--- title: 'Software Engineer - Professional Archive Search at Smarsh' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-professional-archive-search-smarsh-united-states-qrhn8aazkz16' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Software Engineer - Professional Archive Search at Smarsh - **Company:** Smarsh - **Location:** United States - **Compensation:** $115k–$145k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-04-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/smarsh/302de053-776a-4810-94f9-1d3c0c0c6d01 ## Job description 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. How will you contribute? - 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 What will you bring? We’re looking for someone who enjoys working with others, values continuous learning, and communicates openly and respectfully. You’re someone who shares knowledge, supports teammates, and contributes to a positive team culture. - 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. 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 ## About Smarsh ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Smarsh is a global leader in communications data and intelligence, providing cloud-native, AI-powered archiving, capture, and supervision solutions to help regulated organizations manage compliance risk. - **Entity Type**: Private (backed by K1 Investment Management) - **Headquarters**: Portland, Oregon, United States - **Founded**: 2002 - **Founders**: Stephen Marsh ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: RegTech (Regulatory Technology), Enterprise Compliance, Communications Archiving & Surveillance - **Target customers**: B2B; primarily large financial institutions (top global banks, insurers, investment firms), government agencies, and other highly regulated enterprises. - **Mission or purpose statement**: To help customers use the latest communication, AI, and collaboration tools while minimizing compliance risk, transforming required communications data into business intelligence. ## Products & Services - **Communications Capture**: Captures data from over 80 communication channels including email, mobile, voice, video, chat, and AI tools. - **Regulatory Archiving**: Provides secure, scalable archiving on-premise or in the cloud to meet SEC, FINRA, and global regulatory requirements. - **Communications Surveillance**: AI-powered risk detection and review processes to uncover risks and act before they escalate. - **eDiscovery**: Tools for searching and reviewing archived communications data for legal and regulatory discovery. - **Call Recording and Analytics**: Captures and analyzes voice communications for compliance and insight. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company). - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $258.6M across 5 rounds; Annual Revenue of $201.2M. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company is K1 Investment Management. Serves over 6,500 customers, including top global banks. - **Growth Signals**: Named a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Digital Communications Governance and Archiving Solutions. Employee headcount of 943 people, growing 6.0% year-over-year. Expanding AI and API capabilities. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in cloud and AI**: Has shaped the future of communications data intelligence for regulated industries since 2002. - **Breadth of coverage**: Captures more than 80 communication channels, providing a comprehensive compliance solution. - **AI-powered intelligence**: Transforms compliance data from a checkbox into a strategic advantage with risk detection and business insights. - **Deep expertise**: Over 1,000 employees dedicated to customers, with leadership possessing deep experience in financial services, regulatory technology, and enterprise-scale AI. ## Strategic Focus - **AI and Platform Expansion**: Evolving AI and expanding APIs to deliver smarter compliance and greater control over regulated communications data. - **Agentic & Platform Development**: Actively hiring for roles in "Agentic & Platform" and "Python + AI Platform," indicating a focus on next-generation AI agents and platform capabilities. - **Customer Growth**: Targeting enterprise accounts, including federal (DoW) and financial services sectors, with roles like "Enterprise Account Executive, Federal." ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and a "One Smarsh" community. Inclusion is embedded in guiding principles with a commitment to equity and empowering every voice. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Offers flexible work arrangements to manage what matters most, both in and out of work. Has 11 locations globally with a workforce distributed across 14 countries. - **Notable Perks**: - **Flexible PTO**: "Take-what-you-need" time off policy. - **Sabbatical**: A four-week sabbatical after six years of employment. - **Wellness Program**: Monthly reimbursement for fitness, mindfulness, and wellness expenses. - **Parental Leave**: Paid leave to welcome new family members. - **Retirement Savings**: Employer match that vests immediately from day one. - **Commuter Benefits**: Monthly reimbursement for transit, biking, or parking. - **Community Impact**: Paid time off to volunteer through the "Full Circle" program. - **Employee Assistance Program (EAP)**: Free and confidential support for personal or work-related challenges. - **Career Growth**: "Scaled for career growth, stability you can count on." Opportunities to develop alongside global experts in AI, data science, and engineering. ## Sources 1. [smarsh.com - Careers](https://www.smarsh.com/careers/) 2. [smarsh.com - About Us](https://www.smarsh.com/about-us/) 3. [linkedin.com - Smarsh Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/smarsh) 4. [jobs.lever.co - Smarsh Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/smarsh) 5. 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