Technical SEO Lead

Nerdwallet’s SEO team is looking for a Technical SEO Lead to drive organic growth by implementing advanced technical SEO strategies for our enterprise-level websites. This role ensures optimal site performance, crawlability, and indexability by collaborating closely with engineering, product, and content teams. Through audits, innovative solutions, and continuous monitoring, the person in this role will identify and resolve complex technical challenges to maintain competitive search engine visibility and scalability. This position exists to bridge technical expertise with strategic SEO goals, ensuring NerdWallet remains a leader in organic search performance.

We’re looking for a results-driven Technical SEO expert who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of search engine algorithms, crawling, indexing, and ranking factors, with a proven track record of driving organic growth for enterprise-level websites. You should be proficient in tools like Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Botify, SEMrush, Ahrefs, and Python for automation. A proactive and analytical mindset is essential, along with the ability to identify technical SEO issues, develop scalable solutions, and collaborate cross-functionally with developers, product managers, and content teams. Strong communication skills are key, as you'll need to clearly convey complex SEO concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. If you’re passionate about staying ahead of industry trends, testing new strategies, and driving continuous SEO improvements, we’d love to hear from you.

This role reports to the Manager, Analytics.

Where you can make an impact: 

• 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.

Your experience:

We recognize not everyone will meet all of the criteria. If you meet most of the criteria below and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

• 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.

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• 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

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• 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

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 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

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. 

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

1. E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
2. Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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