[Hiring] Senior Frontend Engineer @Lifted, an Upwork Company™

Role Description

We are seeking a senior frontend-focused software engineer to support scalable, dynamic email template systems. This role is best suited for a strong frontend engineer with modern React, TypeScript, and JavaScript experience who can also work deeply with reusable email components, Apache Velocity/VTL-style templates, responsive HTML/CSS, APIs, localization, and personalization at scale. This is not an email developer-first role. The ideal candidate has a strong software engineering foundation, frontend engineering depth, and the ability to build scalable, component-based solutions for dynamic, personalized email experiences. Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable frontend and email template components using modern web development practices.
• Develop dynamic email templates using Apache Velocity/VTL-style macros such as #set, #if, #foreach, and #define.
• Compose reusable Velocity components and macros into full email templates.
• Translate Figma designs into modular, maintainable code.
• Work with shared design systems and reusable components instead of one-off hand-authored HTML.
• Determine when to extend an existing component versus building a new one.
• Integrate user interfaces and email templates with backend platforms and API-driven data sources.
• Connect to, query, consume, and format internal or external API data for conditional, logic-driven dynamic emails.
• Build templates for scale, including 100+ locales, localized copy, dynamic data, per-recipient personalization, and array-based looping.
• Hand-code responsive, accessible HTML/CSS optimized for email client rendering limitations across Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail.
• Work fluently with Git, GitLab or GitHub, the command line, and modern IDE-based development workflows.
• Collaborate in environments using CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code tooling, and AWS primitives.

Qualifications

• Senior-level frontend or software engineering execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with at least 5 years of related experience, or Master’s degree with at least 3 years of related experience.
• Current or most recent role should likely be Software Engineer or Frontend Engineer with a frontend focus.
• Strong frontend development experience using React, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Experience integrating frontend interfaces with backend platforms or services.
• Strong command of Apache Velocity, VTL, or Velocity-style macro templating.
• Hands-on experience with macros such as #set, #if, #foreach, and #define.
• Experience composing components or macros into full email templates.
• Experience working with scalable design systems and shared reusable components.
• Ability to build for personalization, localization, and dynamic data at scale.
• Proven experience consuming API data and using it in conditional, logic-driven templates or user experiences.
• Advanced responsive HTML/CSS coding experience for email clients.
• Experience building accessible email or frontend experiences.
• Familiarity with rendering limitations across Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail.
• Strong Git, command line, and IDE workflow skills.
• Experience translating Figma designs into modular code.
• Working knowledge of AWS primitives such as compute, storage, networking, and IAM.
• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tooling such as Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, Claude Code, or AI-driven code fixes.
• Prior exposure to component internationalization or localization frameworks.
• Prior experience with email-specific frontend systems or dynamic email platforms.

Required Tools & Platforms

• React
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Apache Velocity, VTL, or Velocity-style macros
• HTML
• CSS
• Figma
• Git
• GitLab or GitHub
• Command line
• Modern IDE workflows
• AWS primitives including compute, storage, networking, and IAM
• Terraform or comparable Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
• GitLab CI or comparable CI/CD tooling
• Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail email rendering environments

Location, Time & Engagement

• Remote contract role.
• LATAM-based candidates only.
• 100% allocation.
• Expected 40 hours per week.
• Contract currently expected to run through March 31, 2027.
• Candidates should be able to collaborate effectively with U.S.-based teams and stakeholders.