Data Engineer

Sonatype is the software supply chain security company. We provide the world’s best end-to-end software supply chain security solution, combining the only proactive protection against malicious open source, the only enterprise grade SBOM management and the leading open source dependency management platform. This empowers enterprises to create and maintain secure, quality, and innovative software at scale.As founders of Nexus Repository and stewards of Maven Central, the world’s largest repository of Java open-source software, we are software pioneers and our open source expertise is unmatched. We empower innovation with an unparalleled commitment to build faster, safer software and harness AI and data intelligence to mitigate risk, maximize efficiencies, and drive powerful software development.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’re hiring a Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team.
• You’ll help build and scale the systems that power analytics, reporting, and data-driven features across the company.
• This role works with engineers, analysts, and product teams to make sure our data is accurate, available, and usable.
  

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows
• Develop and optimize data models for analytics and internal tools
• Work with team members to deliver clean, trusted datasets
• Support core data platform tools like Airflow, dbt, Spark, Redshift, or Snowflake
• Monitor data pipelines for quality, performance, and reliability
• Write clear documentation and contribute to test coverage and CI/CD processes
• Help shape our data lakehouse architecture and platform roadmap
  

What You Need

• 2–4 years of experience in data engineering or a backend data-related role
• Strong skills in Python or another backend programming language
• Experience working with SQL and distributed data systems (e.g., Spark, Kafka)
• Familiarity with NoSQL stores like HBase or similar
• Comfortable writing efficient queries and building data workflows
• Understanding of data modeling for analytics and reporting
• Exposure to tools like Airflow or other workflow schedulers
  

Bonus Points

• Experience with dbt, Databricks, or real-time data pipelines
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure tools like Terraform or Kubernetes
• Interest in data governance, ML pipelines, or compliance standards
  

Why Join Us?

• Work on data that supports meaningful software security outcomes
• Use modern tools in a cloud-first, open-source-friendly environment
• Join a team that values clarity, learning, and autonomy
  

At Sonatype, we value diversity and inclusivity. We offer perks such as parental leave, diversity and inclusion working groups, and flexible working practices to allow our employees to show up as their whole selves. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.