Research Engineer
Research Engineer
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23-08-2025
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Who is Sonar
Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production amplifies developers productivity in concert with AI assistants and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code regardless of who writes it your internal team genAI or third parties resulting in more secure reliable and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community Sonars solutions support over 30 programming 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 a strong culture. We are highly committed to and obsessed with the company users each other and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each other accountable 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 feel extreme urgency and move forward quickly.
And lastly we are highly effective and operationally efficient. We operate collectively as One Team to accomplish our goals.
At Sonar CODE is more than just an acronym its a mindset that defines daily operations.
The Impact You Will Have:
Our research program aims to achieve automated software evolution via analysis verification and test generation. Applications of repair studied in the program will include security vulnerability repair patch transplantation across versions of major software systems such as Linux as well as the use of agentic workflows to automate software evolution.
You will work on pioneering projects that advance the application of AI and ML within the realm of software engineering. This role offers the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research develop novel algorithms and contribute to the development of software tools that enhance system performance reliability and flexibility.
What You Will Do Daily:
- Define and execute research directions that pushes the state of the art AI4SE techniques
- Lead research projects in integrating AI/ML techniques with software engineering practices to improve code quality testing and software maintenance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including AI researchers software engineers and product managers to translate research findings into practical applications.
- Work on curation of large datasets benchmarks across multiple SE problems and challenges
- Stay informed about the latest advancements in AI/ML and software engineering to identify emerging trends and opportunities for innovation.
- Publish research findings in leading academic conferences and journals and present innovative work to the broader research community.
The Experience You Will Need:
- PhD (or equivalent) in computer science information technology engineering or related field.
- Strong research background in AI ML and/or SE with a solid publication record in A and A* level conferences/journals. Minimum of 2 publications in top-tier conferences or journals.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a research setting.
- Leadership experience working with junior researchers senior researchers and other collaborators
- Excellent communication skills for conveying complex technical concepts.
- Experience in developing tools or frameworks that utilize AI/ML to enhance software development processes.
- Experience with general-purpose languages such as Java C# C/C Python Rust
- Experience with techniques for automated code generation program verification program synthesis or software testing using AI/ML.
- Strong knowledge in state-of-the-art research in ML for Software engineering such as experience in Prompt Engineering Agentic Systems Chain of Thought applications
Nice to have:
- Familiarity with AWS services such as Lambda EC2 ECS SNS SQS and RDS is an advantage
- Experience using and configuring static analyzers as part of a research project
We Value Diversity Equity and Inclusion:
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.
All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the precise results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.
Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
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