Sonar

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Enterprise Software, Data & AnalyticsIndustries

Job Description: Site Reliability Engineer (SonarCloud)

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Onsite (Bochum, Germany)
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified

SonarCloud is an online service that eliminates bugs and vulnerabilities, and champions quality code in the software development process. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability and performance of SonarCloud, a standard product integrated with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps. The team is re-architecting SonarCloud to a pure cloud-native application, and the Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for implementing scalable services, automating operations, and optimizing service quality. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with a talented team and contribute to a mission-driven product used by millions.

Requirements

  • Not specified

Responsibilities

  • Work with Software Engineers, Cloud Platform Engineers, Release Engineers, Security Officers, and other SREs to ensure SonarCloud reliability and performance meet customer needs.
  • Participate in designing and implementing features and observability best practices.
  • Fully responsible for operating the AWS infrastructure owned by your squad.
  • Monitor and proactively maintain SonarCloud's Service Levels (availability, scalability, and performance).
  • Respond to and own alerts, troubleshoot issues, and mitigate incidents.
  • Analyze abnormal trends in SLI, breached SLOs, and trigger actions.
  • Enhance the monitoring and observability tools (CFN and CDK python) and own implementation of four golden signals across the SonarCloud platform (Latency, Traffic, Errors and Saturation).
  • Maintain operational documentation.
  • Support the customer-facing operations.

Company Information

  • Company: Sonar
  • Culture: Dynamic, collaborative, with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany.
  • Mission: Provide solutions that deliver Clean Code.
  • Product: SonarCloud – an online service for eliminating bugs and vulnerabilities and championing quality code.
  • Technology: Cloud-native application composed of multiple services, leveraging AWS, CFN, and CDK.

Skills

AWS
Python
CFN
CDK
Observability
Monitoring
Troubleshooting
Incident Management
Scalability
Automation
Cloud-Native
SLI
SLO

Sonar

Tools for code quality and security

About Sonar

SonarSource provides tools aimed at improving code quality and security for software developers. Its main products include SonarLint, an IDE plugin that gives real-time feedback on code quality; SonarQube, a self-managed solution for comprehensive code analysis and reporting; and SonarCloud, a cloud-based service that offers similar features with the convenience of cloud management. SonarSource operates on a subscription-based model, allowing clients to access its tools through annual subscriptions or usage-based pricing for cloud services. The company serves over 400,000 organizations worldwide, emphasizing the importance of writing clean, maintainable, and secure code. SonarSource's goal is to promote the philosophy of "Clean Code," which enhances the efficiency of development teams and improves the security and reliability of software applications.

Vernier, SwitzerlandHeadquarters
2008Year Founded
$444.6MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours
Hybrid Work Options
Professional Development Budget

Risks

Tidelift acquisition may cause integration challenges, disrupting Sonar's operations.
Cultural challenges may affect the partnership with Adactin in Australia.
New distribution agreement with QBS Software may lead to channel conflicts.

Differentiation

SonarSource supports over 30 programming languages, offering broad compatibility for developers.
SonarLint provides real-time feedback in IDEs, enhancing code quality during development.
SonarQube and SonarCloud offer comprehensive code analysis, ensuring high standards for codebases.

Upsides

Sonar's acquisition of Tidelift enhances its open source software security capabilities.
Partnership with Adactin expands Sonar's reach in the Australian market.
Integration with AI-driven tools boosts Sonar's code quality assessment efficiency.

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