Senior Recruiter (Tech & Non-Tech)

Sonar

Driving the future of agent-centric software development, Sonar solves 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.

Position Description

Sonar is looking for a Senior Recruiter based in San Mateo to lead full-cycle recruitment across both technical, GTM and G&A roles. This role will help integrate and scale the Gitar team following our acquisition, and will be our first recruiter in our Bay Area office.

• Partner closely with hiring managers and senior stakeholders across the globe (including our CRO based in London; CEO & Founder of Gitar in San Mateo, CEO and CHRO in ATX) to identify, attract, and close exceptional talent spanning all our divisions across tech and non-tech.
• Own full-cycle recruitment—from intake to close—for both technical and GTM roles supporting the Gitar integration and our sales organization.
• Lead technical hiring for the newly acquired Gitar team, working closely with engineering managers to define role scope, calibrate technical bars, and integrate new hires smoothly.
• Work with our GTM Recruiting Manager to build out our AI-native GTM organization, partnering with sales leadership to identify and close top sales, sales engineering, and customer-facing talent.
• Act as a hands-on hunter: proactively source and build robust talent pipelines across both technical and commercial functions, rather than relying solely on inbound applications.
• Sell Sonar's mission and opportunity to passive candidates, acting as a trusted advisor and closer throughout the hiring process.
• Manage a high volume of concurrent searches across multiple functions and levels while maintaining a high bar for candidate experience and quality of hire.
• Identify opportunities to improve or automate recruiting workflows, from sourcing outreach to interview scheduling, so the function scales efficiently as hiring volume grows.

Experience And Qualifications

The ideal candidate will:

• Have significant experience as a full-cycle recruiter, with a proven track record recruiting for both technical/engineering roles and GTM/sales roles.
• Bring deep knowledge of the Bay Area and US talent market to advise stakeholders on compensation benchmarks, market trends, and competitive positioning for both engineering and GTM talent.
• Have strong recruiting operations instincts—comfortable owning ATS data integrity, pipeline reporting, and process documentation without needing a dedicated ops function to lean on.
• Proven experience working with global companies and stakeholders across different regions and time zones.
• Demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and influence senior leaders, including executives.
• Bring strong "selling" skills—able to pitch opportunities compellingly and close passive candidates in competitive markets.
• Operate with an owner-operator mindset: self-directed, resourceful, and comfortable driving results with minimal oversight.
• Have experience recruiting in fast-paced, high-growth environments, ideally including experience supporting M&A integration or newly acquired teams.
• Communicate with exceptional clarity, both written and verbal, across all levels of an organization and across technical and business audiences.
• Be comfortable managing a high volume of open roles simultaneously across functions without sacrificing quality or candidate experience.
• Have prior experience recruiting in the AI, dev tools, or enterprise software space (preferred, not required).