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SonarSource is seeking a Senior Recruiter based in San Mateo to lead full-cycle recruitment across technical, GTM, and G&A roles. The company is the leader in AI code verification and governance, serving over 75% of the Fortune 100 with products like SonarQube and SonarQube Foundation Agent. This role is critical to integrating and scaling the recently acquired Gitar team and establishing SonarSource's first dedicated recruiting presence in the Bay Area office.
You will own full-cycle recruitment from intake to close, partnering directly with engineering leaders and senior stakeholders across global hubs (Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, San Mateo, Singapore, Tokyo, Washington D.C.) to identify, attract, and close exceptional talent. As the go-to recruiter for the West Coast, you'll flex with business priorities—whether recruiting for engineering, GTM, or other functions—while maintaining recruiting excellence and acting as a strategic talent partner, not just an administrator.
Key responsibilities include: owning full-cycle recruitment for technical roles supporting Gitar integration; partnering with engineering leaders to build hiring strategies aligned to business priorities; leading technical hiring for the newly acquired team while defining role scope and calibrating technical bars; proactively sourcing and building robust talent pipelines across technical functions; selling Sonar's mission to passive candidates as a trusted advisor and closer; managing high-volume concurrent searches across multiple functions and levels; and identifying opportunities to improve or automate recruiting workflows as the function scales.
The company operates with a CODE mindset (Committed, Obsessed with quality, Deliberate, Effective) and is in high-growth mode with over $400M in revenue and profitable growth. Three anchor days (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays) create the collaboration rhythm for the office culture. Candidates must be genuinely based in San Mateo; relocation support is available for the right person.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Significant experience as a full-cycle recruiter with proven track record recruiting for technical/engineering roles
- Deep knowledge of Bay Area and US talent market; ability to advise on compensation benchmarks, market trends, and competitive positioning for engineering and GTM talent
- Strong recruiting operations instincts: comfortable owning ATS data integrity, pipeline reporting, and process documentation without dedicated ops support
- Proven experience working with global companies and stakeholders across different regions and time zones
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills; ability to build trust and influence senior leaders and executives
- Strong, proactive sourcing background with hunter instincts; comfortable building pipeline from scratch across disciplines
- Strong selling skills; ability to pitch opportunities compellingly and close passive candidates in competitive markets
- Owner-operator mindset: self-directed, resourceful, comfortable driving results with minimal oversight
- Experience recruiting in fast-paced, high-growth environments, ideally including M&A integration or newly acquired team support
- Exceptional written and verbal communication across all organizational levels and technical/business audiences
- Ability to manage high volume of open roles simultaneously across functions without sacrificing quality or candidate experience
- Prior experience recruiting in AI, dev tools, or enterprise software space (preferred, not required)
