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Software Engineer, New Grad 2027

Cursor is hiring a Software Engineer, New Grad 2027 in San Francisco, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cursor.

Level's read on this job

  • Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Grok, software engineering and frontend.
  • Level classifies it as a junior role.
  • Level lists 125 other open roles at Cursor.

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Build product features and user interfaces for AI surfaces and developer tools as a new graduate software engineer.

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software-engineeringfrontendbackendfullstack

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

We're hiring new grad engineers to join SpaceXAI 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 details, first principles reasoning, and great taste. That means picking up concrete problems, driving them end to end (UI through a bit of backend when needed), and raising the bar on taste and correctness while you move fast.

You'll work alongside a small, talent-dense team with high ownership and little hierarchy. Strong fundamentals matter. So does judgment about when to use AI tools as leverage without giving up correctness.

You may be a fit if:

  • You're graduating in Spring 2027 (CS, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field).

  • You've already built something great — an app, OSS, or shipped product we can open and review (required).

  • You blend strong engineering and AI tools as leverage without giving up correctness.

  • You learn fast, take ownership, and have already done something meaningfully hard early (internships or equivalent industry experience welcome).

Sample projects include:

  • Adding a small UI improvement so AI-generated code or PRs are easier to read and review

  • Turning a teammate’s rough idea into a working prototype over a few days, then iterating based on feedback

  • Shipping a contained feature (frontend + a bit of backend), then fixing bugs and making it feel smoother after people use it

Applying

If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach out to schedule 2–3 short technicals. After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team.

In your application, please share an example of an exceptional technical project or product feature you've built that best demonstrates your technical capabilities (GitHub, live app, OSS, or shipped product).

How we rate this

Software Engineer, New Grad 2027 at Cursor rates 55 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

  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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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Software EngineeringFrontendBackendFullstackGrok

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Pay

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Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where frontend was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where backend was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where fullstack 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: Software Engineering, Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, 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.
  • Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.

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