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Sales Development Representative - New York

Cursor is hiring a Sales Development Representative - New York (United States). Level rates it ; you can apply on Cursor.

Level's read on this job

  • Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this sales role: aI is not part of the work.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Grok, Cold Calling and LinkedIn.
  • Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
  • Level lists 125 other open roles at Cursor.

AI in this role

Drive outbound pipeline generation and prospect engineering teams for AI-powered developer productivity tools.

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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.

About the role

As a Sales Development Representative at SpaceXAI, you'll be the tip of the spear for pipeline generation, the first voice a prospective customer hears, and the person who earns their attention before an Account Executive ever gets on a call. You'll work across the full range of our commercial segments, from fast-moving startups to mid-market engineering organizations, identifying the right buyers and creating the conditions for meaningful sales conversations.

This isn't a role for someone who waits for leads to come in. You'll build pipeline from scratch, learn how great engineering teams think, and develop a deep understanding of how Cursor transforms developer productivity. It's the fastest way to learn enterprise sales at one of the most exciting companies in AI.

What you'll do

  • Generate qualified pipeline for our Account Executive team through high-volume outbound prospecting, including cold calls, personalized emails, LinkedIn, and creative multi-channel sequences

  • Research target accounts and map stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and Leadership to identify the right entry points

  • Conduct discovery conversations that go beyond surface-level qualification, understand how development teams work, what's slowing them down, and where Cursor fits

  • Partner closely with AEs to develop account strategies, hand off opportunities cleanly, and stay looped in as deals progress

  • Hit and exceed weekly activity targets and monthly qualified meeting goals

  • Represent SpaceXAI's brand and product with conviction; you'll be many prospects' first impression of the company

  • Bring market intelligence back to the team: what resonates, what objections are coming up, what messaging is landing

  • Help build the playbook. As an early SDR, your patterns and learnings will shape how this function scales

     

You may be a fit if

  • You have 1–2 years of experience in a sales, customer-facing, or business development role. SDR/BDR experience at a SaaS or developer tools company is a strong plus

  • You're a relentless self-starter who takes ownership of your pipeline and doesn't wait to be handed leads

  • You write and speak with clarity. You can explain a complex product simply and tailor your message to a technical audience

  • You're curious about how software gets built and excited by the idea that AI is fundamentally changing the craft

  • You're organized and data-driven: you track your activity, learn from your numbers, and iterate quickly

  • You have thick skin and genuine resilience. You don't take rejection personally and you bounce back fast

  • You want to grow into an Account Executive role and are willing to put in the reps to get there

How we rate this

Sales Development Representative - New York at Cursor rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a project where sales development was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where lead generation was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where outbound prospecting was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where pipeline generation was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Walk me through how you've used Grok in your day-to-day work.

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: Sales Development, Lead Generation, Outbound Prospecting, Pipeline Generation, and Grok. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.

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