Software Engineer - Professional Archive Search

Smarsh; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Stock options

Personal time off

401K Match

Sabbatical

Employee recognition program

Job summary

Smarsh in Portland, Oregon, is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Professional Archive Search team. In this role, you will design, build, and deliver software solutions while supporting Smarsh clients with their compliance needs. You will work with cross-functional teams to tackle complex challenges.

The ideal candidate should have 4+ years of software engineering experience, familiarity with modern cloud environments, and a collaborative mindset. Smarsh offers competitive benefits, including flexibility, healthcare, and stock options.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience in modern private cloud-based environments.
• Familiarity with distributed systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly about progress and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Support a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful work environment.
• Partner with teams to design and implement scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to define deliverables.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.

Skills

Java

C#

Agile methodologies

Kubernetes

Splunk

Datadog

Grafana

Search technologies (Solr, Elasticsearch)

Linux-based systems

Messaging systems (Kafka, AMQ)

Job description

Overview

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.

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

Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• The ProArchive Application Development team embraces an AI-first mindset, continuously elevating developer productivity through tools like GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and Claude Code. We’re seeking developers who are passionate about advancing their AI-assisted development skills and leveraging them to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions for Smarsh customers.

What do we offer?

• 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.

$115,000 - $145,000 a year

The above salary range represents Smarsh\'s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting. Any applicable bonus programs will be discussed during the recruiting process.

The salary for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, location, specialty and training.

Local cost of living assessments are done for each new hire at the time of offer.

Don\'t meet every requirement? Apply anyway! We value diverse candidates and encourage applications, even if you don\'t perfectly match the job description. Studies have shown that some strong candidates may self-select out of the interview process prematurely, at Smarsh we encourage an inclusive, high-performing environment.

Smarsh is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Smarsh invites all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Including frequency of functions