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What the role really is
Use "Read this section as the role contract" to say what a strong answer must include.
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You'd be a software engineer who ships secure products end-to-end, not a reviewer who guards a ticket queue. Security is the lens; building is the job.
Read this section as the role contract. The diagram or table names the surface area, but the interview signal is whether you can turn it into a clear operating claim: what you own, what you do not own, what evidence proves the work is working and where judgment matters.
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Full explanation
Interactive diagram. Step through it with the Next and Previous controls below, or Tab to a region to read its detail.
Every stage is screening one thing: a builder-first security engineer. Step through to see what each one actually tests.
Read the JD's first line carefully. It asks for a strong software engineer first, with security as a superpower. That ordering is the whole role. The person who clears this loop writes production code that removes a class of risk and they can do it across the enterprise product, the cloud and the editor itself.
Cursor's mission is to automate coding. Security that slows shipping fights the mission directly, so the work is framed as enabling fast, safe delivery rather than blocking it.