SONAR
Staff Software Engineer (Java)
SONAR, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Why should I Apply:
At Sonar, we're a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help organizations build responsible, secure, high-quality code quickly and systematically. We build solutions that don't just solve symptoms of problems - we fix problems at the source - source code, to be specific.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. We believe team members should have the opportunity to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we're all about the mission: provide solutions that deliver Clean Code.
The impact you will have
As a member of one of our engineering teams, you'll be a key player in making SonarQube and SonarCloud the best tools for Code Quality and Security, providing new features to deliver high quality and powerful products and services that help our users write better software. Our team specializes in delivering features for large customers on our enterprise plans.
You will have the opportunity to see your features come to life in Production with short iteration loops. While keeping our roadmap and business priorities in mind, you will be able to have a high impact on the software that we own and develop.
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.
On a daily basis, you willWork with Product Managers and UX designers to specify new features and improve our products.Develop those new features with the end user in mind, and write unit tests and integration tests for them.Lead the definition of the architecture of our applications on AWS.Have strong ownership of the team's work and drive sprints to completion.Deploy and monitor our new features in production.Help solve production problems related to our team's features.Provide mentorship to engineers to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy.Work with agile methodologies.Contribute to the definition of the team's short and long-term goals.Required Technical Skills
6+ years of experience as a Java Software Engineer.1+ year of experience as a Staff Engineer or equivalent level.Developing in Java with clean and maintainable code, having design patterns and application's architecture in mind.Good knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization.Excellent engineering skills and a good understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.Leadership: you're able to take initiative and bring a subject to completion with little to no supervision. You have experience supporting and mentoring other team members.Experience architecting cloud-native applications on AWS.Experience with relational RDBMS (such as Postgres) and SQLCode Quality practices (experience in using testing frameworks), constructive code reviews.Tooling: Knowledge of build tools (Maven or Gradle); Experience with a version control system such as git
Nice to have:
Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB.Experience with the design and implementation of REST web services APIs.Required Soft Skills
Taking initiative and having the ability to lead a subject from beginning to end.Open-minded and very positive can-do attitude.Comfortable in dealing with change and complexity.Self-confident enough to challenge the status quo as well as to give & receive feedback.
Why you will love it here:
•Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness - and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!). We believe that the best idea wins and everyone has a voice.
•We believe that great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly and laid-back while still being passionate leaders in our domains. Our 550+ SonarSourcers from 33 different nationalities can relate!
•We embrace work-life balance. It is important to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This is why we have a flexible work policy that includes remote and in-office hybrid work (minimum three days a week in the office - Monday/Tuesday/Thursday).
•We have a growth mindset. We love to learn and believe that continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are a must, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.
We prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Sonar, we are a global workforce and recognize the value of different backgrounds, and global cultures.
We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, 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 clear results of a comprehensive background check conducted prior to the start date.
At Sonar, we're a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help organizations build responsible, secure, high-quality code quickly and systematically. We build solutions that don't just solve symptoms of problems - we fix problems at the source - source code, to be specific.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. We believe team members should have the opportunity to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we're all about the mission: provide solutions that deliver Clean Code.
The impact you will have
As a member of one of our engineering teams, you'll be a key player in making SonarQube and SonarCloud the best tools for Code Quality and Security, providing new features to deliver high quality and powerful products and services that help our users write better software. Our team specializes in delivering features for large customers on our enterprise plans.
You will have the opportunity to see your features come to life in Production with short iteration loops. While keeping our roadmap and business priorities in mind, you will be able to have a high impact on the software that we own and develop.
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.
On a daily basis, you willWork with Product Managers and UX designers to specify new features and improve our products.Develop those new features with the end user in mind, and write unit tests and integration tests for them.Lead the definition of the architecture of our applications on AWS.Have strong ownership of the team's work and drive sprints to completion.Deploy and monitor our new features in production.Help solve production problems related to our team's features.Provide mentorship to engineers to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy.Work with agile methodologies.Contribute to the definition of the team's short and long-term goals.Required Technical Skills
6+ years of experience as a Java Software Engineer.1+ year of experience as a Staff Engineer or equivalent level.Developing in Java with clean and maintainable code, having design patterns and application's architecture in mind.Good knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization.Excellent engineering skills and a good understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.Leadership: you're able to take initiative and bring a subject to completion with little to no supervision. You have experience supporting and mentoring other team members.Experience architecting cloud-native applications on AWS.Experience with relational RDBMS (such as Postgres) and SQLCode Quality practices (experience in using testing frameworks), constructive code reviews.Tooling: Knowledge of build tools (Maven or Gradle); Experience with a version control system such as git
Nice to have:
Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB.Experience with the design and implementation of REST web services APIs.Required Soft Skills
Taking initiative and having the ability to lead a subject from beginning to end.Open-minded and very positive can-do attitude.Comfortable in dealing with change and complexity.Self-confident enough to challenge the status quo as well as to give & receive feedback.
Why you will love it here:
•Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness - and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!). We believe that the best idea wins and everyone has a voice.
•We believe that great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly and laid-back while still being passionate leaders in our domains. Our 550+ SonarSourcers from 33 different nationalities can relate!
•We embrace work-life balance. It is important to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This is why we have a flexible work policy that includes remote and in-office hybrid work (minimum three days a week in the office - Monday/Tuesday/Thursday).
•We have a growth mindset. We love to learn and believe that continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are a must, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.
We prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Sonar, we are a global workforce and recognize the value of different backgrounds, and global cultures.
We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, 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 clear results of a comprehensive background check conducted prior to the start date.