Who is Sonar?
Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development. As the leader in AI code verification and governance, we solve a critical problem: ensuring that software generated by AI-assisted developers or autonomous agents is reliable, secure, and maintainable.
Integrating seamlessly with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Devin, we help over 75% of the Fortune 100 build trusted, reliable, compliant software. Customers who use Sonar are 44% less likely to report an outage due to AI-generated code.
We believe code verification is the critical missing link in the Agent-Centric Development Cycle (AC/DC). Industry giants like Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company count on us to provide independent, explainable, consistent review and governance of their AI-generated code via products like:
SonarQube: The world’s leading AI code review and verification platform.
SonarQube Foundation Agent: Currently topping the leaderboards for agentic software repair.
SonarSweep & Sonar Context Augmentation: Providing the enterprise-grade context and constraints agents need to be truly effective.
Our team operates across global hubs in Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, San Mateo (California), Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. We move with a mindset we call CODE:
Committed to our customers and community.
Obsessed with quality.
Deliberate in our decisions.
Effective as one team.
With over $400M in revenue and profitable, fast-paced growth, we are building the backbone of the AI software revolution. If you’re hungry to have an impact, want to build at a fast pace, and are ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you.
Position description
Sonar is continuing to grow fast, and our ability to hire exceptional talent globally is core to that growth. We're looking for a Director, Head of Global Recruiting, based in our Austin, Texas HQ to lead the strategy, team, and systems behind talent acquisition worldwide. Reporting to the CHRO and working alongside our ELT, you'll lead a globally distributed recruiting team and partner with stakeholders in all our hubs from Singapore to Geneva. This is a role that spans strategy all the way to execution — we need a leader who can set the vision for a world-class recruiting function while personally owning a req load and staying close to the work. You'll bring deep, hands-on experience modernizing how recruiting teams operate with the newest technologies — not just using AI tools, but having rebuilt recruiting processes around them, and a genuine passion and track record for building a successful recruiting operation as the foundation of a scalable, high-performing talent function.
What you will do
Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed recruiting team, while personally owning a req load and leading searches directly — modeling the standard you expect from the team
Partner with stakeholders across every hub to ensure hiring strategy reflects the realities of each local market and business unit
Own requisition administration and management, partnering closely with FP&A on headcount planning, budget tracking, and forecasting against approved plan
Redesign and modernize recruiting processes and infrastructure, leveraging the newest technologies to fundamentally change how the TA function sources, assesses, and closes talent — not just layering AI tools onto existing workflows
Build recruiting operations as a true foundation for the function: process design, data infrastructure, reporting cadence, and systems that let the team scale without breaking
Lead full-cycle recruiting for a mix of highly technical engineering roles and high-growth B2B SaaS GTM roles, building talent-dense teams across both domains
Own recruiting metrics and reporting using data to drive continuous improvement
Partner with the Compensation Director to inform and align on competitive offers across global markets, bringing market intelligence to compensation strategy and decisions
Build strong partnership with HR Operations, working closely on visas/immigration, right-to-work verification, onboarding, and background checks to ensure a seamless candidate-to-employee transition
Build and evolve employer branding and talent marketing strategies to strengthen Sonar's positioning as a top destination for AI, engineering, and GTM talent
Own the recruiting technology stack (ATS, sourcing tools, assessment platforms) and lead evaluation and adoption of new tools as the team scales
Ensure compliance with local employment and hiring regulations across all global hub locations
Champion a consistent, high-quality candidate experience from first touch through offer and onboarding
Experience and qualifications
Have 10+ years of recruiting experience, including tenured experience running a high-performing team and function while directly owning a req load
Have wide and deep experience across both technical and non-technical recruiting — including highly technical engineering recruitment and building a talent-dense GTM division within a high-growth B2B SaaS company
Have proven, hands-on experience rebuilding a recruiting process using the newest technologies to fundamentally optimize how a TA team operates — deeper than prompting LLMs, this means having led the redesign itself
Have a strong background in recruiting operations, with a genuine passion for why recops is the foundation of a successful, scalable recruiting team
Have experience managing requisition administration and recruiting budgets, with a track record of close partnership with FP&A on headcount planning and forecasting
Have experience negotiating commercial terms and contracts with recruiting agencies, working closely with Procurement and Legal to drive value and manage vendor spend effectively
Have working knowledge of compensation practices across global markets, and can contribute meaningfully to compensation strategy in partnership with a Compensation Director
Have strong experience partnering with HR Operations on visas/immigration, right-to-work, onboarding, and background check processes
Have experience leading globally distributed recruiting teams and partnering with stakeholders across multiple international markets and time zones
Have demonstrated success operating as both a strategic leader and an individual contributor — comfortable setting vision and strategy while staying hands-on with sourcing and closing
Bring strong data fluency, with a track record of using recruiting metrics to drive decision-making and process improvement
Have experience partnering with senior executives and acting as a strategic advisor on talent and organizational planning
Have led employer branding or talent marketing initiatives that measurably improved candidate pipeline quality or volume
Bring excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and across cultures
Be based in, or willing to relocate to, Austin, Texas, with a commitment to the in-office collaboration model
Skills Required
- 10+ years of recruiting experience, including tenured experience running a high-performing team while directly owning a req load
- Broad experience across technical and non-technical recruiting, including technical engineering and B2B SaaS GTM hiring
- Hands-on experience redesigning recruiting processes using modern technologies and AI (beyond simple LLM prompting)
- Strong background in recruiting operations (process design, data infrastructure, reporting) as foundation for scaling TA
- Experience managing requisition administration, recruiting budgets, headcount planning, and forecasting in partnership with FP&A
- Experience negotiating commercial terms and contracts with recruiting agencies and managing vendor spend with Procurement and Legal
- Working knowledge of compensation practices across global markets and ability to contribute to compensation strategy
- Experience partnering with HR Operations on visas/immigration, right-to-work verification, onboarding, and background checks
- Experience leading globally distributed recruiting teams and partnering with stakeholders across multiple international hubs/time zones
- Demonstrated success operating as both strategic leader and individual contributor, able to set vision and stay hands-on
- Strong data fluency with a track record of using recruiting metrics to drive decisions and process improvement
- Experience partnering with senior executives and acting as a strategic advisor on talent and organizational planning
- Experience leading employer branding or talent marketing initiatives that improved candidate pipeline quality or volume
- Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders across cultures
- Be based in, or willing to relocate to, Austin, Texas, with commitment to the in-office collaboration model
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Sonar Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is broad and company‑subsidized for employees, with life and disability fully covered and telemedicine included. Additional options like an EAP and HSA/FSA expand the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is generous with a substantial baseline and additional days based on seniority, alongside sick leave and holidays where outlined. Company‑wide time off is also included.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave covers primary and secondary caregivers with a return‑to‑work program and onsite mother’s room. Company‑sponsored family events add further support for families.
Sonar Insights
What We Do
Sonar provides the essential verification layer for the AI-driven development era, ensuring all code—whether human-written or AI-generated—is code you can trust. Today, AI coding tools are generating explosive volumes of code. This has created an "engineering productivity paradox" : faster code writing doesn't automatically lead to faster, safer software delivery. The new bottleneck is verification. Sonar solves this. Integrating code quality and code security into a single platform (SonarQube), Sonar is the foundation for high performance software engineering, analyzing over 750 billion lines of code daily to ensure applications are secure, reliable, and maintainable. As an independent verification platform, Sonar enables organizations to securely develop at the speed of AI. 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 35 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by 7M+ developers worldwide, including ServiceNow, Booking.com, Deutsche Bank, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company. Sonar is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in Austin, Texas; Bochum, Germany; London, Singapore, and Tokyo. The company is rapidly growing with over 800 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, with 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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Sonar Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
At Sonar, we require employees to come into the office 3 days/week.
