Site Reliability Engineering Lead (f/m/d)

About the Position

Site Reliability Engineering Lead (f/m/d)

Bochum, Germany

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 leading AI tools, 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Engineers (Cloud Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers), providing guidance, support, and mentorship.
• Hold yourself and your team accountable to high engineering standards, focusing on system reliability, performance, and security.
• Manage the team’s operational workload, including on-call health, incident response, and automation.
• Foster a culture of feedback and continuous improvement, encouraging blameless post-mortems and sharing architectural insights.
• Collaborate with other squads to ensure the production platform meets developer needs while maintaining strict governance.
• Communicate a clear vision for the squad that aligns with the platform engineering roadmap.
• Partner with the Hiring team to recruit talented Engineers and improve the hiring process.
• Lead by example, modeling behaviors of servant leadership and high-stakes decision-making.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a significant focus on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Operational Mindset: Deep understanding of the DevOps/SRE mindset, including experience managing mission-critical shared services.
• Cloud Expertise: Advanced knowledge of AWS (or similar providers) and experience managing organizational-scale infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience with coding lifecycle in an infrastructure context and rigorous code reviews for infrastructure components.
• Observability & Resiliency: Proven experience defining observability patterns and designing Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity strategies.
• Agile & FinOps: Experience with Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of cloud cost optimization.

We Offer

• Pension Scheme: 1st Pillar (Unterstützungskasse): Automatic, financed by Sonar, 3% of gross salary.
• Pension Scheme: 2nd Pillar (bAV): Voluntary, 15% contribution by Sonar from social security savings.
• 28 PTO days for employees based out of the Geneva region, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
• Public transport reimbursement of 60% for annual subscription.
• Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
• Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities.
• Annual kick-off event to build relationships and set company goals.

Salary Range

€105,000 - €160,000 a year

About the Company

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.

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

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.