Email Developer

For over 16 years, Trilyon has been at the forefront of providing comprehensive global workforce solutions and staffing services. Leveraging our extensive expertise across multiple domains such as Cloud technology, Salesforce, AI, Machine Learning, and Technical Writing, we consistently exceed expectations in catering to a wide range of requirements. Position: Email Developer Duration: 4 months contract Location: Remote Commitment: 10 hours/week Required: Portfolio (website or PDF) Core Responsibilities · Scale the existing tool and make it better. · Self-led collaboration; strong cross-functional communication. · Experience leading a team. · Build systems/tooling, not just execute day-to-day requests. · Manage competing priorities: · Immediate: 4 people requesting day-to-day support. · Ongoing: Foundation-building — advancing the tool while still handling daily management. · Majority of the work will be on the system itself, not day-to-day tickets. · Time management is the top priority skill. · Focus on efficiency of workflow. · Ideal Background · Tech or SaaS company experience — comfortable at both startup and larger-company scale. · Comfortable with fast-paced, ambiguous, sometimes chaotic environments; able to "get scrappy." · Resume should show scaling email volume — hundreds to millions of sends. · High-visibility work — output reaching millions of inboxes. · Bonus: experience working with developers who've implemented AI tooling into email workflows. · Team Culture · Very supportive environment. · Tools / Tech Stack · Platforms: Iterable, HubSpot, internal homegrown tooling. · Comparable email dev tools: Taxi (drag-and-drop email builder), Movable Ink. · Note: International scope is top of mind for this role. About the Project · Client Lifecycle Marketing Technology team has built an AI-enabled email development platform to support our growing global communications. · We are seeking an experienced Email Developer to take ownership of this tool. You will own the roadmap & strategic decision making to optimize this tool in order to scale HTML capabilities and increase the production quality of our emails. · This is a hands-on development role, working closely with our designers and marketing technology team. · You will be the primary technical owner of our email infrastructure for the duration of this engagement. What You'll Do - AI Enabled HTML Development · Work with MarTech, Design, and Engineering to build a production ready system that is capable of translating figma designs into email HTML for Iterable and Hubspot. · Architect and build a modular component library (header, footer, CTA blocks, content modules, image blocks) using MJML or HTML as the source framework · Ensure system is able to properly handle multiple Marketing Automation Tools: Iterable (Handlebars merge tags) and HubSpot (HubL + fields.json) · Establish QA workflow process to ensure emails properly render across major ESPs (Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook (2016–2021+), iOS Mail, and Samsung Mail) · Meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements: semantic HTML, role attributes, sufficient contrast ratios · Create developer documentation, component usage guides, and conduct a 1-hour team training session · Depending on project progress and business needs, this engagement may extend to cover: · Localized template variants for Korea (KR), Japan (JP), Germany (DE), and France (FR) · CJK-specific font stacks, line-height adjustments, and text expansion accommodations · Personalization layout support enabling templates to handle dynamic content across content blocks, images, and themes based on user attributes · Localization QA workflow and market-specific rendering validation Must-Haves · 6–8+ years of email development experience · Deep expertise in HTML/CSS email development and MJML · Production experience with Iterable and/or HubSpot · Demonstrated experience building and maintaining email component libraries or design systems · Strong understanding of email rendering across major clients, especially Outlook · Experience with dark mode implementation · Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality work within a structured timeline · Strong written communication for documentation and async collaboration · Nice-to-Haves · Experience with CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) localization in email · Familiarity with Figma and design-to-code workflows · Background in lifecycle or product marketing email programs · Prior experience work with AI or AI tooling