The Technical SEO is all about improving a website’s technical aspects to increase its pages’ ranking in the search engines. Making a website faster, easier to crawl, and more understandable for search engines are the pillars of technical optimization. This role will be responsible for monitoring and resolving any issues with the crawling, rendering or indexation of weedmaps.com. In addition to these traditional technical SEO tasks, the Technical SEO will work closely with the Engineering, Product and Design team, in order to provide technical SEO Q&A on releases and product launches. The Technical SEO will be responsible for monitoring and resolving any issues with the crawling, rendering or indexation of weedmaps.com. In addition to these traditional technical SEO tasks, the Technical SEO will work closely with the EPD (Engineering, Product and Design) team in order to provide technical SEO Q&A on releases and product launches.

The impact you’ll make:

Examine SiteBulb crawls for changes to pages/templates and filing bug tickets.
Run quarterly Core Web Vitals and Web Performance reports and filing and following up with necessary tickets.
Perform full technical SEO audit and presentation and tickets every 3 months.
Perform Rendering Audit, Tickets & Presentation monthly.
Examine crawl logs (in ENG tool like DataDog) daily to ensure proper crawling.
Perform Crawl Audit, Tickets and Presentation monthly.
Maintain Indexation of Weedmaps.com.
Perform Indexation Audit, Tickets and Presentation monthly.
Provide Technical SEO QA/QE to the Engineering, Product and Design team.
Attend and represent the SEO team in cross team meetings.
Work deeply with the Engineering, Product and Design team to ensure product releases are in line with organizational Technical SEO requirements.
Review competitive analysis from SEO Coordinator quarterly and ticket/task creation of technical SEO tickets.
Perform additional Technical SEO tasks as assigned.

What you’ve accomplished:

Minimum seven years of direct Technical SEO experience with large, enterprise level websites
Expert understanding of how search engines crawl, render and index websites
Proficient with the tools necessary to perform technical SEO tasks especially SiteBulb and Screaming Frog crawlers, Google Search Console, Log File tools, etc
Deep understanding of search engine algorithms and how they work
Familiarity with the technical development process
Seven years experience with JavaScript, HTML and CSS and how they work together to impact technical SEO across websites
Expert level understanding of the basics of web performance from an engineering perspective
Experience working with a product organization, especially providing QA/QE to releases
Experience with successful collaboration with multiple departments including engineering and product
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
Excellent ability to communicate and present internally on technical SEO
Passionate about data driven technology that drives the bottom line

The base pay range for this position is $100,000.00 to $131,000.00 per year

2024 Benefits for Full Time, Regular Employees:

Physical Health benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision:
Employee - employer paid premium 100%
Company contribution to a HSA when electing the High Deductible Health Plan
For plans that offer coverage to your dependents, you pay a small contribution
Mental Health benefits:
Free access to CALM app for employees and dependents
Employee Training
Mental Health seminars and Q&A sessions
Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
401(k) Retirement Plan (with employer match contribution)
Generous PTO, Paid Sick Leave, and Company Holidays
Supplemental, voluntary benefits
Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings - including a company contribution
FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Accident Insurance
Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
Pet Insurance
Family planning/fertility
Identity theft protection
Legal access to a network of attorneys
Paid parental leave

Why Work at Weedmaps?

You get to work at the leading technology company in the cannabis industry
You get to play a meaningful role in helping to advance cannabis causes, including helping improve the lives of patients who rely on the benefits of cannabis
You get an opportunity to shape the future of the cannabis industry
You get to work on challenging issues in a collaborative environment that encourages you to do your best
You get to work in a casual and fun environment; no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!
Generous PTO and company holidays
Numerous opportunities and tools to learn and grow your professional skills
Endless opportunities to network and connect with other Weedmappers through speaker series, Employee Resource Groups, happy hours, team celebrations, game nights, and much more!