Software Engineer (Front End), Retail and Marcom Engineering

About this role

Summary
The Direct Marketing Production team in Apple's Marcom Platforms & Services (MP&S) is responsible for delivering qualitymarketing emails to Apple’s customers. The team uses an internally developed modular platform to build, test, localize, and ship all of the marketing emails sent to customers’ inboxes.


Our ideal candidate is a detail-oriented individual with an ownership mindset and a keen focus on the customer. We value excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical skills, as they are crucial in delivering the consistent, high-quality experiences expected of Apple.


Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Email Developer to act as a technological leader for Apple’s direct marketing program. This role works closely with Marcom, Retail Marketing, and internal technical groups at Apple to manage thestandards and practices around email development, and to influence the direction of internal email-related tooling. This developer must be comfortable with ambiguity and shifting schedules, and be able to provide leadership with limited direction. This person must be able to balance technical and design excellence, even in areas where they may conflict.


Responsibilities

• Interface with designers and developers alike, getting stakeholders aligned on what email is capable of
• Drive adoption of the latest standards and techniques in the components that make up our DM development and localization systems
• Propose alternate designs when the ones presented to them do not fit with email clients’ capabilities or are those of our systems
• Experiment constantly on how to reliably stretch the capabilities of the email platform to its limits

Minimum Qualifications

• HTML, CSS, & DM Development: 6-10 years of experience developing direct marketing email platforms with advancedHTML5/CSS knowledge and demonstrated ability to hand-code emails compatible with all major mail clients (Outlook,Gmail, Apple Mail, etc.)
• Ja...