Engineering Manager Cloud Platform & Operations
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
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 GitHub 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 ServiceNow Goldman Sachs AstraZeneca and Ford Motor on us to provide independent explainable consistent review and governance of their AI-generated code via products like:
SonarQube: The worlds leading AI code review and verification platform.
SonarQube Foundation Agent: Currently topping the leaderboards for agentic software repair.
SonarSweep & 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 youre 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.
What you will do
- Lead and manage a team of Engineers (Cloud Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers) providing guidance support and mentorship to help individuals grow in autonomy and master the complexities of cloud operations.
- Hold yourself and your team accountable to high engineering standards specifically focusing on system reliability performance and security.
- Manage the teams operational workload including on-call health incident response and the reduction of manual toil through automation.
- Foster a safe culture of feedback and continuous improvement encouraging the team to conduct blameless post-mortems and share architectural insights.
- Collaborate with other value stream squads to ensure the production platform meets the needs of our developers while maintaining strict governance.
- Communicate a clear vision for the squad that aligns with the platform engineering roadmap focusing on resiliency business continuity and cost optimization.
- 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.
- Lead by example modeling behaviors of servant leadership and high-stakes decision-making.
Experience and qualifications
- 8 years of experience in software engineering with a significant focus on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Cloud Operations or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Operational Mindset: Deep understanding of the DevOps/SRE mindset including experience managing mission-critical shared services (e.g. Aurora DBs OpenSearch Control Planes).
- Cloud Expertise: Advanced knowledge of AWS (or similar providers) and experience managing organizational-scale infrastructure (IAM OUs Account Vending).
- Infrastructure as Code: Experience with the coding lifecycle in an infrastructure context (e.g. Python CDK Terraform) and the ability to perform rigorous code reviews for infrastructure components.
- Observability & Resiliency: Proven experience defining observability patterns (logging tracing metrics) and designing Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity strategies.
- Agile & FinOps: Experience with Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of cloud cost optimization (Rightsizing Spot instances Reserved Instances).
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Benefits
- Pension Scheme: 1st Pillar (Unterstützungskasse): Automatic financed by Sonar 3% of gross salary an additional benefit in addition to your salary.
- Pension Scheme:2nd Pillar (bAV): Voluntary 15% contribution by Sonar from social security savings.
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations with 28 PTO days for our employees based out of the Geneva region plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
- Sonar recognizes holidays on working calendar days. If the holiday date occurs on a Saturday we will recognize the day on the preceding Friday. If the holiday date occurs on a Sunday we will recognize the day on the following Monday.
- Public transport reimbursement of 60% for annual subscription.
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus paid annually.
- 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 relationships and 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 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 emailprotected.
All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.
We do not currently support visa candidates in the US.
Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
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About Company
Bad code is risky business. AI-generated or written by humans, Sonar ensures top-tier code quality & security. Protect your organization from bugs and vulnerabilities that jeopardize customer trust, damage your reputation, and undermine developer experience.
