Organic Search Marketer – SEO/AEO

If this sounds like you…
A self-directed strategist who is comfortable owning product-level SEO and AEO Search strategy autonomously — and knows how to identify what matters most without waiting to be told…
A technically fluent SEO/AEO expert who understands how LLMs, bots, and traditional search engines consume, interpret, and weight content — and can apply that expertise to crawling, indexing, rendering, site architecture, and page performance…
A collaborative operator who can partner effectively with content, social, product, and other cross-functional teams to turn strategy into shipped work…
An analytical thinker who can design and run thoughtful experiments — and a practical builder who knows when to move quickly, learn, and ship…
…then read on.

In this role, you will:
Own product-level SEO and AI Search strategies, using performance data, competitor deep dives, and audience insights to prioritize opportunities, close coverage gaps, and improve content effectiveness over time — ultimately driving qualified traffic that converts into Mercury account applications and revenue.
Partner cross-functionally with Social, Product, Product Marketing, Engineering, and Community teams to turn SEO and AEO opportunities into shipped work across channels — including blog content, YouTube scripts, social, and community surfaces
Own the technical SEO/AEO roadmap for Mercury.com, working closely with Engineering to improve page speed, rendering, and site architecture and experiment with new delivery techniques to make the site accessible and fast for both humans and bots
Be a trusted and close partner with the Stories team, helping them to build longitudinal content roadmaps that balance the certainty of long-term planning with flexibility for emerging trends, search shifts, and business priorities
Build repeatable systems, AI workflows, and guidelines that increase the consistency, efficiency, and impact of Mercury’s SEO and AEO efforts
Drive SEO-driven evergreen content optimizations, working with content partners to improve performance while preserving writing quality, usefulness, and brand standards
Strengthen how Mercury products are surfaced across owned and earned media by identifying targeted placement opportunities, building authority, and helping search and answer engines connect upstream topics to Mercury’s solutions.
Identify and scope high-value tools, templates, calculators, downloadable PDFs, and other multi-format assets that make Mercury content more useful, shareable, linkable, and cite-worthy
Relentlessly test new plays for improving traditional and AI search traffic and visibility — from new page types to edge caching for bots — scaling what works, stopping what doesn’t, and feeding learnings back into team-wide strategy

You have:
5+ years of SEO experience, with 2-3 years focused on AEO, ideally in a fast-moving startup environment
Deep technical fluency paired with a clear grasp of how LLMs interpret and weight content differently from traditional search engines
A track record of turning strategy into shipped, high-quality work independently — setting your own priorities rather than waiting to be told
Hands-on experience with AI agents and automation tools, with a builder’s instinct for turning them into repeatable systems
Sharp, data-informed judgment for knowing what to prioritize, what to scale, and what to cut

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $128,600 – $144,600
US employees outside of the New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle or the San Francisco Bay Area: $115,700 – $130,100
Canadian employees (any location): 121,500 CAD – 136,700 CAD