Software Engineer - Professional Archive Search

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?