Architect

Who are we?

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Architect with a deep understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and expertise in designing and building cloud-native applications. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in architecting solutions at a petabyte scale, ensuring horizontal scalability, and working with modern data storage and indexing technologies. The role involves defining the architectural vision, strategy, and roadmap for cloud-native, large-scale distributed systems on AWS. 

Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership
• Define and drive the architectural strategy and best practices for cloud-native applications, ensuring alignment with business goals. 
•  Develop and maintain architecture blueprints for highly scalable, reliable, and secure applications. 
•  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions that meet both technical and business requirements. 
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD) 
• Define and drive the architectural strategy and best practices for cloud-native applications, ensuring alignment with business goals. 
•  Develop and maintain architecture blueprints for highly scalable, reliable, and secure applications. 
•  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions that meet both technical and business requirements. 
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD) 
•  Apply DDD principles to decompose complex business domains into manageable subdomains and bounded contexts. 
•  Work closely with domain experts, product owners, and development teams to create a shared understanding of the domain and ensure the architecture supports domain requirements. 
• Cloud Architecture & AWS Expertise
• Architect and implement solutions using AWS services, ensuring the use of best practices for security, scalability, and cost efficiency. 
•  Leverage AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and others to build cloud-native applications. 
•  Optimize cloud infrastructure to support petabyte-scale data processing and storage, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery. 
• Scalability & Performance
• Design systems with horizontal scalability in mind, ensuring they can handle increasing loads without sacrificing performance. 
• Lead efforts to optimize application performance, including caching strategies, database tuning, and efficient data access patterns. 
• Data Management 
• Architect data storage solutions using both NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra) and relational databases (e.g., RDS, Aurora) based on the requirements. 
•  Design and implement indexing and search capabilities to support large-scale data retrieval and analytics. 
•  Ensure data storage solutions are optimized for petabyte-scale environments, focusing on performance, cost, and scalability. 
• Security & Compliance
• Ensure the architecture adheres to security best practices and regulatory requirements. 
• Implement robust authentication, authorization, and encryption mechanisms. 
• Collaboration & Communication
•  Provide technical leadership and mentoring to development teams, guiding them in best practices and architectural principles. 
•  Communicate complex technical concepts to E-Staff/C-Staff, ensuring alignment and understanding across the organization. 

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
• 15+ years of experience in software architecture, with a strong focus on cloud-native applications and large-scale distributed systems. 
• Proven experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD). 
• Extensive experience with AWS services and cloud architecture. 
• Strong background in designing systems for horizontal scalability and high availability. 
• Expertise in NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra) and RDS. 
• Deep understanding of indexing, search, and storage strategies for large-scale data environments. 
• Proficient in modern programming languages such as Java, Python, or Go. 
•  Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture. 
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams. 
•  Leadership experience and the ability to mentor and guide technical teams

About our culture

Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.