Forward Deployed Engineer, ML

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 Company 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, 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 ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you.

Position description

As one of Sonar's first Forward Deployed AI Engineers, you will be the primary technical architect for how our most strategic enterprise clients and partners implement and deploy AI Development Life Cycle (AI-SDLC) solutions. You will establish the standard for organizations demanding quality, security, performance, and cost-efficiency from their AI coding workflows, translating Sonar's tooling into measurable outcomes and driving rapid market adoption through proven, production-grade client success.

What you will do

• Define & Champion the AI Development Life Cycle: Partner with engineering and platform teams to establish a repeatable AI-SDLC framework - from prompt engineering and code generation through review, testing, and production deployment. Identify where governance, quality gates, and security checks must be embedded to keep AI-assisted development trustworthy at scale.
• Sonar Integration & Enablement: Lead hands-on integration of Sonar products into customer CI/CD pipelines and AI-assisted workflows. With internal R&D in the loop, design implementations you will own end-to-end - integrating, optimizing, and productionizing within the client's existing ecosystem. Configure rules, quality profiles, and security policies aligned to each customer's risk tolerance and development maturity.
• Code Quality & Security Guidance: Advise customers on eliminating technical debt and vulnerabilities surfaced by AI-generated code. Translate Sonar findings into developer-friendly workflows that catch issues early - before they reach production - without slowing delivery velocity.
• AI Token Cost Management: Help customers instrument and optimize their AI toolchain spend. Define context strategies, caching patterns, and quality gates that reduce redundant generation cycles, keeping token consumption predictable and tied to business value.
• Customer Modernization Advisory: Assess current development practices and roadmap a phased transition to AI-native workflows. Deliver workshops, architecture reviews, and executive briefings that build organizational buy-in and accelerate time-to-value.
• **Build Reusable Deploymen