Solutions Architect - Japan

Cursor Cursor · Coding AI · APJ · Solutions

Solutions Architect role focused on helping enterprise clients adopt and integrate AI-native development tools (like Cursor) into their existing software engineering workflows. This is a post-sale, customer-facing technical role requiring deep understanding of developer workflows, SDLC, and AI's impact on software development to drive adoption, identify opportunities, and provide strategic guidance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Roll out Cursor across strategic engineering organizations
  2. Configure environments, design workflows, and run hands-on enablement sessions
  3. Help developers integrate Cursor into real production workflows, not isolated demos
  4. Build deep relationships with developers, platform teams, engineering leadership, and executive stakeholders
  5. Bring structured feedback from strategic customers into Product and Engineering

Skills

Required

  • strong technical background in software engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, or developer tooling
  • experience in customer-facing technical roles such as Solution Architect, Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Enterprise Architect, or similar
  • ability to work hands-on with engineering teams while also operating strategically with technical leadership
  • strong understanding of developer workflows, SDLC tooling, integrations, CI/CD systems, governance, and enterprise engineering environments
  • excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly across both technical and executive audiences
  • strong instincts around workflow design, adoption strategy, and driving workflow change across engineering teams
  • high ownership, strong execution skills, and comfort operating in fast-moving environments with ambiguity
  • passion for developer tooling and strong conviction around how AI will reshape software engineering

Nice to have

  • willing to travel to customers

What the JD emphasized

  • deeply technical
  • post-sale role
  • enterprise accounts
  • roll out high-impact workflows
  • accelerate adoption
  • rethink how software gets built with AI
  • customer transformation
  • integrate engineering workflows
  • configure environments
  • design workflows
  • run enablement sessions
  • solve technical problems
  • developer productivity
  • workflow design
  • governance
  • AI adoption strategy
  • customer outcomes
  • measurable engineering impact
  • developer productivity
  • workflow efficiency
  • engineering quality
  • product stickiness
  • feedback from strategic customers
  • emerging workflow patterns
  • enterprise requirements
  • reusable playbooks
  • reference patterns
  • software engineering
  • infrastructure
  • DevOps
  • platform engineering
  • developer tooling
  • customer-facing technical roles
  • Solution Architect
  • Solutions Engineer
  • Forward Deployed Engineer
  • Technical Account Manager
  • Enterprise Architect
  • hands-on with engineering teams
  • strategic with technical leadership
  • developer workflows
  • SDLC tooling
  • integrations
  • CI/CD systems
  • governance
  • enterprise engineering environments
  • communication skills
  • complex technical concepts
  • technical and executive audiences
  • workflow design
  • adoption strategy
  • driving workflow change
  • high ownership
  • strong execution skills
  • fast-moving environments
  • ambiguity
  • developer tooling
  • AI will reshape software engineering