaining tooling or infrastructure for large-scale or multi-language codebases - Regularly write and review code, and enjoy improving build systems, scripting CI pipelines, and refining developer tooling - Care deeply about developer velocity, reliability, and maintainability, and apply sound technical judgment to improve them - Are energized by tightening feedback loops and making development feel effortless, fast, and enjoyable ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: - If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach out to schedule 2-3 short technicals. After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. Annual Salary: $140,000 - $225,000 USD Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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