RESEARCH ENGINEER
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.
Sonar solves the trillion-dollar challenge of bad code. Sonar equips organizations to achieve and sustain a Clean Code state by empowering developers to write consistent, intentional, adaptable, and responsible code. Clean Code produces software that is maintainable, reliable, and secure, allowing development teams to spend less time fixing issues and more time innovating. With Sonar, and by employing the company’s Clean as You Code methodology, organizations minimize risk, reduce technical debt, increase productivity, and derive more value from their software in a predictable and sustainable way.
Sonar’s open-source and commercial products – SonarLint, SonarCloud, and SonarQube – support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Trusted by more than 500,000 organizations and used by more than 7 million developers globally to clean more than half a trillion lines of code, Sonar is integral to delivering better software.
Sonar is looking for a passionate Research Engineer who loves to explore ways to improve our products using LLMs. You will be part of our Research and development team, which drives the innovation of new technologies that power our products.
The impact you will have
With your domain expertise and experience, you will guide Sonar in the new era of AI. You will explore state-of-the-art LLMs and new feature ideas that help push our products to the next level. By prototyping and deploying visionary features, you are preparing the next generation of our Clean Code solution that is loved by millions of developers around the globe.
On a daily basis, you will
- Have fun in an expert team full of creative and passionate researchers
- Stay up-to-date with the advancements of LLMs in the industry
- Discuss and qualify new innovation opportunities for our products that leverage LLMs
- Prototype and evaluate new AI-powered product features for developers
- Together with the engineering team, contribute to the deployment and maintenance of our LLM features
The skills you will demonstrate
- You received a university degree
- You have a good understanding of the overall architecture and building blocks of LLMs
- You have hands-on experience with deploying AI-related features in software products
- You have sound programming skills and are familiar with modern software development tools (e.g. CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes)
- You have solid cloud computing experience (preferably with AWS ecosystem).
- You have a product mindset and can easily collaborate with PMs and UI designers to adapt our new features to user needs.
- You are fluent in English, both written and spoken, and can understand and explain complex technical topics
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.
