SonarQube - Java Backend Developer in Bochum bei SonarSource

SonarSource provides world-class solutions for continuous code quality. Our open-source and commercial products (SonarLint, SonarCloud, SonarQube) help developers and organizations of all sizes to manage the quality & security of their code, and ultimately deliver better software. SonarSource solutions support development in 25+ programming languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, COBOL and many more. With over 6,000 customers including eBay, Thales, BMW and used by more than 200,000 organizations globally, SonarSource products are the preferred and most trusted solutions on the market.

The impact you can have

As a member of the SonarQube team, you'll be a key player in making SonarQube the best tool for Code Quality and Security, providing new features that help our users write better software, and delivering a high quality and amazingly powerful and popular open-source product.

You will have the opportunity to see your features coming to life in Production, with short iteration loops. Having the roadmap and business priorities in mind, you will be able to choose what you focus on.

On a daily basis, you will

• Develop new features and maintain existing ones in SonarQube
• Work with Product Managers and UX designers to specify new features
• Work with agile methodologies
• Interact with our community on our product forum to support them and integrate their feedback
• Contribute to the definition of the team’s short and long term goals

The skills you will demonstrate

• Developing in Java with clean and maintainable code, having design patterns and architecture in mind
• Doing constructive code reviews
• Design APIs and third-party integrations
• Good knowledge of relational databases
• Implementing features using functional increments, with a short feedback loop
• Taking initiative and having the ability to lead a subject from beginning to end
• Open-minded and very positive can-do attitude
• Comfortable in dealing with change and complexity
• Being able to explain complex technical subjects to non-technical colleagues
• Self-confident enough to challenge the status quo as well as to give & receive feedback, following radical candor guidelines
  

Office location

In addition to our main office in Geneva, this position is also available remotely, as long as there is a substantial overlap with the Geneva workday (i.e. available between Central European Time +/- 2 hours).

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Words from the team

As a team, we build best-in-class software and add technical capabilities to max out other teams' contributions to the product, in order to deliver the SonarQube roadmap in a timely manner. We manage to cut dependencies, as we are collaborating with Backend and Frontend developers, UX designers, a Documentation geek, a Release Engineer and a DevOps specialist.

By best-in-class software, we mean our software should be robust, secure, scalable, operable, maintainable, usable and reliable.

By joining us, you will be part of an autonomous team that has a direct impact on the product, that owns and defines its best way of building cool things and having fun together, and that is always evolving.

Come meet us!

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, this is why some people prefer to work from home one day per week.
• 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 200+ SonarSourcers from 27 different nationalities can relate!
• Work-life balance:
  keeping a healthy work-life balance is important while also being able to enjoy life’s important moments.
• 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

SonarSource 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 190,000 instances deployed today. Every day we are focused on solving developers’ next big problem.

Who we are

At SonarSource we believe in people, excellence, and delivery. We’re a team of problem solvers and overachievers who seek