Staff Software Engineer - Agentic First
Sonatype
Atlanta, GA · Posted November 6, 2026
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for education jobs491 openings · of 47
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southeast528 jobs · of 72
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southeast973 openings · of 65
- #2Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Southeast87 / 100 · of 33
- #3Best cities for finance jobs641 openings · of 78
- #3Best cities for clinical jobs152 openings · of 22
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
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About the job
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 s