Lead Technical SEO

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GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is seeking a Lead Technical SEO to join our SEO team and help shape the technical SEO foundation across all our properties. This role will play a key role in driving SEO at scale in the US and globally, while working closely with product and technology teams.

In this role, you’ll support the Director of SEO in developing a best-in-class technical SEO strategy, ensuring our site architecture, performance, and discoverability set us apart. You’ll work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, RevOps, and Data teams to deliver impactful technical solutions.

This role sits at the intersection of marketing, product, and engineering, ensuring international SEO best practices are embedded across our platform and localized experiences. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-moving, collaborative environments, loves testing and learning, and is passionate about driving discovery online.

The Job:

• Own technical SEO performance globally, optimizing site architecture, page speed, schema, and LLM discoverability.
• Work with SEO director and Product, Engineering, and Data Science to ensure SEO is embedded into the global roadmap and technical infrastructure. Build the case for SEO prioritization in development roadmaps.
• Partner with the larger SEO team to make sure technical recommendations align with global priorities and needs.
• Conduct technical audits to identify and resolve issues across crawling, indexing, hreflang, rendering, internal linking, and structured data.
• Stay ahead of algorithm updates and evolving search behaviors, including AI and multimodal search (AEO, YouTube, TikTok, LLM-based engines).
• Educate and influence cross-functional teams on SEO best practices — fostering a data-driven, globally aware search culture.

You:

• 5–7 years of hands-on experience in SEO, with a strong technical foundation - comfortable discussing crawling, indexing, site speed, structured data, and hreflang implementation.
• Expertise in SEO tools like Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Conductor, SEMRush, or other key industry tools
• Experience improving rankings and organic traffic across multi-language, multi-region sites.
• Familiarity with working in large, dynamic web environments (marketplaces, UGC platforms, or SaaS).
• Experience collaborating with engineering, product, and content teams — and comfortable writing tickets and articulating business impact.
• Understanding of AI and generative search (AEO) and its impact on global search visibility.
• Clear communicator with the ability to translate complex data and technical insights into actionable strategy.
• Agile and curious - thrives on testing, iteration, and scaling learnings across markets.

Why you’ll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering program.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

The total annual salary for this full-time position is $118,500 - $177,500 + equity + benefits. As this is a remote position, the salary range was determined by role, level, and possible location across the US. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range based on your location during the hiring process.

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Learn more about GoFundMe:

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