Staff Software Engineer - Sonatype

About Sonatype

Sonatype is the software supply chain security company. We provide end-to-end software supply chain security solutions, combining proactive protection against malicious open source, enterprise-grade SBOM management, and open-source dependency management platforms. As founders of Nexus Repository and stewards of Maven Central, we empower enterprises to create and maintain secure, quality, and innovative software at scale.

More than 2,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 100 and 15 million software developers, rely on Sonatype to optimize their software supply chains.

About the Role

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Developer Experience team and help shape how Sonatype builds, deploys, and operates secure, reliable services at scale.

In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with Staff-level leadership to improve cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, automation, and service delivery practices. You will partner closely with engineering teams to make it easier and safer to take services from development to production while improving reliability, observability, and operational excellence.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software that powers product provisioning, licensing, and purchasing capabilities across Sonatype's platform.
• Build scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend services using modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and help drive high-quality architectural decisions.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful features.
• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code while actively participating in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Mentor and coach other engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and knowledge sharing while remaining deeply involved in hands-on development.
• Contribute to automation, infrastructure improvements, and cloud-native engineering practices.

What Success Looks Like

• You deliver high-quality, maintainable software that reliably supports Sonatype's provisioning, licensing, and purchasing capabilities.
• You become a trusted technical contributor who proactively solves complex engineering problems.
• You collaborate effectively across engineering teams, helping drive technical excellence and customer value.
• You mentor and support fellow engineers through thoughtful feedback and code reviews while remaining a highly productive individual contributor.
• You continuously improve the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of owned systems.
• You embrace ownership, take initiative, and consistently deliver meaningful impact through hands-on development.

What You'll Bring

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience developing production-grade applications.
• Direct experience using agent-driven development and code review.
• Strong experience building backend applications with Java.
• Experience with additional programming languages such as Golang and Python.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and infrastructure technologies such as Docker, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Experience with build and dependency management tools such as Maven.
• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and microservices.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, testing, debugging, and distributed systems.
• A collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills and a passion for mentoring fellow engineers.
• A desire to remain highly technical and hands-on while contributing technical leadership.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience building or supporting commercial platforms involving licensing, provisioning, subscription management, or purchasing systems.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD best practices.