Culture & Engagement Partner

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.

The Culture & Engagement Partner plays a critical role in strengthening organizational culture, employee engagement, and employee experience across Sonatype. This role partners closely with People leaders, managers, Communications, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and cross- functional stakeholders to design, implement, and scale initiatives that reinforce Sonatype’s mission, values, leadership expectations, and ways of working.

This role operates at the intersection of culture strategy, employee listening, manager enablement, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience execution. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, analytical, and action-oriented People professional who can translate employee insights into measurable improvements in engagement, team effectiveness, communication, and workplace culture.

The role balances strategic awareness with hands-on execution and requires strong judgment, stakeholder partnership, and the ability to drive initiatives across distributed and global teams.

Things That We Are Proud Of

• 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Software Supply Chain Security

• 2026 Celebrating 15 Years of Sonatype Research Labs – Industry-leading software supply chain and open source security research

• 2026 Founding Member of the Linux Foundation Initiative for Open Source Sustainability

• 2026 State of the Software Supply Chain® Report – Continuing industry leadership in software supply chain security and AI security research

• 2025 Visionary in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing!

• 2025 AI Compliance Solution of the Year - AI Breakthrough Awards

• 2025 DEVIES Award to our SBOM Manager for a new product for its innovation and impact in developer technology

• 2024 Industry Leader in Forrester-Wave for Software Composition Analysis (2024 Q4 report)

• Constellation AST Shortlist: Sonatype has been listed on the Constellation ShortList™ for Application Security Testing for 2024

• Data Breakthrough Awards: Sonatype was announced as a 2024 winner in the "Open Source Data Solution of the Year."

• SD Times: Best in Show Security

• Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024

• The Herd Top 100 Private Software Companies 2024

• Diversity & Inclusion Working Groups

• Parental Leave Policy

• Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

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.