Software Engineer – Professional Archive Search

Smarsh

Software Engineer designing, building, and delivering software solutions for Smarsh's compliance search platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges and improve systems.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $113,000 - $146,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGrafanaJavaKafkaKubernetesLinuxSplunkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaC#KubernetesMS SQLLinuxWSLSolrLuceneElasticsearchKafka

Soft Skills

collaborative mindsetopenness to feedbackcommunicationproblem-solvingcross-functional collaborationadaptabilityproactive approachteam supportinclusive work environmentrespectful work environment