Senior Product Designer

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Austin, TX, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Security • Software
Sonar is the trust & verification layer for AI and agentic coding, and the industry standard for automated code review.
The Role
Join the Product Design team at Sonar to shape code security products. Collaborate with managers and engineers, optimize user experiences, and advocate for intuitive design solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In
Who is Sonar?

Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development. As the leader in AI code review and verification, 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, 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 ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you.


Position description
Sonar is looking for a passionate product design generalist to join our Product Design team, which owns the experience for our robust platform of code quality and security products. You will belong to the Code Security product area, where you’ll help ensure that our developer and agent users write more secure code and have a seamless experience in the product. 
 
You will work closely with Product Management and Engineering to ensure that the proposed solutions meet the expected outcome and that we collectively deliver the best products to help development teams write better and more secure code. You will also collaborate with other designers and researchers across the organization, ensuring consistency and contributing to best practices.

What you will do

  • Contribute to the Sonar Advanced Security product design vision and advocate for a world-class user experience.
  • Research, map, and architect complex user workflows to ensure our code security solutions are intuitive and highly functional.
  • Integrate AI into every stage of your design workflow, leveraging it to accelerate research synthesis, automate repetitive tasks, and explore high-fidelity prototypes more efficiently.
  • Listen to our users and customers to understand their needs. Develop a deep understanding of code security and how we can enable developers to write more secure software.
  • Work closely with other product designers to ensure a cohesive information architecture and a unified experience across the entire product platform.
  • Align with your product manager on problem definition, providing design solutions throughout the end-to-end development stage.
  • Partner with engineering teams early in the design process to vet technical feasibility and uncover edge cases.
  • Help the Product Design team grow by contributing to our design processes, tools, and collaborative frameworks.

Experience and qualifications

  • Experience organizing data-heavy environments into logical structures and mapping user journeys that minimize friction.
  • Demonstrated curiosity and practical experience using AI tools to accelerate research, ideation and design velocity.
  • A self-starter mindset with the drive to identify UX gaps and propose structural improvements without being prompted.
  • Ability to articulate design decisions and the "why" behind them to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Comfort working in a cross-functional environment where feedback is shared openly and success is a team effort.
  • Delivery mindset. Your role does not end when the design is handed off.
  • Bonus points if you have a technical background in engineering or security.

Benefits of Working with Sonar:

  • Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package.
  • We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations. 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.
  • 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.
  • Monthly catered events, and team events

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 [email protected]

All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date. 

We do not currently support visa candidates in the US. 

Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.

Skills Required

  • Experience organizing data-heavy environments into logical structures and mapping user journeys
  • Demonstrated curiosity and practical experience using AI tools
  • Ability to articulate design decisions to stakeholders
  • Comfort working in a cross-functional environment
  • Delivery mindset throughout the design process
  • Technical background in engineering or security (bonus)

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Sonar Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth PTO is positioned at 23 days for U.S. employees with additional days added at 5 and 10 years. Time off is highlighted as a strong aspect of the package.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with a 4% company match that vests from day one provides clear long‑term savings support.
  • Healthcare Strength Employer contributions are described at roughly 90% of employee premiums (about 60% for dependents) for medical, dental, and vision, alongside employer‑paid life and disability insurance.

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
800 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

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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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

At Sonar, we require employees to come into the office 3 days/week.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
HQAustin, TX office
Geneva Office (HQ)
Annecy Office
Bochum Office
London Office
Singapore Office
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