Sonar · 2 days ago
Software Engineer (Java)
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expSonar is a company that helps prevent code quality and security issues, enhancing developer productivity through AI assistants. The role involves developing new features for SonarQube and SonarCloud, focusing on high-quality software delivery and mentorship of engineers.
Cyber SecurityDeveloper ToolsOpen SourceSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Work 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
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience as a Java Software Engineer
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
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
Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB
Experience with the design and implementation of REST web services APIs
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
Benefits
Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package that is 90% paid by the company.
We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations.
We offer an exciting 401(k) plan that has a 4% match, fully vested on day one of participation.
Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
Fully paid parking in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas.
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.
Company
Sonar
Sonar provides open-source and commercial code analyzers to help developers manage code quality.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$457MKey Investors
Insight Partners
2022-04-26Series B· $412M
2016-11-29Series Unknown· $45M
Leadership Team
Nathan Jones
VP, Public Sector
Lynne Doherty
President Field Operations
Recent News
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