Director, Product Education Engineering
Core
Building and leading Cursor's technical curriculum function to ensure every major product capability ships with the educational infrastructure developers need to adopt it.
Role type
Director, Product Education Engineering
Builds
Technical learning library (code walkthroughs, structured learning paths, lab exercises, certification-ready content, workshops) and the team that delivers it.
Domain
Developer tools / AI coding assistants / Technical education
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Technical curriculum strategy, end-to-end content roadmap ownership, cross-functional partnership with Product/Engineering, team hiring and development, performance metrics definition (activation/adoption/fluency), hands-on fluency in developer workflows and AI tooling, critical editorial judgment on code and documentation.
Preferred skills
Instructional design or learning science background, third-party education ecosystem governance, LMS platform experience (Skilljar, Thought Industries), video content program management, certification program setup.
Technologies
Cursor, CI/CD systems, SDLC tooling, LMS platforms (Skilljar, Thought Industries)
Responsibilities
Own the technical education content roadmap aligned with product releases; Build the technical learning library hands-on; Partner with Product and Engineering ahead of major launches; Help engineering organizations evolve from isolated usage to company-wide adoption; Define performance metrics measuring activation, adoption, and developer fluency gains; Hire and develop a team of education engineers.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC leading a team
