Nerdwallet’s SEO team is looking for a Technical SEO Lead to drive organic growth by implementing advanced technical SEO strategies for our enterprise-level websites. This role ensures optimal site performance, crawlability, and indexability by collaborating closely with engineering, product, and content teams. Through audits, innovative solutions, and continuous monitoring, the person in this role will identify and resolve complex technical challenges to maintain competitive search engine visibility and scalability. This position exists to bridge technical expertise with strategic SEO goals, ensuring NerdWallet remains a leader in organic search performance.

In Short

Regularly audit and monitor NerdWallet’s Technical SEO performance through first- and third-party tools.
Partner with Product/Engineering on the SEO team as well as cross-functional Partners across NerdWallet to implement your proposals.
Collaborate with these partners to understand their needs and pain points, and how Technical SEO can help them.
Research developments and innovations in the Technical SEO industry for possible application at NerdWallet.
Build company-wide support for Technical SEO priorities.
Research and implement cutting-edge technical SEO innovations to maintain a competitive edge.
Monitor and report on technical SEO performance metrics and their impact on organic growth.
Audit and resolve website technical issues, including page speed, schema markup, and mobile optimization.
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure SEO best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle.
Develop and implement technical SEO strategies to enhance site performance, crawlability, and indexability.

Requirements

7+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience with enterprise-level websites.
Strong knowledge of how search engines crawl, index, and rank websites.
Deep expertise in website architecture, Core Web Vitals, technical auditing, structured data, log file analysis, JavaScript SEO, internal linking strategies, and page-speed optimization.
Proficient in SEO tools (e.g., Screaming Frog, SEMrush, AHREFs, Google Search Console) and analytics platforms.
Strong collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working with engineering, product, and editorial teams.

Benefits

Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents.
Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off.
New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care.
Mental health support.
Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests.
Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution.
Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend.
Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy.
Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities.
401K with company match.