Sonar’s industry-leading solution enables developers and development teams to write clean code and remediate existing code organically, so they can focus on the work they love and maximize the value they generate for businesses. Its open source and commercial solutions – SonarLint, SonarCloud, and SonarQube – support 30 programming languages. Trusted by more than 400,000 organizations globally, Sonar is considered integral to delivering better software.

The impact you can have

We are looking for Product UX Designers with at least 4 years of product design experience, and experience designing for complex enterprise applications and/or developer tools.

SonarSource products are used by millions of developers worldwide. By joining us as a Product UX Designer, you will solve real user problems and work on meaningful interactions that help coding professionals do their best work every day. 

We are an ambitious company whose mission is to bring higher code quality and code security to all development teams. We are experiencing high growth and we need a best-in-class user experience to sustain rapid increase in user adoption and retention.

You will be part of a UX Team fully dedicated to our products. We are a team of designers and researchers that strive to create exemplary user experiences. We value collaboration, continuous improvement, and autonomy. We prioritize progress and small increments over perfection. We design for complex systems and we master the art of making informed trade-offs. 

You will design interactions for a highly technical audience and for a wide variety of use cases. From helping a developer find bugs inside a large code file, to helping a tech lead evaluate the health of his projects at a single glance. 

You will build meaningful relationships with our Open Source community of users, and with our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and product managers. You will contribute to our team's ways of working, and you will have the opportunity to build design awareness across the organization. 

On a daily basis, you will

• Shape the new features of our products to deliver ambitious roadmaps
• Practice the art of design iteration and produce high quality design deliverables that solve complex user problems
• Support the continuous improvement effort by identifying UX issues and committing to fix them
• Engage with our community of users and animate internal discussions around product improvement
• Team-up with designers and researchers, collaborate with product managers, marketers and engineers
• Contribute to the design system, striving for consistency of components and interaction principles
• Give and appropriately receive design feedback
• Help the UX Team grow in its organization, tools, and processes

The skills you will demonstrate

• You have a minimum of 4 years of experience as a Product UX Designer
• Experience in designing complex enterprise applications and/or developer tools
• You have a track record of successful Product Design contributions
• You are organized and demonstrate autonomy in leading or contributing to multiple design projects
• You master the art of high quality crafts and can produce clean design deliverables
• You want to design for a complex product with technical users who have continually evolving needs
• You enjoy getting involved in complex discussions. You have experience balancing trade-offs, and navigating multiple streams of feedback
• You are comfortable with agile practices and principles. You value small delivery increments.
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills. Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• You’re a lifelong learner, curious to explore new approaches




These qualifications will help you stand out

• Technical background with experience in programming
• Experience in a well established design team, or navigating in a fast growing design team




Please share with us case studies of your most meaningful work. Applications without work samples cannot be moved forward through our process.

Office location

SonarSource is a company with offices in Geneva (Switzerland), Annecy (France), Bochum (Germany), and Austin (Texas). The role can be based in either office. We can consider Remote work on a case by case basis. 

Words from the Team

The UX Team at SonarSource is in charge of building great experiences for our technical users. We’re hiring 6 design professionals this year, as SonarSource is growing rapidly. We’re looking forward to meeting and onboarding new talents.

We are passionate about product design, accessibility and building a better product experience for our users. We have a variety of backgrounds and skill sets and work together to support each other and grow as individuals. We welcome you as you are. Join us in building exemplary user experiences at SonarSource!

Why you will love it here

• Safe work culture - we value respect, kindness, and the right to fail.

• Flexible hours - we schedule our days in order to be effective at work, while also being able to enjoy life’s important moments.

• Great people - we value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly and laid back. Still, that does not prevent us to be passionate leaders in our domains. Our 300+ SonarSourcers from 33 different nationalities can relate!

• Work-life balance - keeping a healthy work-life balance is important. This is why we have a hybrid work policy and some people prefer working some days from home.

• Always keep learning - in an ever-changing industry, learning new skills is a must, and we're happy to help our team to acquire them.

What we do

Sonar was started by a team of developers that wanted to change the way code is built in an agile development process. The company was created to develop the open-source tool SonarQube, which is now the standard in code quality management with over 350,000 instances deployed today. Every day we are focused on solving developers’ next big problem.

Who we are

At Sonar we believe in people, excellence, and delivery. We’re a team of problem solvers and overachievers who seek out others who are also passionate and relentless in their respective missions. We want to work with people who are ready to fasten their seat belts and be part of an incredible ride. We work hard not because we’re told to, but because we genuinely love what we do and do what we love. If there’s one main message we want you to remember about us, it’s that we push others to be best in class at whatever they do: choose your battle, innovate, take risks, and lead change. Join us; we’ll be smarter and stronger together.

If this sounds like you, apply now!