Digital Marketing Data Engineer

Overview

Running Robots is a digital agency that partners with small to medium manufacturing businesses to grow through data-driven digital strategies. We specialize in website design with SEO, PPC, content marketing, and lead generation. Our goal is to bring manufacturing into the digital era with impactful, measurable results.

This is a remote position.

We’re hiring a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the data pipelines and system integrations that support our marketing, sales, and operational systems.

We’re hiring a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain data pipelines and system integrations that support our marketing, sales, and operational systems. This is a hands-on role focused on connecting Word Press, CRM platforms, analytics platforms, and customer ERP systems using modern automation tools like n8n and AI-assisted workflows. You will turn fragmented systems and datasets into reliable, scalable data flows that enable better visibility, attribution, and decision-making.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working closely to real business outcomes, understands how data impacts growth, and wants to reduce manual work through thoughtful automation.

• Design, build, and maintain integrations between:
• Word Press (custom plugins, REST APIs, metadata, structured data)
• Zoho One applications (CRM, Analytics, Creator, Books, Campaigns)
• Analytics and tracking systems (GA4, GSC exports, attribution data)
• Customer ERP systems with inconsistent schemas and APIs
• Develop and manage automation workflows using n8n
• Leads, customers, and lifecycle stages
• Content, page-level, and performance data
• Attribution, conversion, and engagement metrics
• Normalize and transform data across systems for reporting and automation
• Implement validation, error handling, logging, and monitoring for all workflows
• Support data needs for marketing, SEO, sales, and operations teams

• Automation, Analytics & AI
• Automate ingestion and transformation of marketing and performance data
• Use AI tools to classify, enrich, or summarize incoming records
• Detect anomalies or quality issues in datasets
• Reduce manual review and cleanup work
• Identify opportunities to replace spreadsheet-driven processes with automation
• Improve reliability and latency of business-critical data flows
• Document data flows, assumptions, and dependencies clearly
• Explain technical systems in practical, non-academic terms
• Collaborate with SEO, marketing, and operations stakeholders to design solutions
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis

US-based

CST hours required

Starting at $60,000+ , based on experience

(Higher compensation available for strong automation and integration experience)

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, automation engineering, or systems integration
• Strong experience working with APIs, webhooks, and event-driven systems
• Experience building and maintaining automation workflows (n8n or similar)
• Comfort working with marketing, analytics, and operational data
• Ability to work with imperfect, real-world datasets and make them usable
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills

• Experience with Word Press beyond basic theming (metadata, custom fields, APIs)
• Familiarity with SEO, analytics, or attribution data (GA4, GSC, page-level metrics)
• Experience with Zoho One
• Experience integrating with ERP systems or line-of-business software
• SQL experience and understanding of data modeling concepts
• Experience applying AI/LLMs in production workflows
• Background working with B2B or manufacturing organizations

Build real systems that directly impact revenue, operations, and client success

Work on complex, non-trivial integrations that most agencies avoid

High ownership role with freedom to design systems the right way

Collaborate with a small, senior team that values execution and clarity

Long-term opportunity to shape automation and data architecture strategy

Paid Time Off (PTO): 112 hours to start, with additional hours earned on anniversaries

Sick Leave: 40 hours per year

Paid Holidays, Parental Leave, Monthly Recharge Day, and Bereavement Leave

401(k) with a 4% employer match

Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Plan (includes prescription drug coverage)

Dental and Vision coverage

Paid Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance