Senior Level Professional Engineer Jobs
Senior level professional engineer jobs place you in charge of complex technical programs, cross-functional execution, and the engineering decisions that shape project outcomes. Roles are spread across on-site, hybrid, and remote settings in Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Technology & Software, with employers like Carollo Engineers, WSP, and TKDA hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
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.
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.
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.
PAY & BENEFITS
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $113,200 and $169,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
INTRODUCTION
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.
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.
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.
PAY & BENEFITS
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $113,200 and $169,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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Senior Level Professional Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level professional engineer job?
Employers at this level look for engineers who own outcomes, not just complete tasks. A Professional Engineer license is often required or strongly preferred. Demonstrating that you have led multidisciplinary teams, managed project delivery from scoping through closeout, and mentored junior engineers gives your application a clear edge over candidates who only show technical execution.
Which companies hire senior level professional engineers?
Companies hiring senior level professional engineers right now include Carollo Engineers, WSP, and TKDA, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Hiring at this level is concentrated among engineering and construction firms, infrastructure owners, utilities, and large industrial or technology companies with sustained capital project pipelines.
Are there remote senior level professional engineer jobs?
Yes, though many roles still require on-site presence for project oversight and client coordination. About 20% of senior level professional engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with hybrid arrangements being most common for roles tied to active construction or field operations but with significant office-based design and management responsibilities.
What makes a professional engineer role senior level?
Senior level professional engineer roles are defined by ownership and scope. You set technical direction, hold accountability for project quality and delivery, and serve as the primary decision-maker on engineering matters. Leading or mentoring a team, managing client relationships, and contributing to proposals or business development are standard expectations that distinguish these roles from mid-level positions.
Which industries hire the most senior level professional engineers?
Senior Level professional engineer roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors consistently demand licensed, experienced engineers to lead infrastructure, energy, and industrial projects where regulatory compliance, public safety, and complex technical coordination require senior-level judgment.