Senior Product Designer — AI-Driven Code Quality & UX

SonarSource; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

SonarSource in the United States (San Mateo area) is seeking a passionate, seasoned product designer to join our Product Design team. You will shape the experience of our developer and AI agent users as they build the software of the future, ensuring better, safer code and a cohesive design across the platform.

You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to meet outcomes, mentor fellow designers, and advance design processes while leveraging AI tools to accelerate research and

Qualifications

• Experience organizing complex environments into logical structures and mapping user journeys that minimize friction.
• Curiosity and practical experience using AI tools to accelerate research, ideation and design velocity.
• Self-starter mindset with the drive to identify UX gaps and propose structural improvements without prompting.
• Ability to articulate design decisions and the 'why' behind them to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort working in a cross-functional environment where feedback is shared openly and success is a team effort.
• Delivery mindset. Your role does not end when the design is handed off.
• Track record of driving design strategy and establishing patterns that scale beyond your immediate squad.
• Familiarity with software development workflows, the SDLC, or CS background.
• Experience designing AI workflows or agent-driven experiences is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead product design across your squad, setting design direction and raising the bar for craft, quality, and strategic thinking.
• Build for AI agents as first class users. You won't just be designing a compelling experience for human users, you will also ensure that the product works exceptionally well for our silicon-based users too!
• Integrate AI into every stage of your design workflow, leveraging it to accelerate research synthesis, automate repetitive tasks, and explore high-fidelity prototypes more efficiently.
• Listen to our users and customers to understand their needs. Develop a deep understanding of the SDLC and how we can enable developers and AI agents to produce better quality software.
• Work closely with other product designers to ensure a cohesive information architecture and a unified experience across the entire product platform.
• Align with your product manager on problem definition, providing design solutions throughout the end-to-end development stage.
• Partner with engineering teams early in the design process to vet technical feasibility and uncover edge cases.
• Mentor fellow designers through critique, pairing, and feedback — actively investing in the team's growth and raising collective craft.
• Shape and advance the Product Design team's processes, tools, and collaborative frameworks — not just contributing to them, but taking genuine ownership of their evolution.
• Have the opportunity to work and experiment daily with a variety of AI tools and models, doing real work.

Skills

AI workflows

Cross-functional

Design leadership

UX research

Design decisions

Mentoring

SDLC familiarity

Job description

SonarSource in the United States (San Mateo area) is seeking a passionate, seasoned product designer to join our Product Design team. You will shape the experience of our developer and AI agent users as they build the software of the future, ensuring better, safer code and a cohesive design across the platform.

You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to meet outcomes, mentor fellow designers, and advance design processes while leveraging AI tools to accelerate research and