QuickBase Lead Developer

Job Title: QuickBase Lead Developer

Location: Chicago, IL

Work Setting: Hybrid

About the role:

• We're hiring a QuickBase Lead to own the design, delivery, and governance of business-critical applications on the QuickBase platform. You'll be the senior technical voice on QuickBase across the organization architecting solutions, mentoring developers, partnering with business stakeholders, and integrating QuickBase with enterprise systems including SAP, Boomi, Power Automate, and external APIs. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll write formulas and code pages as readily as you'll run design reviews and roadmap discussions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end design & development of QuickBase applications including data modelling, automation, reporting, and security
  Build complex formulas, Formula-Query fields, Pipelines, and advanced workflow automation
  Develop and maintain HTML/JavaScript code pages for enhanced UI and API-driven solutions
  Design integrations with SAP, Boomi, RPA platforms, and third-party applications using REST/XML APIs
  Architect high-volume, multi-system Pipelines with strong error handling and retry logic
  Define architecture standards, governance, documentation, and best practices across the platform
  Conduct code reviews, mentor developers, and manage dev sandbox production deployments
  Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable technical solutions
  Drive application performance, monitoring, security, platform upgrades, and disaster recovery readiness
  Evaluate and recommend QuickBase, Power Apps, or custom solutions based on business needs

Required Experience:

• 6+ years of QuickBase development experience, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity
• Deep expertise in QuickBase formulas, relationships, roles & permissions, Pipelines, and reporting
• Hands-on experience with QuickBase RESTful and XML APIs, including authentication and rate-limit handling
• Proven ability to build code pages with HTML, JavaScript, and client-side API calls
• Experience integrating QuickBase with enterprise systems (SAP, Boomi, Power Automate, RPA, or similar)
• Strong data modelling skills and the judgment to know when to normalize vs. de-normalize
• Track record of leading delivery on applications with hundreds of users and 100K+ records
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to senior business and IT leaders

Preferred Experience:

• QuickBase certifications (App Builder, Pipelines, Solution Consultant)
• Experience with adjacent platforms: Power Automate, Blue Prism, UiPath, Boomi
• Background in finance, supply chain, trade promotion, or CPG business processes
• Familiarity with SAP modules (AR, vendor master, OData/BAPI) and ERP integration patterns
• Exposure to agentic AI, ML classification, or document-grounded automation workflows
• Experience in regulated environments (SOX, GDPR, internal audit requirements)