Full Time NonProfit FileMaker Developer

About the Company

The HistoryMakers, a 501 ( c) (3) and the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive ( ), seeks to hire a Non Profit FileMaker Pro Developer to manage, maintain, and modernize our database systems built in Claris FileMaker. Our organization currently operates six interconnected FileMaker databases that support core business operations. The selected candidate will be responsible for cleaning up legacy structures, improving performance, ensuring data integrity, and upgrading the system to the latest FileMaker version. This is a hands-on technical role focused on database architecture, system optimization, and long-term maintenance. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with complex relational systems and improving existing database designs.

About the Role

The selected candidate will be responsible for cleaning up legacy structures, improving performance, ensuring data integrity, and upgrading the system to the latest FileMaker version.

Responsibilities

• Database Architecture & Maintenance
• Analyze and document the structure of six interconnected FileMaker databases
• Review and improve relational schema and relationship graphs
• Identify and remove unused tables, fields, scripts, and layouts
• Ensure proper indexing and relational integrity
• Maintain and optimize the overall database architecture

• Data Integrity & Cleanup
• Identify duplicate or inconsistent records and implement cleanup procedures
• Standardize data formats across databases
• Implement validation rules and controlled data entry where needed
• Develop procedures to ensure long-term data integrity

• System Modernization & Upgrades
• Upgrade databases to the latest version of Claris FileMaker Pro
• Ensure compatibility with Claris FileMaker Server
• Update scripts, layouts, and features that rely on deprecated functionality
• Perform system testing to ensure stability during and after upgrades

• Development & Automation
• Design and maintain FileMaker scripts and custom functions
• Develop layouts and user interfaces that improve usability and workflow
• Automate repetitive tasks and reporting processes
• Improve performance of existing scripts and database queries

Documentation

• Document database structures, relationships, and workflows
• Maintain technical documentation for scripts and system changes
• Provide internal documentation to support future maintenance and training

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing solutions in Claris FileMaker
• Solid understanding of relational database design principles
• Experience with FileMaker scripting, calculations, and relationship graphs
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing FileMaker performance
• Ability to work with large datasets and complex legacy systems
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Required Skills

• Experience managing systems using Claris FileMaker Server
• Knowledge of SQL and external database integrations
• Experience using ODBC or API integrations
• Experience performing FileMaker version upgrades and system migrations

Pay range and compensation package

Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. The HistoryMakers also offers a competitive benefits package that includes 403(b), PTO, health, vision and dental insurance, tuition reimbursement and school loan repayment assistance.

The HistoryMakers is the digital repository for the Black experience: providing much needed content, role models, success pathways and frameworks for a 21st century citizenry that has become increasingly less tolerant, divisive and economically and educationally disparate. Please send resumes to: This position must work ON SITE at The HistoryMakers offices in Chicago's South Loop. This position is neither remote nor hybrid.