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Team shape and how you'll work
Rebuild the parts of "Team shape and how you'll work", then say why each one matters.
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Cursor's engineering org is deliberately small, flat and talent-dense and famously lean relative to the scale it serves. That shape is the reason every hire is expected to ship from week one.
A small team supporting 1M+ DAU has a clear implication for you: there's no layer of people between you and the consequence of your work. You own ambiguous problems end-to-end and the absence of process is a feature you're expected to thrive in, not a gap you complain about.
How the team works
- Org shape
- Flat, small, talent-dense; lean headcount relative to the user base it supports.
- Locations
- San Francisco and New York; expect in-person, high-bandwidth collaboration.
- How work starts
- Bottom-up experimentation; independent teams spin up to chase exploratory ideas.
- What you own
- Ambiguous problems end-to-end - you scope, build and operate, not just execute a ticket.