Senior FileMaker Engineer

Location: Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Job Number: 4414

Company Highlights

  • Our client is a flexible packaging manufacturing firm; their packaging spans a broad range of applications. Their headquarters is a 200,000 square foot facility that was purpose-built for food safe production.
  • Certified and skilled in making film since 1998, providing clients on-time delivery, outstanding service, and a trustworthy team committed to fulfilling client needs.
  • This is a highly-regarded company with excellent care towards employees, uncapped earning potential, and above-market raises.
  • Fun, lively environment that fosters career development and team camaraderie while putting the work and getting the job done.

Benefits and Features

  • Competitive Compensation structure
  • Health, Dental, Vision available
  • Life Insurance
  • Voluntary benefits
  • 401K with matching, 100% up to 3%
  • Education reimbursement 75%, with approval
  • 2 weeks vacation to start

The Role You Will Play

  • The Senior FileMaker Engineer will own performance and well-thought-out development decisions as the system moves to multi-site.
  • This role involves working with a manager (not a FileMaker developer), a senior-level developer, and an outside consultant.

Community Highlights

  • The role is based with the team in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • Great location for affordability and quality of life.
  • Grand Rapids is a creative and cultural hub with abundant arts, museums, history, and entertainment.
  • The dining experience is vibrant too, filled with a variety of local fair, food halls, and eclectic culinary delights.
  • For nature lovers, the Grand River is a highlight as it meanders about the city, offering gorgeous riverwalks, fishing, kayaking, and many outdoor events.

Background Profile

  • 10+ years of FileMaker experience around scaled systems, understanding the implications of development choices at an enterprise scale, and handling concurrent users across multiple sites is crucial for this role.
  • Highly skilled in architectural and schema-focused development, with deep scripting capability
  • Familiar with a team environment, accustomed to code reviews and data abstraction thinking
  • Working knowledge of iterative development and a “minimal viable product” approach
  • Experience with JSON packages and transactional scripting