Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Russell Tobin is partnering with a leading technology company to hire a Lead Email Systems Developer for a high-visibility marketing technology initiative supporting global communications. The role owns and scales an AI-enabled email development platform, builds modular MJML and HTML/CSS email systems, and establishes rendering, accessibility, QA, and localization workflows for high-volume international campaigns.
Responsibilities
- Take technical ownership of an existing AI-enabled email development tool and help define its roadmap and architecture
- Improve the platform’s scalability, production quality, and overall email development workflow
- Build systems and tooling rather than solely responding to day-to-day email production requests
- Balance immediate stakeholder needs with longer-term platform and infrastructure improvements
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, standardization, and automation across the email development lifecycle
- Partner with Marketing Technology, Design, and Engineering to build a production-ready system capable of translating Figma designs into email-ready HTML
- Architect and maintain a modular email component library, including headers, footers, CTA blocks, image modules, and reusable content components
- Develop primarily in MJML and HTML/CSS
- Support multiple marketing automation platforms and templating frameworks, including: Iterable / Handlebars; HubSpot / HubL and fields.json
- Establish scalable standards for email component usage and development
- Ensure reliable rendering across major email clients, including: Gmail; Apple Mail; Outlook 2016-2021+; iOS Mail; Samsung Mail
- Build with Outlook-specific rendering limitations in mind
- Implement and test dark mode experiences
- Establish email QA workflows and rendering validation processes
- Develop emails aligned with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards, including semantic HTML, appropriate role attributes, and accessible design implementation
- Build email systems that can scale across international markets
- Support localized email experiences, particularly for Chinese, Japanese, and/or Korean markets
- Account for CJK-specific font stacks, typography, line heights, character handling, and layout requirements
- Build components that can accommodate translated copy, text expansion, dynamic content, images, and market-specific variations
- Help establish localization QA and market-specific rendering workflows
- Create developer documentation and component usage guidelines
- Work closely with Email Design, Production Design, Marketing Technology, and Engineering partners
- Communicate technical decisions clearly in a highly asynchronous environment
- Lead a team training session on the email development system and component library
- Operate independently while managing competing priorities and stakeholders
Skills
- Portfolio Required: Website or PDF
- • 6-8+ years of professional email development experience
- • Advanced HTML and CSS expertise specifically within email development
- • Deep experience with MJML
- • Production experience with Iterable and/or HubSpot
- • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining email component libraries, design systems, or reusable email frameworks
- • Strong knowledge of rendering behavior across major email clients, particularly Microsoft Outlook
- • Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting dark mode email experiences
- • Experience supporting localized or international email programs, with meaningful exposure to Chinese, Japanese, and/or Korean (CJK) localization
- • Experience supporting high-volume email programs, ideally with work scaling from hundreds or thousands of sends to programs reaching millions of inboxes
- • Ability to independently own technical projects and deliver high-quality work against structured timelines
- • Strong written communication, technical documentation, and asynchronous collaboration skills
- • Experience operating effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- • Portfolio showcasing relevant email development work
- • Tech, SaaS, or software industry experience
- • Experience working in both startup and large-company environments
- • Familiarity with Figma and design-to-code workflows
- • Experience with lifecycle marketing, product marketing, or large-scale customer communications
- • Experience with tools or workflows similar to Taxi or Movable Ink
- • Experience building or working alongside developers implementing AI-enabled tooling or automation within email development workflows
- • Experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring other developers
- • Experience with dynamic personalization and modular content systems
- A portfolio (website or PDF) is required for consideration
- Location: Remote, U.S. | PST hours preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, and vision plans, for eligible employees
- Supplemental coverage, including accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity, for eligible employees
- 401(k) retirement savings for eligible employees
- Life and disability insurance for eligible employees
- Employee assistance program for eligible employees
- Legal support for eligible employees
- Auto, home, and pet insurance for eligible employees
- Employee discounts with preferred vendors for eligible employees
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