Technical SEO Specialist

We are looking for a Technical SEO Specialist who is passionate about scaling discoverability through cutting-edge search engine optimization strategies, including on AI-powered search engines.
As a Technical SEO Specialist at Cloudways, the managed hosting division of DigitalOcean, you will be joining a dynamic growth team dedicated to helping audiences discover and connect with our content assets online. You will work closely with engineering, product, and content teams to ensure DigitalOcean's web properties perform at the highest technical SEO and GEO (generative AI engine optimization) performance standards. Your work will help millions of developers, startups, and businesses easily discover DigitalOcean resources and solutions across traditional search engines and emerging AI-driven search experiences.

What You'll Do

• Conduct deep technical SEO audits across the Cloudways website, developer documentation, Knowledge Base and community resources.
• Collaborate with engineering to implement SEO best practices into code, site architecture, and CMS.
• As the owner of our GA4 instance, optimize crawlability, indexation, internal linking, and site hierarchy at scale.
• Improve Core Web Vitals, site speed, and mobile-first performance across properties.
• Manage robots.txt, XML sitemaps, canonicalization, redirects, hreflang, and schema markup. Conduct log file analysis to optimize crawl budget and server efficiency.
• Implement and refine structured data (JSON-LD, Schema.org) to enhance visibility in SERPs.
• Ensure Cloudways content is surfaced across AI-powered search (Google SGE, Bing Copilot, ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.) by optimizing for semantic relevance, LLM indexing, and generative answers.
• Partner with growth and content teams to align semantic SEO strategies with DigitalOcean's developer-first content ecosystem.
• Explore AI and automation tools for anomaly detection, large-scale issue resolution, and SEO monitoring.
• Monitor algorithm updates, competitive landscape, and emerging search behaviors to drive proactive improvements.

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean

• 5+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience, ideally in SaaS, cloud, or developer-focused businesses.
• Deep understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and their impact on SEO.
• Expertise with Google Search Console, GA4, and Tag Manager.
• Proficiency with SEO/GEO management tools: Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, SEMrush, DeepCrawl, Sitebulb, Profound, etc.
• Experience with headless CMS, CDNs, and SSR/CSR frameworks.
• Familiarity with log file analysis, structured data, and international SEO (hreflang).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.
• A growth mindset with adaptability, curiosity, and a drive to experiment and learn.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AI-driven search and LLM discoverability optimization.
• Familiarity with Python or SQL for SEO data analysis and automation.
• Prior experience in enterprise-level SEO for large content ecosystems.
• Google Analytics and/or SEO certifications.
  

Why You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you'll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

• This is an hybrid role

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