infrastructure
Posted Jun 1Technical Program Manager (TPM), Infrastructure
at cursor
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Make cost data actionable for engineering and executive decision-making. - Drive GPU and infrastructure resource allocation.
- Build frameworks for capacity planning and allocation across 1P models, 3P inference, and experimentation.
- Run recurring reviews with ML and Infra leadership.
- Scope and drive programs in cost optimization, capacity planning, reliability, and migration.
- Own the operating rhythm for each program alongside a designated sponsor: track progress, escalate blockers, ensure outcomes. - Partner strategically with engineering leaders.
- Write the doc, build the model, run the analysis, and get stuff done.
- - Build a GPU allocation review that runs bi-weekly with ML and Infra leadership, producing clear decisions tied to business priorities.
- - Drive an R&D spend efficiency program identifying the highest-leverage cost reductions across engineering.
Requirements
- This role partners with engineering leaders in ML, Infrastructure, and Finance to turn complex cost and capacity data into clear decisions, then drives the programs that land those decisions.
- You'll own the programs to enable Cursor to achieve its top business priorities that affect Engineering prioritization, working with an executive or engineering sponsor to scope, drive, and deliver cross-functional initiatives spanning GPU allocation, inference cost management, infrastructure spend attribution, and R&D investment efficiency.
- Serve as a thought partner on resource tradeoffs, investment prioritization, and operational improvements across ML, Infrastructure, and Finance.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure costs, GPU/compute capacity planning, or COGs/R&D attribution. - Strong analytical skills; comfortable with cost data, utilization metrics, and financial models. - Proven ability to drive cross-functional programs across Engineering, ML, and Finance without direct authority. - Bias toward action and outcomes over process and ceremony.
Experience
- WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 5+ years in Technical Program Management or similar roles in highly technical environments. -
Additional details
- 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.
- TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER (TPM), INFRASTRUCTURE ROLE SUMMARY Cursor is hiring a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to partner with our Infrastructure teams to drive COGS attribution, R&D spend efficiency, and resource allocation across Cursor's infrastructure.
- What success looks like - COGs and R&D spend are clearly attributed, understood, and actionable across Engineering and Finance. - GPU and infrastructure allocation decisions are grounded in data and aligned to business priorities. - Cost and efficiency programs run on a predictable cadence with measurable outcomes. - Engineering leaders trust the TPM as a strategic partner who removes ambiguity and drives execution.
- WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own COGs and R&D attribution programs.
- Stand up cost attribution across inference, compute, and infrastructure workloads.
- Partner with Finance and Data to connect spend to products, features, and business metrics.
- Translate business priorities into concrete allocation plans. - Manage technical programs with infrastructure teams.