MailerLite: R&D Engineer
Headquarters: USA URL: https://www.mailerlite.com/company-values
About the Role
MailerLite is one of the fastest-growing email marketing services. They help more than 1 million businesses around the world stay in touch with their customers. They are a team of more than 170 dreamers, adventurers, and world travelers passionate about what they do and what they believe in.
They are looking for a hands-on and curious R&D Engineer to help them accelerate innovation at MailerLite. You will work directly with the CTO on early-stage ideas, involving rapid prototyping of new features and exploring cutting-edge tech—from MCPs to AI-powered workflows. This is not a slow-moving role—it is a high-velocity position where speed, creativity, and curiosity are key.
Why MailerLite?
- Work directly with the CTO on high-impact and high-visibility projects
- Freedom to experiment with the latest technologies and ideas
- Be the driver of innovation—your prototypes could become core product features
- You will improve internal processes with the use of LibreChat and Agents for all other internal teams
What You Will Work On
- Rapid prototypes: Build, ship, learn, test, and iterate fast
- AI & Automation: Explore and integrate AI tools (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini)
- MCP & API development: Maintain and develop their MCPs and extend MailerLite’s capabilities
- Tech research: Stay ahead of industry trends, experiment with new tools and bring forward innovative solutions
- Direct impact: You will work closely with the CTO on R&D priorities and shape the next-gen of the MailerLite platform
What We Expect From You
- Strong development background: Proficient in at least one major programming language. We use PHP & Laravel, but for this position we expect someone stronger at Typescript, Python or Go. Language is not important as long as you have a proven history of adapting to new technologies and languages, and are not afraid to learn new ones as they come by
- Experience with AI/LLMs: They are looking for someone with practical experience using APIs like OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini
- API & System knowledge: REST APIs, webhooks, distributed systems design
- Fast iteration mindset: Ability to go from idea to prototype to validation quickly
- Curiosity and autonomy: You have a love of experimenting, are self-driven, and thrive in a "figure it out" environment
- Familiarity with MCPs: They truly believe that MCPs are the future of AI interaction, and they have their own - MailerLite and MailerSend MCPs
- Based in EMEA - 6h overlap with CET
What We Offer
- Yearly gross salary range: $50,000 - $84,000
- Remote-first culture with the team working remotely from all over the world
- International health insurance provided with coverage in most countries. Monthly healthcare payout available in select countries where coverage is limited
- Company-paid retreats. Once per year they gather for a week in an exotic location to work, learn and have fun together
- 31 days of vacation per year. They encourage you to unplug and recharge!
- 12 paid sick days for your physical and mental well-being, no doctor's note required. Parents can use them to care for their sick children
- 4 creative days. One paid day off per quarter to do something creative and fun
- 12 parental days per year. Enjoy one paid day off each month to treasure time with your children
- Parental leave. Enjoy paid bonding time at 100% of your salary when welcoming a new child into your family through birth or adoption - 3 months for primary caregivers and 1 month for secondary caregivers
- Joy Budget. Annual allowance to spend on what brings you joy, starting at $1,000 per year and increasing over time
- MacBook and other tools that'll help you to do your job efficiently
- Check the full list of their awesome benefits here
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/mailerlite-r-d-engineer