Sonar

HQ
Austin
800 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2008
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What's the Company Culture Like at Sonar?

Sonar Employee Reviews

I'm fortunate to work for a high growth company filled with people who are collaborative, intentional, and fun to be around. We solve problems and celebrate our successes together, all while not taking ourselves too seriously. Come make an impact!
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Manager, Commercial Expansion
Elizabeth, Manager, Commercial Expansion

The best part of my job at Sonar is getting to tell a story I genuinely believe in. We have a vital mission to help developers build high-quality, secure software. This purpose creates an energetic, collaborative culture that makes it exciting to come to work.

Katie
Katie, Senior Integrated Communications Manager
Katie, Senior Integrated Communications Manager
Sonar has an incredible combination of powerful products, an international and collaborative work culture, and unique business positioning. I've never felt like my entire skill set was utilized and pushed as fully as it is in my role here!
Jeff
Jeff, Sales Engineering Lead
Jeff, Sales Engineering Lead

What People Are Saying About Sonar

  • Collaborative & Supportive Culture: Team-based organization with minimal hierarchy and a 'Smarter Together' ethos emphasizes shared ownership, candid feedback, and collective problem-solving. Global, inclusive posture and an in-person collaboration rhythm are positioned to strengthen cohesion and support.
  • Innovation & Creativity: Safety to experiment via a 'right to fail' and continuous improvement encourages thoughtful risk-taking and iteration. Using their own tools ('dogfooding') and rapid cycles keep experimentation close to users and outcomes.
  • Learning & Knowledge Sharing: Regular demos, rapid feedback loops, and internal forums are highlighted as mechanisms to surface work early and learn across teams. Mentorship, training, and open knowledge-sharing are presented as part of how work gets done.

Sonar's Benefits

Established employee awards to honor work and contributions

Offers company-sponsored happy hours

Offers company-sponsored outings

Offers team workouts

We enjoy running (Run Club), joining various athletics classes together, etc. We also have on-site lockers/showers if needed.

Provides access to an onsite gym

Provides onsite meditation space

Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community

Sonar holds a yearly volunteer event at each office, SonarServes, which is designed to give back to our communities, strengthen our teams, and demonstrate Sonar's commitment to social responsibility.

Provides recreational clubs

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Hosts in-person all-hands meetings

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility

Offers a remote work program

Utilizes a flexible work schedule

Utilizes a hybrid work model

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