Software Engineer, New Grad 2027

Cursor is hiring a Software Engineer, New Grad 2027 in San Francisco, United States. It pays $185k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Cursor.

Level's read on this job

Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
Pay on this posting starts 11% higher than the typical software engineer posting on Level.
The posting mentions Grok, frontend and backend among its tools and skills.
Cursor has 114 other open roles on Level.
Posted within the past week.

AI in this role

Build and ship features for AI products and agent surfaces as a new grad software engineer.

Grok

frontendbackendprototyping

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 done something meaningfully hard early (internships or equivalent industry experience welcome)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

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

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Annual Salary:

$185,000 USD

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

How we rate this

Software Engineer, New Grad 2027 at Cursor rates 75 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ 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.

Key facts

Software Engineer, New Grad 2027 is an open job at Cursor.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $185k a year.
The role is based in San Francisco, CA.
The job was posted on November 10, 2026.
Seniority: junior.
Applications are handled by Cursor. Apply on Cursor

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

FrontendBackendPrototypingGrok

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Pay

This job starts at: $185k
Typical software engineer job: $167k

This posting starts 11% above the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where frontend was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where backend was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where prototyping was part of your work. What did you do?
What's a project where you used Grok hands-on?
Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Frontend, Backend, Prototyping, 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.
Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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