Cursor (Anysphere)

Enterprise Account Executive, Strategic Sales (Retail / Hospitality / Entertainment)

SF / NY / Remote Remote March 7, 2026 Full Time Likely Ashby Or Custom System

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

You’ll be an IC Strategic AE selling Cursor into consumer-facing enterprises where engineering velocity impacts revenue and customer experience (ecommerce, marketplaces, hospitality platforms, media/streaming, entertainment brands). You’ll win by proving real-world impact and scaling adoption across large product engineering orgs.

What you’ll do

  • Own a vertical portfolio and net-new strategy across retail/hospitality/entertainment

  • Build relationships across Product Engineering, DevEx, Security, and Procurement

  • Tie Cursor to outcomes like faster launches, fewer defects, and reduced operational toil

  • Run hands-on POVs with real repos and production workflows

  • Navigate enterprise security/compliance reviews and commercial negotiation

  • Drive adoption plans (enablement, champions, rollout sequencing) and expansions

  • Share customer learnings to sharpen Cursor’s positioning and rollout playbooks

You may be a fit if

  • 7+ years enterprise closing experience; consumer/internet background is a plus

  • You’re comfortable selling to technical buyers and quantifying business impact

  • Strong outbound + account planning chops; you create pipeline consistently

  • You're a true hunter - you proactively build pipeline from scratch through outbound prospecting, creative sourcing, and relentless follow-up, rather than relying on inbound demand

  • High ownership IC who moves fast and communicates crisply

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How to Get Hired at Cursor

  • Use Cursor daily before applying — form genuine opinions about its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities so you can speak authentically about the product in your application and interviews
  • Build and showcase a project that intersects AI and developer tooling (e.g., a VS Code extension with LLM integration, a code search tool, or an inference optimization benchmark) to create tangible proof of relevant capability
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