Founding Head of SEO at HiringCafe | Cupertino, CA

Founding Head of SEO

Cupertino, CA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

Job Summary

Own the SEO engine for a fast, scalable job search platform by designing a programmatic strategy, aligning with engineering on millions of optimized pages, and driving rapid indexation and authority growth.

Architect Programmatic SEO: design strategy and collaborate with engineering to build millions of optimized pages.
Drive Content & On-Page: create scalable systems for high-quality, intent-driven job content.
Master the Crawl: optimize crawl budgets, analyze logs, and accelerate indexation for large URL inventories.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Architect Programmatic SEO: Design the strategy and collaborate with engineering to build millions of perfectly optimized, high-converting job and category pages.
Drive Content & On-Page: Develop scalable systems for generating high-quality, intent-driven content that job seekers actually want to read and use.
Master the Crawl: Manage crawl budgets for massive URL inventories, conduct log file analysis, and ensure rapid indexation of fast-moving job data.
Build Authority: Actively monitor our backlink profile and engineer highly effective, scalable campaigns to generate authoritative backlinks and digital PR.
Technical Excellence: Ensure flawless technical execution across rendering (React/Next.js), core web vitals, structured data, and dynamic internal linking.

Requirements

Minimum commitment of 50 hours per week at our Cupertino office

Benefits

Flexible PTO & family leave
Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
Design your own perks as a core member of the founding team

HiringCafe

A cozy space for job seekers

Founded in 2022

San Jose, California, USA

1 employees (1 in marketing)

hiring.cafe

Salaries

SEO median pay in the United States

$85K/yr

Most earn $68K to $110K. Based on 1,646 salaries, including bonus and equity.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size

1 (100% of company)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors

2.8M

Traffic Source Mix

22.3%

Direct

70.1%

Referral

3.4%

Social

Paid

0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2

Links

hiring.cafe

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