Role: Marketing Operations Engineer
Description: We’re looking for a highly technical, hands-on Marketing Operations Engineer to own and optimize the systems, tools, and processes that power our marketing engine. This role sits at the intersection of marketing, sales, technology, and analytics. You'll manage our marketing technology stack, ensure systems work seamlessly together, improve campaign execution, and deliver accurate performance reporting. The ideal candidate is a technically savvy problem-solver who thrives on building efficient systems, leveraging AI and automation, and turning complex marketing operations into scalable processes.
What You'll Do
- Own and manage our marketing technology stack, including Salesforce, Marketing Cloud (Pardot), Qualified, Apollo, aspects of the website, and any other app that touches Marketing.
- Maintain and optimize integrations between marketing, sales, and revenue operations systems.
- Build and improve marketing automation workflows, lead routing, segmentation, and nurture campaigns.
- Manage website updates, landing pages, and forms using AI-powered and no-code tools.
- Build dashboards and reports to track campaign performance, lead generation, funnel metrics, and marketing ROI.
- Maintain data accuracy, consistency, and quality across marketing platforms.
- Identify and resolve technical issues across marketing systems.
- Partner with marketing, sales, and revops teams to improve lead management and conversion rates.
What We Look For
- Experience in B2B marketing operations, marketing technology, or a similar technical role.
- Demonstrates significant experience with MCP, AI-tooling, Github operations, and self-reliance.
- Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce and marketing automation platforms.
- Familiarity with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Qualified, Apollo, and similar tools.
- Understanding of APIs, system integrations, data flows, and automation workflows.
- Experience managing websites, landing pages, forms, and CMS platforms.
- Ability to build dashboards, analyze marketing performance, and manage campaign attribution.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical projects from start to finish.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across marketing, sales, and revenue operations.
- A proactive, resourceful mindset with a willingness to learn new tools and technologies.
What we offer
- An incredible team of smart and supportive people
- A deep feeling of satisfaction and completion
- Fully remote global team working from home
- Stock options for every employee
- Flexible work week
- $400 office stipend
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Student loan debt assistance
- Pledge 1% - time off during the year for helping nonprofits
- Health insurance contribution (if in the US)
- Children's 529 college fund assistance (if in the US)
About Blackthorn
Blackthorn turns any organization's Salesforce® CRM into event planning software powered by their connected data. We're a growing, distributed team with teammates across the globe, and we build Salesforce-native tools that help teams create events, engage attendees, process payments, and measure success — all without leaving their CRM. Our customers range from tiny nonprofits to global corporations, and our products are known for going live in hours, not weeks. We believe the best enterprise software should feel as intuitive as the apps you use every day.
Why our work matters
What the job will bring you
A deep level of satisfaction through ownership of your role. You'll get more autonomy than at other companies (our team has told us). Connection. Our team is tightly knit, assisted through occasional team meetups (as we're remote). Challenge. We're trying to move as quickly as possible. This is not for you if you want to sit back and chill. As Ray Dalio says about life, "Meaningful work and meaningful relationships" provide meaning to life. We aim to bring this.
While we are a remote-first culture, we are currently only able to accept applicants in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, and WI
Skills Required
- Experience in B2B marketing operations, marketing technology, or a similar technical role
- Significant experience with MCP, AI tooling, GitHub operations, and self-reliance
- Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce and marketing automation platforms
- Familiarity with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Qualified, Apollo, and similar tools
- Understanding of APIs, system integrations, data flows, and automation workflows
- Experience managing websites, landing pages, forms, and CMS platforms
- Ability to build dashboards, analyze marketing performance, and manage campaign attribution
- Ability to work independently and own technical projects from start to finish
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Proactive, resourceful mindset and willingness to learn new tools and technologies
Blackthorn.io Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered above average, with pay often characterized as decent and several roles showing competitive posted ranges that support perceived fairness. Total value is further lifted by add-ons like stipends and other non-cash components.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is commonly emphasized, with stock options described as available for all employees in many postings, increasing perceived upside beyond base pay. This broad accessibility can materially influence total compensation across functions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Remote-first flexibility, flexible hours, work-from-almost-anywhere, and Quiet Fridays are highlighted alongside home-office and learning reimbursements. These elements support work-life balance and add lifestyle value beyond core pay.
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What We Do
We believe everything in life should be easy to use, whether it's Instagram or piloting one of Elon's rockets. We've built the highest-rated Event Management and Payment Processing apps for Salesforce users, so businesses can focus on their customers instead of having to fight with their CRM.
