Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Code Plane [IC5]

Who We Are

Our mission is to bring clarity and control to the world's most complex codebases. AI is accelerating code creation, but the infrastructure to understand, oversee, and evolve that code hasn't kept pace. Sourcegraph gives engineering organizations full visibility across their systems, precise context for their agents, and the ability to execute coordinated code changes at scale. As agentic development becomes the dominant engineering paradigm, we provide the context layer teams need to take control of their codebase.

With Code Search, Deep Search, MCP, and Agentic Batch Changes, we deliver on that mission today—giving engineering teams and their AI tools the cross-repo context to navigate massive codebases with confidence, and the ability to make changes across hundreds of repositories at once.

Companies like Stripe, Reddit, and Leidos rely on Sourcegraph to ship faster and with higher quality. We're backed by a16z, Sequoia, and Redpoint, and proud to operate as a globally distributed team that values high agency, direct communication, and customer love.

Location & Working Hours

While we hire almost anywhere in the world, we have a preference for candidates located in:

• Europe
• East Coast USA

Regardless of location, working hours must overlap with CEST for at least 20 hours/week.

Why This Role is Exciting

The Code Plane team owns the Sourcegraph products that help developers—and the agents working on their behalf—take action on code at scale across the world's largest codebases. Think “data plane” and “control plane” for enterprise code: the surfaces where intent becomes code changes across hundreds or thousands of repositories.

This team builds products that use AI and products for AI. We are hiring a technical leader around whom this team rallies to set technical and product direction, drive the roadmap, and keep the team moving forward.

Core Surface Areas

• Batch Changes: Our battle-tested execution layer for massive cross-repo changes.
• Agentic Batch Changes: Frontier agent orchestration for large-scale code modifications across thousands of repositories.
• Code Monitors & Code Insights: "Signals over code" products for alerting, code metrics, and customizable dashboards.
• The src CLI Tool: Scriptable command-line surface connecting human and agent workflows to Sourcegraph.

Impact & Progression

Within 1 Month

• Build relationships across the team and familiarize yourself with Code Plane products.
• Connect with cross-functional partners in Product, Design, and Solutions Engineering to translate customer feedback into actionable plans.
• Join the team's on-call rotation.

Within 3 Months

• Own a meaningful slice of Agentic Batch Changes end-to-end and ship critical features.
• Serve as technical lead for the roadmap, scoping and sequencing cross-product initiatives.
• Strengthen engineering design, testing, and delivery practices while mentoring teammates.

Within 6 Months

• Act as the recognized technical visionary for Code Plane architecture, quality, and product tradeoffs.
• Build deep alignment between customer/agent ecosystem needs and Sourcegraph investments.
• Set long-term team direction backed by evidence and mobilize engineers to execute.

About You

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven track record as a technical lead guiding architecture, code quality, and trade-offs.
• Experience building end-user product features (developer tools, agent/AI products, CLIs, or technical platforms).
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Design, incorporating direct customer feedback into the roadmap.
• Hands-on experience building for or using coding agents (e.g., Amp, Claude Code, Cursor, MCP servers, agent SDKs).
• Strong async-first communication skills within a globally distributed team.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with our stack: Go, TypeScript/React (or SvelteKit), GraphQL APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience with developer tools, code intelligence, static analysis, security scanners, or large-scale refactoring tools.
• Background designing developer-friendly CLIs.

Level & Compensation

This role is an IC5 level. Base salary is determined by location zone:

• Zone 1: $240,000 USD
• Zone 2: $192,000 USD
• Zone 3: $144,000 USD
• Zone 4: $96,000 USD

In addition to base cash compensation, Sourcegraph offers equity and comprehensive perks & benefits.