Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. We are looking for a highly skilled Java Developer to join our R&D Server team, where you will design and develop both new and existing product capabilities in secure environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based backend services across both secure federal enclave and AWS production environments
- Contribute to architecture design, code quality, performance optimization, and scalable system patterns
- Collaborate closely within an Agile Scrum team and provide mentorship, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership
- Participate in production troubleshooting, analysis, and improvements across diverse runtime environments
- Work with DevOps, QA, and Product teams to ensure smooth delivery, operational readiness, and high system reliability
Skills
- At least 3 years of professional Java development experience (exceptional candidates with slightly less may be considered)
- Strong object-oriented programming skills and deep understanding of Java internals
- Solid experience in software engineering principles, including system design, architecture, and best coding practices
- Hands-on experience with multi-threaded programming
- Ability to adapt development workflows to both federal enclave and cloud-based (AWS) environments
- Experience working with or supporting secured / restricted-access environments is a plus
- Experience supporting a FedRAMP certified product in production
- DevOps-oriented mindset, with exposure to CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and operational tooling
- Experience working with or integrating AI/ML tools or frameworks
- Background in microservices architecture, including asynchronous (Kafka, messaging queues) and synchronous (RESTful APIs) communication models
- Strong test-oriented mindset (unit tests, component tests, automation)
- Experience with Spring / Spring Boot
- Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration platforms
- Experience with Kafka event-driven systems
- Familiarity with profiling tools, code coverage tools, and CI/CD systems
Company Overview
Smarsh manage the risk and see the value in their communications data. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.smarsh.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Smarsh has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 16 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 22 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.