Remote Position
Technical SEO Contractor
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Job Description:
- Lead and support technical SEO audits across client websites
- Analyze crawlability, indexation, canonicalization, redirects, robots directives, XML sitemaps, pagination, duplicate content, and site architecture
- Identify technical issues using Screaming Frog, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, and Semrush
- Assess Core Web Vitals, page performance, rendering, JavaScript SEO, and mobile search considerations
- Review structured data and provide schema implementation recommendations
- Identify technical SEO risks associated with website redesigns, migrations, platform changes, and releases
- Develop clear, prioritized recommendations based on SEO impact and implementation effort
- Partner with developers and technical teams to troubleshoot issues and provide implementation guidance
- Validate fixes following development releases and monitor for regressions
- Support ongoing technical SEO monitoring and governance
- Conduct targeted on-page optimization, including metadata, headings, internal linking, and content structure
- Perform keyword and search intent research
- Identify opportunities to improve information architecture and internal linking
- Support content teams with SEO recommendations
- Use Google Search Console and GA4 to investigate organic search performance
- Analyze rankings, impressions, clicks, traffic, and landing-page performance
- Connect technical SEO findings to measurable organic search outcomes
- Support SEO reporting, analysis, and prioritization
- Build and configure custom crawls, extractions, segments, and technical QA workflows
- Document repeatable processes and contribute to scalable SEO delivery practices
- Collaborate with SEO, Behavioral Analytics, CRO, Content, Strategy, UX, and Development teams
- Translate technical SEO findings for technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Participate in client meetings when technical SEO expertise is needed
- Support integrated initiatives involving SEO, AEO/GEO, analytics, experimentation, content, and digital experience optimization
Requirements:
- 4+ years of hands-on SEO experience, with meaningful experience in technical SEO
- Strong working knowledge of crawlability and indexation
- Strong working knowledge of canonicalization and redirects
- Strong working knowledge of XML sitemaps and robots.txt
- Strong working knowledge of site architecture and internal linking
- Strong working knowledge of Core Web Vitals and site performance
- Strong working knowledge of structured data/schema
- Strong working knowledge of JavaScript SEO and rendering considerations
- Strong working knowledge of website migrations and redesigns
- Advanced experience with Screaming Frog
- Strong experience with Google Search Console
- Experience with SEO platforms such as Ahrefs and/or Semrush
- Working knowledge of GA4 and web analytics
- Ability to independently investigate technical issues and determine likely root causes
- Ability to clearly document findings, recommendations, priorities, and implementation requirements
- Comfortable working across multiple clients and shifting priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Frequent sitting at a desk performing work on a computer
- Velir does not sponsor candidates and cannot accept those on OPT or CPT
Benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Excellent benefits
- Flexible contract role
- Up to 20 hours of support per week
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions