Email Developer

Email Developer/Consultant

The Sage Group's client, a highly sought after AI safety and research company that develops reliable, interpretable generative AI systems, is seeking an email developer to join their Lifecycle Marketing Technology team. The team has built an AI-enabled email development platform to support the 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 emails. This is a hands-on development role, working closely with designers and the marketing technology team. You will be the primary technical owner of the email infrastructure for the duration of this project.

The work:

• 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
• International / Personalization Support
• 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

The right candidate:

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

This is a 4-month project 10 hours per week Fully remote within the United States, Pacific Time Zone $160 hourly pay, w-2