Sonar · 19 hours ago
Engineering Manager
Austin, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expSonar is a company dedicated to improving code quality and security while enhancing developer productivity through AI solutions. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of developers focused on enhancing SonarQube, ensuring high-quality product delivery and fostering collaboration across engineering teams.
Cyber SecurityDeveloper ToolsOpen SourceSoftware
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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 DevOps 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
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 make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge
Able to earn trust with team members and provide hard feedback with empathy and conviction
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to clearly identify the problem to be solved and articulate it, before jumping to possible solutions/actions
Ability to deliver effective feedback
Good listening skills
Ability to face small conflicts in a healthy way and help parties resolve them
High level of autonomy and still accepting help and feedback from team members and peers
Ability to challenge yourself and resolve conflict
Preferred
Experience with AWS
Experience with organization compliance processes (SOC 2, SOX)
Benefits
Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package.
You will receive 23 days of PTO per calendar year (on a pro-rated basis depending on your employment start date), with additional time provided for sickness, life events and holidays.
We offer an exciting 401(k) plan that has a 4% match, fully vested on day one of participation.
Fully paid parking in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas.
Monthly catered events, and team events.
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
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