Description

Geneva
Product Development – Platform /
Employee / Full-Time /
On-Site

Who is Sonar?
Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production, amplifi esdevelopers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experiencewith streamlined workfl ows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it — yourinternal team, genAI, or third parties — resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainableapplications. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar’s solutions support over 30programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by+7M developers and 400K organizations worldwide, including the DoD, Microsoft, NASA,MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile.
We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and astrong culture. We are highlycommitted to and obsessed with the company, users, eachother, and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each otheraccountable for acting with positivity, dedication, thoughtfulness, empathy, and passion daily.
We are deliberate with our decisions with high clarity of intention. At the same time, we feelextreme urgency and move forward quickly.
And lastly, we are high lyeff ective and operationally efficient
We operate collectively as OneTeam to accomplish our goals.
At Sonar, CODE is more than just an acronym – it's a mindset that defi nes daily operations.

Why You Should Apply:
At Sonar, we’re a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to helpsupercharge developers to build better, faster. Sonar helps to continuously improve codequality and code security while reducing developer toil. This means that developers can focuson doing more of what they love and less of what they don’t. Our solutions don’t just solvesymptoms of problems – we help fi x issues at the source – for all code, whether it's developer-written, AI-generated, or from third parties.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offi ces in the USA,Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. Team members should be able to come to workevery day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by theirpeers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we’re all about the mission:supercharge developers to build better, faster.

The Impact You Will Have:
Join us in shaping the future of SonarQube's on-premises platform, directly empowering over10 million developers worldwide to write cleaner, more secure code. As a Backend Developerin our Platform Team, you will build and enhance critical services that ensure SonarQube'sseamless installation, upgrade, and scalable operation for our global customer base.
You will play a pivotal role in delivering SonarQube releases on schedule, working with adiverse tech stack including Java, Spring, Tomcat, Databases, and ElasticSearch. Your expertisewill be crucial in ensuring that all features developed by other squads are continuouslyintegrated, providing essential guidance on testing and packaging. You will contribute totackling key challenges such as scaling to meet growing demand and improving the overalldeveloper experience for both our internal teams and external users.
Based in our Geneva offi ce, you will be part of a collaborative, innovative, and fast-pacedsquad that thrives on technical excellence and ownership. You'll work alongside highly skilledengineers to simplify complex platform operations, ensuring reliability and performance forour open-source community of over 500,000 members and tens of thousands of corporate customers, including industry leaders like NASA, Novartis, Ubisoft, and Microsoft. If you arepassionate about building robust, scalable backend systems and driving signifi cant impact, wewant you on our team.

What You Will Do Daily:
Develop and enhance core backend services for SonarQube's on-premises platform,focusing on seamless installation, upgrade, and scalable operations.
Design and implement robust solutions using Java, Spring, PostgreSQL, and ElasticSearch,ensuring the stability and performance of our platform.
Collaborate with other development squads to guide continuous integration, testing, andpackaging, ensuring smooth feature releases for our on-premises users.
Drive technical excellence and contribute to architectural decisions for the SonarQube on-premises platform, balancing immediate needs with long-term scalability andmaintainability.
Diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges related to platform stability,performance, and developer experience.

The Experience You Will Need:
Strong Java development skills
with 6+ years of experience writing clean, maintainable, andscalable code.
Deep understanding of system architecture , design patterns, and performanceoptimization.
Experience with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and writing effi cient SQL queries.
Commitment to code quality , with hands-on experience in automated testing and CI/CDpractices.
Growth mindset and experience in mentoring, coaching, and elevating your teammates.
Proactive problem-solving attitude, taking ownership of initiatives and driving them tocompletion.
Experience with container technologies like Docker or Kubernetes, and a goodunderstanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) principles are a plus.
You take full responsibility for complex challenges, driving solutions from inception toproduction and validating them with customer feedback.
You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, tackling complexity with a structured andsolution-oriented mindset.
You validate assumptions, establish facts to guide better decisions, and proactively seekand provide feedback for growth.
You tailor your message to your audience, inspire commitment, prioritize impact, and driveeffi ciency in collaboration.

Why You Will Love It Here:
Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respectand kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!).
Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills andstrive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains.
We have a fl exible work policy that includes 3 days in-offi ce and 2 days work-from-homeeach week for those located near our offi ce locations; some locations such as Dubai, India,Japan and Australia operate fully remotely.
We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical toour success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to helpour team acquire them.
As the leader in our fi eld, our products and services are as strong as our internal teammembers.
We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on thegrowth and success of our organization.

Benefi ts of Working With Sonar:
We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations with 27 PTO days for our employeesbased out of the Geneva region, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
We contribute 60% of the total cost for your pension; 13.5% to 15.5% of your base salaryfor savings; 2% for risk.
Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
Commuting:Sustainable mobility options, including carpooling and the refund of 60% of theannual transportation subscription.
Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities.
We have an annual kick-off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationshipsand goals for the company.

We Value Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that valuesand respects diff erent backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyonefeels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equalopportunity 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.
All off ers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the precise results of acomprehensive background check and reference verifi cation conducted before the startdate.