Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability

cursor· Engineering
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📍 New York📍 San FranciscoFullTime

About this role

Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.

About the role

Cursor is building the best way to develop software with AI. As an early member of our data science team, you'll help define the way the company uses data to make decisions and deliver a high quality experience to millions of users across billions of user<>AI interactions.

What you’ll do

  • Design and operationalize metrics that measure the stability of product surfaces and the agent harness

  • Build a measurement and rollout framework to prevent, detect, and root cause performance regressions

  • Partner with engineers on data tooling that enables self-serve analysis

  • Identify performance and reliability experiences that disproportionately cause user frustration

You may be a fit if

  • You have 5+ years of experience as a data scientist at a high growth company

  • You’ve operationalized a north star performance metric across a pillar

  • You have experience building and operationalizing data tooling for non-data users

  • You enjoy working directly with engineering on measurement and strategy

  • You’re experienced in experimentation and causal inference

  • You're happy to work across the stack and help us build the foundations of data at Cursor

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Is the salary disclosed for the Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability position at cursor?
The salary for this Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability role at cursor is not publicly listed. Click "Apply Now" to learn more about the compensation package on their official careers page.
Where is the Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability position at cursor located?
This Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability role at cursor is based in New York, San Francisco. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability role at cursor full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability role in the Engineering department at cursor.
Which team or department does the Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability at cursor belong to?
This Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability position is part of the Engineering department at cursor. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability position at cursor?
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When was the Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability job at cursor posted?
This Data Scientist, Performance and Reliability position at cursor was posted on May 5, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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