Manager, Customer Success Engineering

SonarSource; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

SonarSource is seeking a Manager, Customer Solutions Engineering to lead Sonar's Austin CSE hub. This founding leadership role will hire, develop, and inspire a team of Customer Solutions Engineers, establishing the operating culture and execution rhythm for the hub, while ensuring outstanding technical outcomes for Mid-Market and Enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with Field Engineering, Sales, Product, and Support to set standards that earn customer trust at scale, driving retention

Qualifications

• 8+ years in customer-facing technical roles such as Solutions Engineering or Technical Account Management.
• 3+ years in people management or team leadership.
• Proven ability to build and scale high-performing technical teams in hubs/greenfield offices or startups.
• Deep fluency in modern software development practices—CI/CD, code quality, DevSecOps, and AI-assisted SLDC.
• Strong business acumen and experience managing Enterprise/Mid-Market portfolios and executive stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Austin CSE Hub: recruit, onboard, and develop a high-performing team of Customer Solutions Engineers; set culture and execution standards from day one.
• Drive customer outcomes at scale: own technical health, product adoption, and value realization across Mid-Market and Enterprise accounts.
• Coach and develop your team: conduct 1:1s, career conversations, and performance reviews; foster continuous learning in CI/CD and Sonar platform expertise.
• Establish hub operations: define workflows, escalation paths, and cross-region collaboration with global teams.
• Partner cross-functionally: align with Sales, Product, and Support leadership on priorities and customer challenges.
• Represent Sonar's technical leadership externally: engage with key customers and executives as escalation point and trusted advisor.
• Shape the team charter: define roles, hiring plan, and structure to scale the Austin hub.

Skills

Solutions Engineering

People management

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Enterprise accounts

Job description

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

We are looking for a Manager, Customer Solutions Engineering to lead and build Sonar's Austin CSE hub. This is a founding leadership role: you will hire, develop, and inspire a team of Customer Solutions Engineers (CSEs), establish the operating culture and execution rhythm of the hub, and ensure the Austin CSE team delivers outstanding technical outcomes for Sonar's Mid-Market and Enterprise customers. You will work closely with Field Engineering leadership and cross-functional partners across Sales, Product, and Support to set the standard for how Sonar earns its customers’ love — at scale.

What You'll do:

• Build and lead the Austin CSE Hub: Recruit, onboard, and develop a high-performing team of Customer Solutions Engineers. Set the culture, operating norms, and execution standards for the hub from day one, creating an environment where people grow fast and customers feel it.
• Drive customer outcomes at scale: Own the technical health, product adoption, and value realization metrics across the hub's customer portfolio — spanning Mid-Market and Enterprise accounts — ensuring retention and expansion goals are met.
• Coach and develop your team: Conduct regular 1:1s, career development conversations, and performance reviews. Cultivate a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence in CI/CD, Agentic SLDC practices, and Sonar platform expertise.
• Establish hub operations: Define workflows, escalation paths, and collaboration rhythms that connect the team seamlessly with global counterparts in Austin, Bochum, Geneva, London, and beyond.
• Partner cross-functionally: Serve as the voice of the hub in strategic planning, product feedback loops, and go-to-market initiatives. Work closely with Sales, Product, and Support leadership to align on priorities and resolve systemic customer challenges.
• Represent Sonar's technical leadership externally: Engage with key customers and executives as an escalation point, trusted advisor, and advocate — reinforcing Sonar's value proposition at the highest levels.
• Shape the team charter: Define the roles, hiring plan, and team structure needed to scale the hub in alignment with Sonar's growth trajectory.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bring 8+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering, Customer Success Engineering, Technical Account Management, or similar customer-facing technical roles, with at least 3 years in a people management or team lead capacity.
• Have a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing technical teams, ideally in a hub, greenfield office, or startup environment.
• Demonstrate deep technical fluency in modern software development practices — CI/CD pipelines, code quality, DevSecOps, and Agentic/AI-assisted SLDC — sufficient to coach CSEs and engage credibly with enterprise engineering leaders.
• Possess exceptional leadership and coaching skills, with the ability to motivate diverse teams, develop individual career paths, and hold a high bar for execution.
• Have strong business acumen and customer empathy, with experience managing complex Enterprise and Mid-Market customer portfolios and navigating executive stakeholder relationships.
• Be fluent in English; proficiency in Spanish or other European languages is a plus.
• Be based in, or willing to relocate to, Austin.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and embody Sonar's CODE values: Committed, Obsessed with quality, Deliberate, and Effective.

In-office culture

We're intentional about this. We believe the best teams are built in the room together. Three anchor days — Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays — create the collaboration rhythm that makes a hub office worth having.

Candidates need to be genuinely based in the location the role is posted — if that's not where you are today, we're happy to support relocation for the right person.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion

At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

If you need any accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail].

All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.