Airtable Software Engineer - Contract

Ruggable is a leading direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand based in Los Angeles, California, seeking a highly technical and systems-minded Airtable Software Engineer. The role involves building, maintaining, and evolving the Airtable ecosystem to support Marketing, Textile Design, and Program Management operations, focusing on system architecture and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable Airtable base architecture across Marketing and Textile Design operations
• Develop clean, normalized relational data models that support initiatives, milestones, deliverables, assets, reporting layers, and capacity planning
• Evaluate current structures and proactively recommend architectural improvements that enhance performance and scalability
• Establish and reinforce governance standards, naming conventions, and documentation practices that ensure long-term system integrity
• Develop and maintain advanced automations and custom JavaScript scripts within Airtable to power dynamic workflows
• Build scripts that generate records, manage dependencies, automate timeline calculations, and enforce data integrity
• Identify opportunities to replace manual workflows with automation, increasing efficiency and reducing risk
• Integrate Airtable with external platforms using APIs, webhooks, and middleware tools to ensure seamless data flow across systems
• Partner with Marketing and Textile Design leaders to translate complex operational workflows into structured, scalable technical solutions
• Actively recommend enhancements to improve usability, reporting visibility, and workflow efficiency
• Troubleshoot system issues methodically and implement durable fixes that prevent recurrence
• Support dashboards and reporting layers that provide real-time operational visibility for leadership
• Continuously assess system health, performance, and automation coverage, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement

Requirements:

• 5 to 8 years of experience in systems engineering, operations engineering, or technical program support with deep, hands-on Airtable expertise
• Advanced experience designing and maintaining complex relational Airtable bases with heavy automation
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and experience building custom scripts within Airtable's scripting extension and automation framework
• Experience integrating Airtable with other tools via APIs, webhooks, or automation platforms
• Demonstrated ability to think architecturally while executing at a detailed, technical level
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset toward continuous improvement
• Experience supporting marketing, creative, product, or design operations in a fast-paced environment is preferred
• Excellent documentation and technical communication skills
• A systems thinker who is equally comfortable designing scalable architecture and writing clean, efficient code
• Strategically minded and pragmatic, able to balance technical rigor with real-world business constraints
• Proactive and vocal about better solutions, with the confidence to recommend improvements backed by logic, data, and experience
• Energized by complex operational challenges and motivated by building durable systems that flex as the business evolves
• Detail-oriented and disciplined about data hygiene and automation quality, without losing sight of usability and team adoption
• Collaborative and emotionally intelligent, able to navigate cross-functional personalities and adjust communication style to different stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in dynamic environments where priorities shift and trade-offs are required
• Calm under pressure and capable of debugging complex workflows methodically and without ego
• Passionate about building infrastructure that enables creative and marketing teams to operate at their highest level