Staff Software Engineer (Java) at Sonar
Geneva
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Aug 11, 2026
Geneva
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Staff Engineer role on the Identity Squad at Sonar, responsible for architecting and delivering authentication and authorization systems that span cloud and self-managed products at scale (thousands of requests per second). The position involves hands-on technical leadership — from design through deployment — of IAM features, as well as mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and engineering leadership. It suits an experienced engineer with deep IAM domain knowledge and a background in Java-based, cloud-native systems.
Staff level · 8+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Full-time
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Roughly 45 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 20–70
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What the occupation pays Median $137,069 (middle half $106,287–$172,440).
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The alt SOC (11-3021, Computer and Information Systems Managers) is flagged because the role includes meaningful mentoring and cross-org leadership responsibilities; however, the primary day-to-day work is hands-on architecture and engineering, so 15-1252 is the better fit.
The posting lists multiple global hub cities (Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Washington D.C.) but does not specify which hub this particular role is posted for. Austin, TX is used as the CBSA given it is the first US city listed; the actual location may differ.
PostgreSQL is listed as an example ('such as Postgres') under a required qualifications section, so it is treated as a hard gate on relational database experience; alternatives reflect other common RDBMS peers.
'Proficiency in working with and steering AI coding tools (Codex, Claude, etc.)' appears in the required qualifications section. 'AI coding tools' is used as the skill name since no single canonical tool is mandated.
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