Most Loved Workplace® Certified JobDirector, Global Head of Recruiting
Most Loved Workplace® Certified JobAbout the Role
At Sonar, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Computer Software space, The industry standard for code verification, trusted by 75% of Fortune 100..
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 Sonar 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.
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Systemic Collaboration
we have a clear vision and lead with transparency, anchored in our open source roots and commitment to our community. At our core, our mission is to improve the quality and security of all code while delivering an improved developer experience. As we grow, we will continue to drive towards this goal and solve the trillion-dollar challenge of bad code, and will continue to keep part of our solution open source and deliver great value through it.
Positive Vision for the Future
we are a mission-oriented company. At Sonar, 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. Sonar 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.
Alignment of Values
encouraging a culture that believes in the strength of people collaborating together and being empowered, which fosters happiness and performance at work.
Respect
recognizing that we are not just a team of experts in our own areas, but that we are Smarter Together (core value). We’re comfortable with creating and resolving problems collectively and take ownership of our own words to stimulate collaboration through constructive discussion. Feedback is at the heart of everything we do at Sonar, and it’s rooted in our co-responsibility principle and delivery model.
Killer Outcomes
practicing one of our core values of “Smarter Together”. We believe that no one is as smart as all of us working as one. We embrace the power of collective intelligence and diversity because we see it as a strength. We trust each other, listen first, communicate frankly, and deliver candid feedback. We consider every team member co-responsible for decisions and relations with others. We always try to have high-quality, equal relationships regardless of tenure, age, origin, and position. This collective energy allows us to reach a level of idea generation, problem-solving, and decision-making.
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