Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)Figma
4.0
3.7
Overall
3.5
3.1
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
4.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.5
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Figma only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Cursor (Anysphere)
- Building the most-loved AI code editor — massive developer love and daily impact
- Tiny team, extreme ownership — every person shapes the product directly
- Extremely small team = no specialists; everyone does everything
- Intense pace — the speed of shipping can be relentless
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
Bottom Line
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Open Roles
Cursor (Anysphere) — 77 jobs
💻 Engineering
33
💼 Sales / GTM
19
📊 Data
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
🎨 Design
2
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
📣 Marketing
1
Figma — 155 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
27
👤 HR / People
11
🎨 Design
9
📣 Marketing
6
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
4
💰 Finance
2
🎧 Support
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats. Figma also emphasizes Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and Figma has 155 open roles.