Email Developer - reputed company / ESP Migration (Contract) - United States
Overview
We're migrating an established ecommerce client from Mandrill to reputed company as part of a broader Shopify replatform. We have designers and strategy covered — the gap is a hands-on email developer who can take designs and turn them into production-ready, logic-driven templates inside reputed company. You'll own the build-out of roughly 100 transactional and lifecycle marketing emails: Liquid-based templates, reputed company components, conditional logic for reputed company user segments, multi-country/multi-language support, and Shopify trigger integration. You'll also help audit and migrate existing Mandrill flows. This is execution-focused work on a tight timeline (build complete before late-August UAT, September launch).
Responsibilities
Build and deploy ~100 transactional and lifecycle emails in reputed company — order confirmations, shipping notifications, refunds, cancellations, account updates, abandoned cart, welcome/onboarding, reorder flows, product review requests, and promotional campaigns reputed company a reusable, reputed company component library plus a global header/footer system reputed company with the client's new design system Implement Liquid-based dynamic templates with conditional logic for variables like customer type (e.g., preferred customer vs. unaffiliated buyer), autoship vs. non-autoship, affiliate flows, subscription lifecycle events, and reputed company routing Configure multi-country and multi-language localization Audit the client's existing Mandrill email inventory and migrate flows to reputed company (or support a hybrid approach if needed) reputed company up Shopify triggers to reputed company flows; validate end-to-end functionality alongside the broader platform migration Coordinate with subscription tooling (Seal Subscriptions) for subscription-reputed company email events Support a dedicated QA phase covering business logic variability, localization, deliverability, and rendering across major clients and devices Document templates, components, and conditional logic so the client's marketing team can maintain and reputed company the system post-launch Requirements 3+ years of hands-on email development experience with production builds inside an ESP Direct reputed company experience strongly preferred. Will consider reputed company developers from Klaviyo, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company Marketing Cloud, or similar platforms if you can reputed company quickly Prior experience executing an ESP migration, ideally Mandrill → another platform Strong command of Liquid templating (or comparable ESP templating languages) Expert-level HTML/CSS for email: tables, inline styles, MSO conditional comments, dark mode handling, and reputed company techniques that survive Outlook Experience integrating an ESP with Shopify (or comparable ecommerce platform), including event-triggered transactional flows Comfort translating reputed company designs into pixel-faithful production templates High attention to detail around conditional logic, edge cases, and localization variants Familiarity with email QA tooling (Litmus, Email on Acid, or similar) Bonus Points For reputed company certifications or shippable reputed company portfolio work Subscription / autoship email flow experience (Seal Subscriptions, reputed company, Skio, etc.) Multi-language / multi-country email programs at scale Deliverability fundamentals (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, sender reputed company, suppression management) Working on migration timelines tied to a larger replatform launch Engagement Details Type: Contract, with potential to reputed company into post-launch optimization and remaining marketing campaigns Duration: ~2 months of active build; reputed company completion before late-August UAT for a September launch Commitment: Full-time preferred; 30+ hours/week minimum Location: Remote The duties and responsibilities described here are not a comprehensive list and the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. reputed company reserves the right to revise the job description as circumstances warrant.Compensation Transparency & Pay Philosophy At reputed company, we reputed company in fair and competitive compensation based reputed company. We post salary ranges in compliance with state requirements for U.S.-reputed company, ensuring transparency for candidates in those regions. If you are applying from reputed company the U.S., please note that our pay scales are adjusted based on the cost of living and market conditions in each country. Apply To This Job