LMS Platform Automation Specialist

• Employment Type: Contract
• Duration: 6 Months
• Hourly Rate: $40.00 -$50.00
• Work Modality: Remote 
• Reports To: Director, Product Systems & Delivery

Role Overview

The Canvas LMS Platform Automation Specialist will design, build, and maintain automations between Canvas and Airtable to support Per Scholas’s training, learner services, and operations teams. The role focuses on making learner data, course operations, and reporting more efficient, accurate, and scalable across Per Scholas programs.​

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement automations between Canvas and Airtable using tools such as Google Apps Script and the Airtable API.
• Configure Canvas courses, sections, enrollments, and grade passback processes to align with Per Scholas program and onboarding workflows.​
• Build and maintain Airtable bases that track learners, cohorts, attendance, and outcomes, ensuring data integrity and usability for staff.
• Create monitoring and alerting for failed runs or integration errors, and troubleshoot issues quickly with minimal downtime.
• Partner with Training, Admissions, Learner Support, and Data/IT teams to gather requirements and translate them into robust, documented workflows.​
• Maintain clear documentation for integrations, data mappings, and SOPs so other team members can use and support the automations.
• Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes and propose new automations that improve learner and staff experience.

Qualifications

• 2+ years working with Canvas LMS in an admin, technologist, or developer role (e.g., managing courses, enrollments, or API integrations).
• Hands-on experience building automations with Airtable (linked records, views, automations, interfaces, permissions).
• Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, and webhooks; ability to read API docs and implement integrations.
• Experience with at least one automation or integration platform, or light scripting (JavaScript) for API workflows.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills; able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience in workforce development, higher ed, or bootcamp-style training environments, ideally with mission-driven nonprofits.​
• Familiarity with CRM or learner data ecosystems (e.g., Salesforce, Airtable, data warehouses, reporting dashboards).
• Experience with learning analytics, reporting, or data visualization tools.
• Experience with building and implementing LTI 1.3

Mission & Culture Alignment

• Commitment to Per Scholas’s mission of advancing economic mobility through tech training and to serving diverse learner populations nationwide.​
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative environment that balances operational excellence with equity-focused decisions.

For this role specifically, we are targeting a hourly of $50.00, with a range between $40.00- $50.00 where the difference in rate is typically determined by several factors, including geography in which the selected candidate resides, and alignment with qualifications and experience.

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