What You Will Do Daily:
- Conduct applied research in integrating AI/ML techniques with software engineering practices to improve code quality, testing, and software maintenance.
- Design and implement experimental prototypes to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of new methodologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including AI researchers, software engineers, and product managers, to translate research findings into practical applications.
- Stay informed about the latest advancements in AI/ML and software engineering to identify emerging trends and opportunities for innovation.
- Publish research findings in leading academic conferences and journals, and present innovative work to the broader research community.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other developers/researchers.
- Implement best practices from DevOps to maintain a readable codebase, testable infrastructure and documented research artifacts.
The Experience You Will Need:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- At least 3 years of experience as a Research Engineer or Research fellow in Software Engineering.
- Strong research background in AI, ML, and SE
- Experience working with generative AI technologies (e.g. GPT-4, BedRock)
- Experience in developing tools or frameworks that utilize AI/ML to enhance software development processes.
- Experience in developing and prototyping in Python and R
- Understanding of software development processes and terminology.
- Familiarity with techniques for automated code generation, program synthesis, or software testing using AI/ML
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent communication skills for conveying complex technical concepts
- Excellent debugging, optimization skills, communication and teamwork skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
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!).
- Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains.
- We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in-office and 2 days work-from-home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai, India, Japan and Australia operate fully remotely.
- We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.
- As the leader in our field, our products and services are as strong as our internal team members.
- We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization.
Benefits of Working With Sonar:
- Cigna for employees and dependents (WW or WWE). (In-patient, out-patient, maternity, preventive care, dental).
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations with 27 PTO days for our employees based out of the Geneva region, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
- Commuting: Public transport reimbursement of 60% for monthly subscription.
- 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.
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Software-driven digital innovation is essential for competing in today's market, and the foundation of this innovation is code. However, there are widespread cracks in this foundation – lines of bad, insecure, and poorly written code – that manifests into tech debt, security incidents, and availability issues. With Sonar, developers and organizations are empowered to create quality, secure code confidently, whether written by humans or generated with AI.
The Sonar solution, SonarQube, helps prevent code quality and security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it—your internal team or genAI—resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable software.
At Sonar, we are driven by a deep belief in our people, a commitment to excellence, and an unwavering dedication to delivery. We operate as a united group where our collective success is the sum of each individual's contributions. Our company culture is driven by the values of CODE: Committed, Obsessed, Deliberate & Effective. This mindset reflects our culture of creativity, collaboration, and pride in the work we do.
Rooted in the open-source community, Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by 7M+ developers and 400K organizations worldwide, including the DoD, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile.
Sonar is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in Austin, Texas; Annecy, France; Bochum, Germany, London, England; and Singapore. The company is rapidly growing with over 600 employees!
Join us in our mission to solve the trillion-dollar challenge of bad code!
Why Work With Us
We are a product-first company, all while maintaining a people-first culture. Every employee has the opportunity to grow and learn. We promote from within, provide regular feedback and professional development opportunities, value the right to fail along with respect and kindness and work with team members to achieve their full potential.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
At Sonar, we require employees to come into the office 3 days/week.
