Technical Seo Lead

Summary

Join NerdWallet's SEO team as a Technical SEO Lead and drive organic growth by implementing advanced technical SEO strategies for our enterprise-level websites. You will ensure optimal site performance, crawlability, and indexability by collaborating with engineering, product, and content teams. This role involves identifying and resolving complex technical challenges to maintain competitive search engine visibility and scalability. You will bridge technical expertise with strategic SEO goals, ensuring NerdWallet remains a leader in organic search performance. The ideal candidate is a results-driven expert with deep understanding of search engine algorithms and proven track record of driving organic growth. This remote position reports to the Manager, Analytics.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience with enterprise-level websites
• Strong knowledge of how search engines crawl, index, and rank websites, and how websites manage crawlers through robots.txt files, sitemaps, canonicals, and metas
• Deep expertise in website architecture, Core Web Vitals, technical auditing, structured data, log file analysis, JavaScript SEO, internal linking strategies, and page-speed optimization
• Proficient in SEO tools (e.g., Screaming Frog, SEMrush, AHREFs, Google Search Console) and analytics platforms. Able to analyze server log files
• Strong collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working with engineering, product, and editorial teams

Responsibilities

• Regularly audit and monitor NerdWallet’s Technical SEO performance through first- and third-party tools
• Determine the right course of action and devise project proposals
• Partner with Product/Engineering on the SEO team as well as cross-functional Partners across NerdWallet to implement your proposals
• Collaborate with these partners to understand their needs and pain points, and how Technical SEO can help them
• Research developments and innovations in the Technical SEO industry for possible application at NerdWallet
• Build company-wide support for Technical SEO priorities
• Research and implement cutting-edge technical SEO innovations to maintain a competitive edge
• Monitor and report on technical SEO performance metrics and their impact on organic growth
• Audit and resolve website technical issues, including page speed, schema markup, and mobile optimization
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure SEO best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle
• Develop and implement technical SEO strategies to enhance site performance, crawlability, and indexability

Benefits

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match
• 401K with company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums