About the Role
As a member of one of our engineering teams, you'll be a key player in making SonarQube Cloud and SonarQube Server the best tools for Code Quality and Security. You will deliver high-quality and powerful products and services that help our users write better software, with opportunities to see your features come to life in Production through short iteration loops. You will have a high impact on the software we own and develop, pushing our product to its next stage of evolution and fulfilling the needs of our large user and customer base.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of Engineers (Cloud Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers), providing guidance, support, and mentorship.
- Hold yourself and your team accountable to high engineering standards, focusing on system reliability, performance, and security.
- Manage the team’s operational workload, including on-call health, incident response, and automation of manual toil.
- Foster a culture of feedback and continuous improvement, encouraging blameless post-mortems and sharing architectural insights.
- Collaborate with other value stream squads to ensure the production platform meets developer needs while maintaining strict governance.
- Communicate a clear vision for the squad aligned with the platform engineering roadmap, focusing on resiliency, business continuity, and cost optimization.
- Partner with the Hiring team to recruit talented Engineers and improve the hiring process.
- Lead by example, modeling behaviors of servant leadership and high-stakes decision-making.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a significant focus on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Deep understanding of the DevOps/SRE mindset, including experience managing mission-critical shared services.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS (or similar providers) and experience managing organizational-scale infrastructure.
- Experience with the coding lifecycle in an infrastructure context (e.g., Python, CDK, Terraform) and ability to perform rigorous code reviews for infrastructure components.
- Proven experience defining observability patterns (logging, tracing, metrics) and designing Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity strategies.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of cloud cost optimization.
Skills
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Cloud Operations
- Infrastructure Engineering
- DevOps
- AWS
- IAM
- OUs
- Account Vending
- Python
- CDK
- Terraform
- Observability
- Disaster Recovery
- Business Continuity
- Agile methodologies
- Cloud cost optimization
Location
- Bochum, Germany
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Salary/Compensations
- €105,000 - €160,000 a year
Benefits
- Pension Scheme: 1st Pillar (Unterstützungskasse): Automatic, financed by Sonar, 3% of gross salary.
- Pension Scheme: 2nd Pillar (bAV): Voluntary, 15% contribution by Sonar from social security savings.
- 28 PTO days, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
- Public transport reimbursement of 60% for annual subscription.
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
- Annual global kick-off event.
About the Company
- Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development as the leader in AI code review and verification.
- We solve the critical problem of ensuring AI-generated software is reliable, secure, and maintainable.
- We integrate seamlessly with AI coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Devin.
- Over 75% of the Fortune 100 use Sonar to build trusted, reliable, compliant software.
- Customers using Sonar are 44% less likely to report an outage due to AI-generated code.
- Industry giants like Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company rely on our products: SonarQube, SonarQube Foundation Agent, SonarSweep & Sonar Context Augmentation.
- Our team operates across global hubs in Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C.
- We operate with a mindset of CODE: Committed to our customers and community, Obsessed with quality, Deliberate in our decisions, Effective as one team.
- With over $400M in revenue and profitable, fast-paced growth, we are building the backbone of the AI software revolution.
Equal Opportunity
- At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures.
- We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
- If you need any accommodation, please reach out to us at hiring@sonarsource.com.
- All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification before the start date.
- We do not currently support visa candidates in the US.
- Applications submitted through agencies or third-party recruiters will not be considered.
