Professional Services Engineer, Claris

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Claris, an Apple company, seeks a Professional Services Engineer with deep FileMaker expertise to design, build, and support business-critical solutions for customers and partners. You will work across engagements, internal initiatives, product evaluations, and ecosystem programs, translating complex requirements into reliable technical solutions.

In this role you will lead hands-on development, provide technical guidance, and help strengthen the Claris developer community.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining FileMaker solutions.
• Strong knowledge of FileMaker architecture, data modeling, scripting, layouts, security, and deployment.
• Experience translating business requirements into reliable technical solutions.
• Experience working directly with customers, partners, or external technical stakeholders.
• Ability to lead projects through the SDLC and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Consult on customer engagements from discovery to multi-month implementations.
• Lead development of internal FileMaker solutions and product evaluations.
• Support ecosystem programs and strengthen the developer community.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and customer teams.

Skills

FileMaker expertise

Customer engagement

Solution design

Project leadership

Communication skills

Technical consultation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

FileMaker Platform

APIs & Web Services

Cloud platforms

Job description

Join Claris, an Apple company, as a Professional Services Engineer. Claris empowers people and organizations to solve complex business problems through powerful, flexible technology. We are seeking an experienced FileMaker developer who is equally comfortable building solutions, advising customers, collaborating with technical teams, and supporting the broader Claris developer community. In this role, you will work across customer engagements, internal development initiatives, product evaluations, and ecosystem programs to help organizations get the most from the Claris platform. You will support the Head of Professional Services and operate across a fluid portfolio of projects, teams, and stakeholders. The ideal candidate combines deep FileMaker expertise, strong customer instincts, sound technical judgment, and the flexibility to contribute wherever the business needs them most.

Description

The Claris Professional Services team works directly with customers, partners, developers, Product, and Engineering to design, build, modernize, and support business-critical solutions. As a Professional Services Engineer, you will consult on customer engagements ranging from focused discovery projects to complex, multi-month implementations. You will also lead the development of internal FileMaker solutions, support companies evaluating new Claris products, and help strengthen the developer ecosystem around the Claris platform. This is a highly collaborative and customer-facing role requiring the ability to move between hands-on development, technical consultation, community engagement, and cross-functional partnership. You will bring customer and developer insights back into Claris, helping improve our services and potentially influence the future direction of the platform.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining solutions using the Claris FileMaker platform.
• Strong knowledge of FileMaker solution architecture, data modeling, scripting, layouts, integrations, security, testing, and deployment.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into reliable technical solutions.
• Experience working directly with customers, partners, developers, or other external technical stakeholders.
• Ability to lead projects through the complete software development lifecycle.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong commitment to solution quality, testing, documentation, and long-term maintainability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across distributed and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in professional services, technical consulting, solution architecture, or customer-facing engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of the FileMaker platform and its broader developer ecosystem.
• Experience modernizing legacy FileMaker solutions or migrating complex business systems.
• Experience designing and delivering large-scale or business-critical FileMaker implementations.
• Familiarity with APIs, web services, cloud platforms, authentication technologies, and third-party integrations.
• Experience incorporating AI services or AI-enabled workflows into business applications.
• Experience engaging with developer communities, beta programs, technical enablement initiatives, or product feedback programs.
• Experience defining development, testing, documentation, and release-management standards.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate effectively when requirements, priorities, or project needs evolve.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.