--- title: 'Staff Data Engineer at Sonar' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-data-engineer-sonar-geneva-hz3x5vkmjyfx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-25' --- # Staff Data Engineer at Sonar - **Company:** Sonar - **Location:** Geneva, Switzerland - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/sonarsource/19d88777-744e-4496-a94a-6560770198bd ## Job description Who is Sonar? Sonar enables organizations to ship agentic code with confidence. Code creation is abundant, but confidence is scarce. Our core platform, SonarQube, verifies over 750 billion lines of code every day, delivering agentic verification and governance for all code. Trusted by more than 7 million developers and 75% of the Fortune 100, including teams at Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company, Sonar enables organizations to reduce outages, improve security, and lower the cost and risk of agentic software development. Founded in Geneva and now headquartered in Austin, Texas, Sonar has a global team working across offices and hubs, including Silicon Valley, London, Bochum, Barcelona, Singapore, Tokyo, and the Washington, D.C. area. At Sonar, we’re enabling enterprises to build agentic software factories that can move quickly while maintaining the control, consistency and evidence required to ship with confidence. 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 can have We want to make the best decisions possible for our products and to do that, we need to make data-driven decisions. To achieve this goal, we are looking for a talented Data Engineer - you! - to join the Data team. Together, we will make SonarSource’s products the undisputed world-leading code remediation solution! ## What you will do You will design and develop the data platform to support the functional domains in handling their data and help them in their journey to data ownership. This means: - Design and implement data storage, transformation, and load capabilities of our pipelines. - Continuously enhance the data platform. Propose, implement and manage data handling services according to  stakeholders needs (Product Managers, Marketing, Sales, engineering teams, ...) - Establish top-class end-to-end pipelines including data cleaning and modelling. - Develop and deploy connectors to data sources of interest. - Maintain evergreen data flow documentation across systems. - Collaborate on Data Governance with other stakeholders/domains. - Work with the security function to ensure we adhere to expected security standards. - Collaborate with the incident manager to bring your expertise when asked and own implementation of recommendations from post-mortems. ## Experience and qualifications - You have solid software engineering experience, focusing on developing data engineering pipelines and storage in the cloud. You have been exposed to big data architecture essentials, streaming, ETL batches, data store administration, … - You see yourself as a developer working on data. You are motivated by both technical and functional aspects of services. - You are a friendly, enthusiastic, and organized team player. You actively share your knowledge and give and receive feedback to improve the team and yourself. - Strong experience building end-to-end ETLT, ETL, or ELT pipelines with batch or streaming technologies in Python. - Experience working with Databricks as a Platform or building data pipelines with PySpark is a plus. - Strong experience with the AWS platform including, but not limited to, services such as: Glue, RedShift, CloudFormation, S3, CloudWatch, Lambdas, etc… or equivalents - Good knowledge of data engineering concepts (Data Lake, Data Warehouse, etc…) - Experience with Infrastructure as code tools (CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform) - You are fluent in English, both written and spoken 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. Please note that applications submitted through agencies or third-party recruiters will not be considered. 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. Please note that applications submitted through agencies or third-party recruiters will not be considered. In-office culture We're intentional about this. We believe the best teams are built in the room together. Three anchor days — Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays — create the collaboration rhythm that makes a hub office worth having. Candidates need to be genuinely based in the location the role is posted  — if that's not where you are today, we're happy to support relocation for the right person. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you need any accommodation, please reach out to us at hiring@sonarsource.com. All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date. Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered. ## About Sonar ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Sonar provides a platform for automated code review that helps developers deliver high-quality, secure software by analyzing code they write, AI-generated code, and third-party code. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $412M raised in 2022 at a $4.7B valuation) - **Headquarters**: Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland (also major offices in Austin, London, Singapore, and others) - **Founded**: 2008 - **Founders**: Freddy Mallet, Simon Brandhof, Olivier Gaudin ## Core Business - Primary industry: Software Development, Code Quality & Security (SAST) - Target customers: B2B, developers, and enterprises (7M+ developers, 21,000+ enterprise customers globally) - Mission: "Transparency and continuous improvement to support our community and make tomorrow's innovations possible." ## Products & Services - **SonarQube (Self-Hosted)**: The flagship on-premises platform for continuous code quality and security inspection, supporting multiple languages and integrating into CI/CD pipelines. - **SonarQube Cloud (SaaS)**: A cloud-based version of the SonarQube platform, free for open-source projects and paid for private projects. - **Sonar Analyzers**: Language-specific rules and analysis engines that detect bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: $4.7 billion (as of April 2022 Series B round) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of ~$289M (latest fiscal year); Total funding of $457M (across two rounds) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Insight Partners (lead in 2016), Advent International and General Catalyst (lead in 2022). Customers include Snowflake, Booking.com, Deutsche Bank, AstraZeneca, and Ford. - **Growth Signals**: 726 employees (+24.1% YoY); analyzes 750+ billion lines of code daily; acquired Tidelift (Dec 2024) and AutoCodeRover (Feb 2025); driving toward $1B revenue. ## Competitive Advantages - Trusted verification layer for AI-generated code, providing deterministic, repeatable, and actionable results at scale. - Open-source roots and 17+ years of industry leadership in automated code review. - Integrated code quality and security (SAST) in a single platform, reducing technical debt and complexity. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding go-to-market globally to reach $1B in revenue. - Deepening capabilities for AI code verification and securing the AI coding era. - Growing the platform through acquisitions (Tidelift for package management, AutoCodeRover for AI-powered code remediation). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Highly committed to each other, customers, and the open-source community; values positivity, dedication, empathy, and passion. - **Work Model**: Hybrid – flexibility to work from home two days a week (Wednesdays and Fridays). Offices in 10 locations across 4 continents. - **Benefits** (varies by country): Generous PTO (25–28 days + seniority days), 401K match (US), healthcare premium coverage (90% employee, 60% dependents in US), pension contributions (Switzerland/UK), commuting subsidies (public transport, parking, cycling). - **Interview Process**: 4 stages – Recruiter Interview, Hiring Manager Interview, Peer/Technical Interview, Cross-Functional Interview. - **Engineering Culture**: Builders behind a platform used by millions; focus on quality, security, and innovation. ## Sources 1. [sonarsource.com](https://www.sonarsource.com/company/about/) – About page 2. [sonarsource.com](https://www.sonarsource.com/company/careers/) – Careers page with benefits and history 3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/sonarsource) – Company LinkedIn profile (employees, revenue, funding, acquisitions) 4. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/sonarsource) – Open positions (Lever careers page) ## Other roles at Sonar - [Account Executive](https://feeny.ai/job/account-executive-sonar-geneva-77zxt7h4wt2y) — Geneva, Switzerland - [Senior Revenue Accountant](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-revenue-accountant-sonar-austin-qf9nefdgr37x) — Austin, TX - [Revenue Analyst, Order to Cash](https://feeny.ai/job/revenue-analyst-order-to-cash-sonar-austin-yagn947dbv3q) — Austin, TX - [Major Account Manager - Italy](https://feeny.ai/job/major-account-manager-italy-sonar-geneva-vxx4t7ternhw) — Geneva, Switzerland - [Senior Tech Recruiter](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-tech-recruiter-sonar-austin-v45e9zye0z4z) — Austin, TX - [Staff Software Engineer (Java) - Billing](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-java-billing-sonar-geneva-pff47b3s8w22) — Geneva, Switzerland - [Director, GTM Strategy and Planning, Global](https://feeny.ai/job/director-gtm-strategy-and-planning-global-sonar-san-mateo-s5029hrbk8hg) — San Mateo, CA - [Research Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/research-engineer-sonar-singapore-ekawvdq80yrp) — Singapore - [FullStack Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/fullstack-engineer-sonar-singapore-32418m8wsq58) — Singapore - [Cloud Platform Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/cloud-platform-engineer-sonar-geneva-354fesbvv7nj) — Geneva, Switzerland