Toptal

SEO Specialist

Toptal

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Canada

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About the role

  • Own and execute organic growth initiatives in close partnership with a fast-moving, cross-functional team.
  • Provide clear strategic thinking, written guidance, and thought leadership on SEO direction and prioritization.
  • Conduct deep, ongoing SERP and competitive analysis, including classic search results and AI-augmented answer experiences.
  • Optimize on-page content, internal linking, and information architecture for both head terms and long-tail demand.
  • Lead keyword research, intent modeling, and query clustering, with an emphasis on commercial and product-led intent.
  • Define and oversee content generation and optimization strategies that align with searcher intent and drive conversions.
  • Identify and execute authority-building initiatives, including backlink analysis, link quality monitoring, and scalable acquisition strategies.
  • Partner with content, PR, and distribution teams to define target terms, anchor strategies, and landing pages that strengthen key revenue-driving URLs.
  • Own technical SEO hygiene, including crawlability, indexing, rendering, Core Web Vitals, site speed, and structured data.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams on SEO-driven product improvements, templates, and platform capabilities.
  • Monitor and report on core SEO KPIs, including rankings, traffic quality, CTR, conversion rate, and cost efficiency.
  • Maintain strong, proactive communication with stakeholders via Slack, Zoom, and written documentation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Analytics, Business, or related field.
  • Strong command of modern SEO best practices, including risk management and algorithm-safe execution.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in SEO, growth, or search-driven product environments.
  • Proven experience designing, executing, and analyzing SEO experiments.
  • Deep understanding of search intent, content relevance, ranking systems, and authority signals.
  • Experience implementing both content-focused and technical SEO independently and in partnership with engineers.
  • Solid understanding of web technologies, rendering models, and performance considerations that impact SEO.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, content creators, product managers, and marketers.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with tools such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Ahrefs, and or SEMrush, Screaming Frog, PageSpeed Insights, and advanced Excel or Sheets.
  • High proficiency in conversion rate optimization principles and funnel thinking.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and strong judgment around brand-appropriate, high-performing experiences.
  • Comfortable operating in a high-growth, execution-focused environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • A proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
  • You must be a world-class individual contributor. This role requires doing the work, not just directing it.
Benefits
  • This is a remote position.
  • Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
SEOkeyword researchintent modelingquery clusteringon-page optimizationbacklink analysistechnical SEOconversion rate optimizationdata analysiscontent optimization
Soft skills
strategic thinkingcommunicationcollaborationattention to detailproactive mindsetleadershipanalytical skillsownershipproblem-solvingcreativity