- Joined Cognition
- Jul 2025
- How they joined
- With Windsurf
- Before Windsurf
- LaunchDarklySenior Solutions Engineer
- Now
- SpaceX Super Intelligence
- Since Aug 2026 lists Forward Deployed Engineering at SpaceX Super Intelligence with the note "SpaceX acquired Cursor!", meaning he has now moved through two acquisitions (Windsurf to Cognition, Cursor to SpaceX) in about a year.Aug 2026
- Became Deployed Engineering Team Lead at Cognition in Aug 2025 after the acquisition; role description: "Cognition acquired Windsurf!\n\nI lead a team of DEs supporting EMEA and the US East Coast." He left in Dec 2025, so the lead role lasted about five months post-merger.Aug 2025
- Joined Cursor in Feb 2026 to build its FDE function (role description: "Building FDE at Cursor!"); his GitHub work account "chrisatcursor" lists Anysphere and links back to in/chrisgroks.Feb 2026
- Joined Codeium (later renamed Windsurf) as a founding Deployed Engineer in July 2024; his announcement post reads: "This week I'm starting at Codeium! I'm super excited to be here, as we're changing the game by empowering software developers to all become 10x developers."Jul 23, 2024This week I'm starting at Codeium! I'm super excited to be here, as we're changing the game by empowering software developers to all become 10x developers. New office so we haven't hung the sign yet, but we're growing so quick we're moving to another new office in two weeks! I'
- LinkedIn role description for Windsurf: "I was a founding Deployed Engineer at Windsurf ... I was around since the early days when we were Codeium, and I love working at the intersection of engineering and sales."Jul 2024
- Runs Cursor's FDE accreditation coaching: an accredited engineer thanked "the team at Cursor and Chris Diaz for the wonderful courseware and coaching on the FDE knowledge."Aug 31, 2026
- After Cognition, he was an a16z FDE Fellow (2026), part of the a16z forward deployed engineer fellowship program announced by Erik Torenberg, David Booth and Katie Schwartz on May 28, 2026.May 28, 2026
- Before the Cognition deal, Windsurf sales leadership singled him out: "Can't have epic AEs without epic DEs -- shoutout to Abhay A., Vanessa Salas, Alexander Baker, Satwik Bebortha, Chris Diaz, and Rohan Ramani, on incredible performances in our largest deals.".Apr 2025
- Another participant credited "Chris Diaz and Cursor for making the workshop happen" for the Cursor AI Forward Deployed Engineer Accreditation.Sep 2026
- Used the newly launched Windsurf IDE as a demo of his own: "In just a few minutes, I used our new Windsurf IDE 🏄 to make this scheduling page!" while promoting Codeium at AWS re:Invent 2024.Nov 20, 2024🚀 Heading to AWS re:Invent? Let’s Talk AI, Code, and Developer Happiness! Codeium is reshaping how developers build, ship, and innovate. I’ll be at AWS re:Invent! Let’s meet and discuss: • How Codeium is supercharging dev teams ⚡ • How AI helps developers ship faster and drin
- Public headline says "Forward Deployed Engineer at SpaceXSI".
- Azure Bicep maintainers flagged "The unofficial Bicep OpenVSX (Cursor, Windsurf)" listing, noting "It looks like this was published from a fork of this repo under https://github.com/chrisgroks/bicep." So his republishing work drew a response from upstream maintainers.
SpaceX acquired Cursor!
Building FDE at Cursor!
Cognition acquired Windsurf! I lead a team of DEs supporting EMEA and the US East Coast.
I was a founding Deployed Engineer at Windsurf, where I helped customers get the most out of our tech and make sure things run smoothly on the ground. I was around since the early days when we were Codeium, and I love working at the intersection of engineering and sales—especially when it comes to bringing AI agents and LLM-powered workflows into the real world.
I supported large enterprise accounts in central Texas with a focus on developer tooling, helping companies release software sooner and safer.
I supported the Avi Networks Load Balancer as a presales specialist, supporting MM customers to define and deploy on-prem, hybrid, and multi cloud solutions.
Minor in Applied Mathematics
🚀 Heading to AWS re:Invent? Let’s Talk AI, Code, and Developer Happiness! Codeium is reshaping how developers build, ship, and innovate. I’ll be at AWS re:Invent! Let’s meet and discuss: • How Codeium is supercharging dev teams ⚡ • How AI helps developers ship faster and drin
linkedin.com/posts/chrisgroks_awsreinvent-codeium-aifordevelopers-activity-7265108094341267456-ZP6pnotedThis week I'm starting at Codeium! I'm super excited to be here, as we're changing the game by empowering software developers to all become 10x developers. New office so we haven't hung the sign yet, but we're growing so quick we're moving to another new office in two weeks! I'
Love a clean UI, and a single pane of ....🪟 Cursor 3 + Glass dropped today. All my agents in one place; Should decrease the amount of times I forget about a minimized agent! #cursor
Mike S. is building out our support team in Mountain View! Let me know if you're interested in learning more about the cool things in AI we're doing.
I've been promoted to Senior Solutions Engineer here LaunchDarkly! I stand on the shoulder's of giants, and love my SE team. Thank you to everyone who has helped me grow in my career!
Hi everyone, my team is hiring! LaunchDarkly is hiring across the board too, let me know if you're interested! 🚀 🚀 https://lnkd.in/eBgWPMRa
