Software Engineer, New Grad 2027

Company: Cursor

Location: San Francisco, CA

Salary: $185k per year

Type: Full-time

Posted: 2026-11-10

About this role

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, NEW GRAD 2027

We're hiring new grad engineers to join SpaceXSI software engineering teams. You'll own real product work on the surfaces our users live in every day: Grok Bot, Cloud Agents, Cursor and the systems underneath. You will design, build, and ship delightful and bulletproof products and systems that engineers love to use every day. This role values a strong attention to detail, first principles reasoning, and great taste.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Add a small UI improvement so AI-generated code or PRs are easier to read and review
  • Turn a teammate's rough idea into a working prototype over a few days, then iterate based on feedback
  • Ship a contained feature (frontend + a bit of backend), then fix bugs and make it feel smoother after people use it

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Expected graduation in 2027 in CS, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field
  • Has built an app, open-source project, or shipped product that can be shared for review

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Blend strong engineering and AI tools as leverage without giving up correctness
  • Learn fast, take ownership, and have already don...

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