Software Engineer - Professional Archive Search

Smarsh • Portland, OR

5d • $113,000 - $146,000

About The Position

As a Software Engineer on the Professional Archive Search team, you’ll help design, build, and deliver high-quality software solutions that power our search platform. Your work will support Smarsh clients in meeting their compliance needs by enabling reliable, scalable, and high-performance search capabilities. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional partners across Product Management, Engineering, and Site Reliability to solve complex challenges and continuously improve our systems. We’re looking for someone who is curious, thoughtful, and motivated to contribute to meaningful technical work in a collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Experience working in a modern private cloud-based environment and familiarity with distributed systems
• Exposure to some of our technology stack, along with a willingness to learn new tools and languages
• A collaborative mindset, with openness to feedback and different perspectives
• Understanding of modern software development practices and Agile methodologies
• Ability to communicate progress, challenges, and ideas clearly
• Comfort working in evolving environments where requirements may change over time
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration

Nice To Haves

• Around 4+ years of experience in software engineering
• Experience with search technologies such as Solr, Lucene, or Elasticsearch
• Proficiency in Java or C#
• Experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes
• Familiarity with MS SQL
• Experience working with Linux-based systems and WSL
• Exposure to messaging systems such as Kafka or AMQ
• Participation in open-source projects or technical communities
• Passion about advancing AI-assisted development skills and leveraging them to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions for Smarsh customers

Responsibilities

• Support and empower your team by contributing to a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful work environment
• Partner with engineers and stakeholders across teams to design and implement scalable solutions
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support service reliability and incident response with a focus on learning and prevention
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to define technical requirements, timelines, and deliverables
• Apply modern engineering practices, including Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps principles
• Review code, identify areas for improvement, and help reduce technical debt
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to maintain high availability and performance
• Continuously learn about emerging technologies and evaluate how they can benefit the team
• Deploy and manage applications in Kubernetes environments
• Monitor application health and performance using tools such as Splunk, Datadog, and Grafana

Benefits

• Healthcare insurance: We provide medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a flexible spending account that allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
• Stock options.
• Personal time off: A healthy work-life balance is critical to your success at the office. Smarsh offers a “take-what-you-need†time off policy as well as flexible work arrangements.
• 401K Match: Smarsh provides a 4% 401K match for which employees are fully vested on day one.
• Sabbatical: The Smarsh sabbatical programme provides a time to recharge, study or simply do something you are passionate about away from the workplace. Employees are eligible after six years of service.
• Recognition: We’re big on kudos for a job well done. Our employee-recognition programme enables co-workers to nominate their peers who best embody our core values for recognition.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees