Integration Architect, Smarsh
$181.1-227.4k
AWS
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Python
C#
Java
RDS
JIRA
Mulesoft
DynamoDB
Expert level
Remote from US
Cloud-based archiving and compliance solutions
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Cloud-based archiving and compliance solutions
1001+ employees
B2BEnterpriseComplianceLegalCommunicationSaaSCyber Security
Be an early applicant
$181.1-227.4k
AWS
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Python
C#
Java
RDS
JIRA
Mulesoft
DynamoDB
Expert level
Remote from US
1001+ employees
B2BEnterpriseComplianceLegalCommunicationSaaSCyber Security
Company mission
To enable customers to take advantage of the latest communication and collaboration tools, while staying ahead of compliance risk.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in software and integration architecture, including significant ownership of large-scale, distributed systems
- Strong AWS architecture and development experience, including designing and building production systems using services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, ECS/EKS, and event-driven components
- Proficiency in Python for building services, automation, or integration logic; experience with other object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C#) is also acceptable
- Solid experience with front-end development and architecture using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including integration with backend APIs
- Deep understanding of microservices architectures, including service decomposition, API design, asynchronous messaging, resiliency, and scalability patterns
- Experience with enterprise integration platforms such as MuleSoft, positioned as part of a broader architectural ecosystem rather than a standalone solution
- Experience designing secure, scalable APIs and integration patterns (REST, event-driven, batch, etc.)
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and data protection best practices
- Demonstrated experience working within Scrum or similar Agile delivery frameworks
- Proven ability to design architectures and decompose them into well-structured Jira tickets that enable effective execution by development teams
- Experience designing and executing testing strategies for complex systems, including functional and non-functional testing
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to drive architecture decisions and execution with a high degree of autonomy
- MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect or equivalent experience is preferred
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) is preferred
- Experience working in SaaS, platform, or data-intensive environments is preferred
- Familiarity with analytics, telemetry, or operational data pipelines is preferred
- Experience designing or supporting UI frameworks or internal tooling is preferred
What the job involves
- As an Integration Architect at Smarsh, you will define and execute the integration and technical architecture that connects Smarsh’s operational systems and 12+ product platforms
- This role blends integration architecture with general software architecture, requiring strong system design skills across backend services, cloud infrastructure, and user-facing components
- You will architect and own the systems responsible for provisioning all Smarsh products, tracking and billing more than $40M in annual revenue from customer overages, and enabling the reliable flow of telemetry data across the platform in partnership with Data and Analytics teams
- This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you will shape the systems that power Smarsh’s operational backbone
- You will design and build cloud-native, scalable architectures leveraging AWS services, modern integration platforms, microservices-based designs, and front-end technologies where appropriate
- While MuleSoft is an important part of the integration landscape, this role requires broader architectural ownership across AWS, custom services, distributed systems, and UI-facing integrations
- You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Finance, Business Systems, and Data leaders to ensure seamless connectivity across systems and platforms, from backend services through customer- and internal-facing user experiences
- Define and lead the integration and software architecture connecting operational systems and Smarsh product platforms
- Architect, implement, and maintain integrations supporting provisioning, billing, and telemetry pipelines using a combination of AWS services, microservices, front-end components, and integration platforms such as MuleSoft
- Partner closely with Data and Analytics leaders to ensure integration designs align with data strategy, governance, and downstream consumption needs
- Design cloud-native, microservices-based architectures with clear service boundaries, scalable communication patterns, and fault tolerance
- Contribute to the architecture and development of backend services and integration components using Python, AWS Lambda, and other cloud-native technologies, ensuring scalability, reliability, and clean interfaces for downstream consumers
- Contribute to the architecture and development of front-end and UI-facing components using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, ensuring clean integration with backend services and APIs
- Own the integration systems that track product usage, customer overages, and revenue streams across Smarsh’s product ecosystem
- Lead hands-on development of critical integration and platform components, primarily using Python, with flexibility to use other object-oriented languages where appropriate
- Partner with Finance, Product, and Revenue Operations to ensure accuracy, automation, and scalability in usage tracking and billing workflows
- Translate architectural designs into clear Jira epics, stories, and tasks, enabling development teams to execute efficiently and in parallel
- Guide backlog grooming, sprint planning, and technical prioritization in collaboration with Engineering leadership, operating within Scrum or similar Agile methodologies
- Design and execute testing strategies for large, complex, distributed systems, including integration testing, end-to-end validation, performance testing, and failure scenario testing
- Provide architectural direction and technical mentorship across backend, integration, and front-end development efforts
- Establish and maintain integration and software architecture standards, governance, observability, and best practices across systems
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align technical architecture with business goals, security requirements, and long-term scalability
- Make independent technical decisions on architecture, tooling, and implementation approaches aligned with Smarsh’s platform and security standards
Our take
The emergence of new digital communication technologies provides businesses with a great opportunity for growth. But regulated businesses need to ensure they carry out communications monitoring, archiving, and compliance to stay on the right side of regulators. This can be difficult to do with new tech - to the extent that some businesses are hesitant to adopt it at all.
Of course, there’s a substantial appetite for ways to get around this obstacle and therefore reap the business benefits of modern comms. Smarsh provides just that, with its suite of archive, storage, and monitoring tools. In the two decades since its founding, the platform has netted over 6,500 clients including top worldwide banks, brokerage firms, insurers, registered investment advisors, and state and local government agencies in the US.
This puts Smarsh in a formidable position going forward. The issue the company addresses is only getting more acute as the volume of communications increases, more tech is brought to market, and the hybrid work model pushes more communications online. Smarsh’s extensive, top-tier global reach will help it field this growing market opportunity.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Top investors
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2015
$28m
LATE VC
Sep 2007
$15.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $43.6m
Company benefits
- 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
- 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
- Recognition: We're big on kudos for a job well done. Our employee recognition program enables co-workers to nominate their peers who best embody our core values for recognition
- Life and disability insurance: Fully paid life and disability insurance coverage is provided from the day you start your job
- Wellness program: You're happier when you're healthier. So we reimburse a portion of employees' monthly health club expenses
- Retirement savings: We match a percentage of your retirement savings contributions. Smarsh employer match invests immediately, so it's yours from day one
- Sabbatical: The Smarsh sabbatical program provides a time to recharge, study or simply a time to do something you are passionate about away from the workplace. Employees are eligible after six years of service
- Giving back: Through our community partnership program, Full Circle, employees make a positive difference and receive paid time off for Full Circle activities so they can support the organizations that matter most to them
- Employee assistance program: We offer free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals and follow-up services to employees for personal or work-related issues to support their mental and emotional well-being
- Cellphones: To support our mobile and geographically dispersed workforce, we offer corporate cellular plan discounts with both AT&T and T-Mobile
- Getting here and home: Biking and taking public transit to work is not only cool but a smart and green thing to do. Smarsh proudly reimburses for monthly transit costs and biking expenses
- Parental leave: We want to support our colleagues who are starting a family. Smarsh offers paid leave to help you welcome your new bundle(s) of joy into the world
Company HQ
Portland Downtown, Portland, OR
Leadership
Stephen Marsh
(Founder & Chairman)Previously worked on capital market systems at Fidelity Investments, and then moved to a Senior Product Manager role at CCBN. They are also a board member at The Wild, Asset Compliance Inc., and ComplySci.
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