# Software Engineer, Compute Infra at Cursor

- Company: Cursor
- What the company does: Built to make you extraordinarily productive, agents turn ideas into code. Accelerate development by handing off tasks to Cursor. Backed by AI Grant.
- Company website: https://cursor.so/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Apply by: 2026-12-06
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cursor/6868de4a-f753-4f10-8dc5-f7aabef03b56?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cursor-software-engineer-compute-infra/

## About the role

As a Software Engineer on Compute Infra at SpaceXAI, you'll build the sandbox infrastructure to give every agent their own VM. These VMs power coding agents, Grok Bot, reinforcement learning, and more. We operate one of the largest set of sandbox clusters in the world, at millions of CPU cores, across third- and first-party datacenters. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline, OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
- You have deep experience with building compute orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Mesos)
- You have built and operated large fleets of VMs / isolated sandboxes
- You have experience with the Linux kernel and virtualization technologies
- You enjoy thinking about infrastructure primitives that future agents will require

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cursor-software-engineer-compute-infra/