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impact.com is the world's leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products-Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)-unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L'Oreal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

We're looking for a detail-oriented Growth Enablement Developer (Mid-Level) to join our Marketplace Growth team, supporting both advanced email development and technical messaging integrations across lifecycle and bulk communications.

This role is suited to someone with solid foundational experience in HTML/CSS email development who is ready to take on greater ownership of complex builds, API-triggered messaging, and automation workflows within a fast-paced growth technology environment.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining responsive, dynamic email templates, campaign assets, and triggered messaging flows, ensuring high-quality execution across both bulk and lifecycle communications. This includes working with more complex logic, modular components, and scalable template structures.

In addition to email development, you will actively support and contribute to API-triggered messaging and system integrations, working with platforms such as SendGrid and Marketo to help deliver event-based and automated customer journeys.

You will collaborate closely with the Growth Enablement, Product, Data, and Development teams to translate requirements into well-structured, testable, and reliable messaging outputs. You will also play a more active role in debugging, optimisation, and improving end-to-end campaign and trigger performance.

This role is ideal for someone who is technically confident, detail-driven, and ready to work more independently across both email development and marketing automation systems, while continuing to grow into more senior technical ownership within the team.

• Build and implement responsive HTML email templates, including complex and dynamic email structures based on design and lifecycle requirements
• Develop and support advanced dynamic emails, including conditional logic, personalization, and modular components
• Support implementation of API-triggered and event-based messaging, including:
• Configuring and maintaining triggered email templates
• Supporting API request setup and troubleshooting
• Validating payload structure, data mapping, and output accuracy
• Assist in integrating messaging platforms such as SendGrid with internal systems and workflows
• Perform advanced QA and testing, including:
• Cross-client email rendering validation
• Triggered send verification and API response checks
• Data accuracy and segmentation validation
• Independently monitor and troubleshoot issues in automated and triggered messaging flows, escalating only complex system-level issues
• Maintain and improve template libraries, modular components, and technical documentation standards
• Ensure timely, accurate delivery of both bulk and automated lifecycle communications
• Actively contribute to improvements in:
• API integration workflows
• Automation logic and scalability
• Email development standards and component design
• Use AI-assisted tools to improve efficiency in:
• Debugging and QA
• Code optimisation and refactoring
• Template and component development

• Strong HTML/CSS for email development and responsive design
• Solid understanding of:
• APIs (REST, JSON payloads, headers)
• Webhooks and event-driven messaging systems
• Hands-on experience with ESPs such as:
• SendGrid
• Marketo
• Experience using tools such as Postman for API testing and validation
• Familiarity with QA/testing tools such as Litmus
• Understanding of:
• Data mapping and event tracking
• Segmentation logic and dynamic content
• Automation workflows across lifecycle systems
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g. code assistants, debugging support, testing acceleration tools) as part of development workflow
• Willingness to deepen expertise in integration architecture and messaging automation systems
• Experience
• 3-5 years of experience in email development, CRM technology, marketing automation, or frontend/integration-focused roles
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end email builds and lifecycle campaign assets independently
• Exposure to API integrations, triggered messaging, or automation systems in a production environment
• Relevant diploma/degree or equivalent practical experience
• Mindset & Attributes
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to deliver work independently with minimal supervision
• Highly detail-oriented, ensuring accuracy across both code and data-driven messaging
• Curious and confident working across both technical and marketing domains
• Proactive problem-solver who can diagnose and resolve issues across build, data, and delivery layers
• Comfortable using AI tools responsibly to improve speed and quality without compromising standards
• Collaborative and effective across CRM, product, data, and development teams
• Continuously improving technical depth in APIs, automation, and messaging systems

At impact.com, we believe that when you're happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That's why we've built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We're committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses.

Note: Benefits may vary by location and are subject to local regulations.

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors

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