Software Technical Writer, Sonar
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Code verification for the AI era
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Code verification for the AI era
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable developers and development teams to write clean code and remediate existing code organically, so that they can focus on the work they love and maximize the value they generate for businesses.
Role
Who you are
- Proven track record of creating technical content for developer audiences (provide portfolio/examples)
- Fluency in a docs-as-code workflow: Markdown or similar markup, Git (branching, PRs, rebasing), and working inside a repo as a first-class collaborator
- Strong software development or DevOps background with proficiency in some programming languages
- Comfort using AI tools (Claude, Codex, Copilot, etc.) to augment your workflow, with a clear-eyed approach to validating AI-generated content
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to ship documentation alongside features
- Strong instinct for information architecture: you know the difference between a tutorial, a how-to, a reference, and a concept and when to use them
Desirable
- Solid understanding of DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines
- Experience writing documentation for the agentic SDLC
- Experience with code quality, security, and testing concepts including SAST, DAST, code coverage, and vulnerability management
- Demonstrated ability to read, write, and debug code — whether through writing verified code samples in technical articles, a background as a developer or software engineer, or equivalent hands-on experience
What the job involves
- Plan, write, and maintain high-quality documentation for developer audiences: getting-started guides, how-tos, conceptual explanations, and release notes
- Work in a docs-as-code workflow — authoring in Markdown, submitting PRs, reviewing diffs, and running docs through the same CI pipeline as code
- Use AI tools to accelerate research, drafting, and content auditing — and take full ownership of the quality and accuracy of the output
- Collaborate with engineers to document new features accurately and on time, often working from specs, early builds, and code review comments
- Verify, and maintain code samples (in languages relevant to our integrations) to ensure they compile, run, and stay current with product changes
- Audit and improve existing documentation for accuracy, completeness, structure, and voice
- Help evolve the team's style guide, information architecture, and content standards
- Mentor other writers and serve as a technical resource for docs-adjacent questions from engineering
Salary benchmarks
Our take
It has been reported that bug-prone software costs enterprises close to $3T every year, and with developers now handling higher volumes of code than ever, Sonar’s products automatically ensure that only clean code is embedded when they update software.
The company was founded in Switzerland in 2008, and has become a market leading platform for code quality control. While its first decade was encouraging, the period from 2018 and today has been an astounding period of hyper growth.
It has earned Unicorn status, opened up offices across Europe, as well as in the US and Asia, and counts the likes of NASA, Microsoft, and IBM amongst its customer base. Indeed, the vast majority of the Fortune 100 use Sonar.
With its position at the head of the market established, Sonar is aiming to expand its headcount and continue its momentum, especially in the US and Asia-Pacific, where the tech industry is booming
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2022
$412m
LATE VC
Nov 2016
$47.3m
LATE VC
Total funding: $459.3m
Company benefits
- Flexibility to work from home 2 days a week on Wednesdays and Fridays
- Pension: Sonar UK contributes 50% of the total costs, which amounts to 5% of your gross salary for saving. Employees contribute the other 5%
- Health Insurance: Sonar covers 100% of the employee premiums for medical, dental, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) plans through BUPA
- Time Off: 28 PTO days, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances
- Commuting: we will reimburse 60% towards the cost of an annual public transport pass
Company HQ
Vernier, GE
Leadership
Tariq Shaukat
(CEO)Previously a President and Advisor to the CEO/Board of Directors at Bumble. He also spent 4 years at Google as the President of Google Cloud and 4 years at Caesars Entertainment as CCO.
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