Engineering Manager

Who is Sonar?

Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development. As the leader in AI code review and verification, we solve a critical problem: ensuring that software generated by AI-assisted developers or autonomous agents is reliable, secure, and maintainable.

Integrating seamlessly with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Git Hub Copilot, Gemini, and Devin, we help over 75% of the Fortune 100 build trusted, reliable, compliant software. Customers who use Sonar are 44% less likely to report an outage due to AI-generated code.

We believe code verification is the critical missing link in the Agent-Centric Development Cycle (AC/DC). Industry giants like Nvidia, Service Now, , Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company.count on us to provide independent, explainable, consistent review and governance of their AI-generated code via products like:

* Sonar Qube:
The world's leading AI code review and verification platform.

* Sonar Qube Foundation Agent:
Currently topping the leaderboards for agentic software repair.

* Sonar Sweep & Sonar Context Augmentation:
Providing the enterprise-grade context and constraints agents need to be truly effective.

Our team operates across global hubs in Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. We move with a mindset we call 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. If you're hungry to have an impact, want to build at a fast pace, and ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you.

Position description:

As an Engineering Manager at Sonar, you will be leading a new squad of 4-8 developers whose focus is on making Sonar Qube the best tool for Code Quality and Security. You will lead a team focused on providing new features to deliver high quality and powerful products and services that help our users write better software.

By joining us you will bring your experience and expertise to help push our product to its next stage of evolution and fulfill the needs of our large user and customer base. You will also help to bring consistency across Sonar's engineering organization by collaborating closely with your engineering manager peers to foster and share engineering best practices.

What you will do

* Lead and manage a team of Engineers, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to help individuals grow in autonomy and contribute to the team's success.

* Hold yourself and your team accountable to a high engineering standard.

* Foster a safe culture of feedback, continuous improvement, and collaboration, encouraging team members to share their ideas and concerns openly.

* Align feedback with other teams to ensure things operate smoothly between teams.

* Partner with product managers, designers, and team leads to develop and communicate a clear vision for the squad that aligns with the company strategy and ensure that the team's work and focus align with this vision.

* Ensure the squad defines clear objectives that are aligned with team, department, and company goals.

* Be accountable for tracking sprint progress.

* Be accountable that processes and ceremonies align with company expectations to deliver the best product successfully.

* Ensure that the right level of collaboration happens with the squad stakeholders (Product Managers, developer squads, Marketing, Management, etc.).

* Partner with the Hiring team to recruit talented Engineers for the team. Participate in improving the hiring process for the team and ensuring we recruit enough to reach our goals.

* Be accountable that the onboarding of new team members is happening in the squad.

* Lead by example, modeling the behaviors and values that the company holds dear, including humility and servant leadership.

Experience and qualifications

* 8+ years of software development or equivalent experience in the software development domain, with a strong understanding of software testing.

* Having a developer mindset: experience with coding lifecycle, ability to produce secure code, to do code reviews, and to jump into an unknown codebase, language, and framework.

* Advanced knowledge of the Java ecosystem and a good understanding of the Dev Ops mindset.

* Good knowledge of at least one programming language along with its development environment to understand end-user's context and expectations.

* Experience with Agile methodologies.

* Nice to have:

Experience with AWS and experience with organization compliance processes (SOC 2, SOX).

Leadership skills

* 2+ years of experience in a leadership or management role, with a proven track record of delivering results and building high-performing teams.

* A growth mindset and a passion for helping individuals and teams reach their full potential.

* Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and resources effectively.

* Capability to…