Senior FileMaker Solutions Engineer

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Claris, an Apple company in Sunnyvale, California, seeks a Professional Services Engineer with deep FileMaker expertise to design, build, and support business-critical solutions across customer engagements. You will lead the full development lifecycle, collaborate with Product and Engineering, mentor partners, and help grow the developer ecosystem around Claris platforms.

This role blends hands-on development, technical consulting, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver tailored FileMaker

Qualifications

• 7+ years of 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.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Professional Services as a flexible technical resource across projects, teams, customers, and stakeholders.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for companies testing or evaluating new Claris and FileMaker products.
• Answer technical questions, resolve issues, and build trusted relationships with external developers and engineers.
• Consult directly with customers across engagements ranging from short discovery phases to large, multi-month solution builds.
• Collaborate with Claris partners, customers, and Engineering teams to design and deliver tailored FileMaker solutions.
• Lead the full development lifecycle for internal FileMaker solutions, including requirements gathering, solution architecture, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and ongoing maintenance.
• Support the migration and modernization of legacy systems by standardizing workflows, improving reliability, and applying current platform capabilities.
• Champion robust testing practices and maintain clear, accurate documentation across solutions and systems.
• Monitor community and developer activity, identify recurring issues, and share actionable insights with Professional Services, Product, and Engineering.
• Help grow and maintain a healthy, knowledgeable, and engaged developer ecosystem around Claris products and services.
• Stay current with the latest Claris platform capabilities, including AI integrations and recent FileMaker releases.
• Contribute customer, developer, and technical feedback that may help inform the future direction of the FileMaker platform.
• Participate in daily standups and help establish clear development practices and standards across a dynamic, project-based team.

Skills

FileMaker

Solution architecture

Data modeling

Scripting

Security

Testing

Deployment

Communication

Customer facing

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Claris, an Apple company in Sunnyvale, California, seeks a Professional Services Engineer with deep FileMaker expertise to design, build, and support business-critical solutions across customer engagements. You will lead the full development lifecycle, collaborate with Product and Engineering, mentor partners, and help grow the developer ecosystem around Claris platforms.

This role blends hands-on development, technical consulting, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver tailored FileMaker