SEO Strategist / Growth SEO Lead
Senior SEO role at Retell AI. Redwood City · full-time · $170,000–$230,000 base.
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- You'll set the organic-growth plan across Google, AI discovery, and product-led search
- You'll build trusted content pillars and align docs, blogs, landing pages, and product messaging
- You'll create programmatic pages and repeatable workflows that scale quality content
- You'll use AI to produce, refresh, and maintain accurate content over time
- You'll improve site structure, crawling, indexing, speed, rankings, and conversion
What you bring
- At least five years in SEO or growth work
- Demonstrated SEO results that produced tenfold or greater growth
- Strong technical SEO and on-page optimization skills
- Hands-on delivery, including AI tools for scaling content and workflows
Who this fits
This suits a senior SEO builder who can own strategy and execution, ship hands-on, and move quickly in a startup setting. You'll work onsite in Redwood City. Work-visa sponsorship is available for qualified applicants, with H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 OPT/CPT, and O-1 among the listed categories.
From the employer
ABOUT RETELL AI
Retell AI is using first-principles thinking to reimagine the call center with cutting-edge voice AI. Thousands of companies now use Retell's AI voice agents to handle sales, support, and logistics calls that once required large teams of human agents. Backed by Y Combinator, Alt Capital, and other leading investors, we've scaled to $80M in ARR with a team of 50, up from $5M at the start of 2025, and are now valued at over $1.5B.
Our vision for 2026 is to build a modern CX platform where entire contact centers are powered by AI. Instead of basic automation that needs constant human tuning, we're creating intelligent AI “workers” that act as frontline agents, QA analysts, and managers, continuously executing, monitoring, and improving every customer interaction.
We're growing fast and looking for ambitious builders who want to tackle hard technical problems, move quickly, and have a real impact on one of the fastest-growing voice AI companies in the world.
Let's build the future together.
Recent recognition:
No. 1 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area, San Francisco Business Times 2026
#3 Fastest-Growing Software Company, G2 Best Software Awards 2026
ABOUT THE ROLE
Retell AI transforms customer experience with voice AI for enterprises, including customers like CVS/Aetna, American Airlines, Lenovo, and Grab. We have more customer stories than we can tell!
We’re hiring an SEO Strategist to own organic growth end-to-end, from strategy to execution.
You will be responsible for building a compounding growth engine across:
Google search
AI-native surfaces (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.)
Programmatic and product-driven SEO
This is a high-ownership role. You won’t just optimize pages, you’ll design systems, build content moats, and create leverage.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Own SEO strategy end-to-end
Define how Retell wins across search and AI discovery channels
Build content as “source of truth”
Create and maintain core content pillars that dominate key topics
Ensure consistency across docs, blog, landing pages, and product
Design scalable growth systems
Build programmatic SEO and repeatable content loops
Turn one idea into hundreds or thousands of high-quality pages
Leverage AI deeply
Use AI to generate, maintain, and evolve content
Build workflows that keep content fresh and accurate over time
Own technical SEO and on-page optimization
Improve site architecture, indexing, crawlability, and performance
Continuously optimize pages for both ranking and conversion
Partner with product and engineering
Embed SEO into product surfaces and user workflows
Influence how the product itself generates organic growth
Experiment aggressively
Test unconventional ideas
Move fast, learn fast, and double down on what works
YOU MIGHT THRIVE IF
Must have
5+ years of experience in SEO or growth roles
Proven track record of driving 10x+ growth through SEO
Strong experience with technical SEO and on-page optimization
Hands-on execution, you don’t just plan, you ship
Experience using AI tools to scale content and workflows
Nice to have
Experience with programmatic SEO
Experience optimizing for AI-native search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.)
Background in SaaS, developer tools, or technical products
Startup experience or working in fast-moving environments
JOB DETAILS
Cash: 170k-230k per year
Equity: Equity Provided
Location: Redwood City, CA, US
US Visas: Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H1B/H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.
OTHER BENEFITS
100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
$70/day DoorDash credit for unlimited breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
$200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)
$300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)
$75/month phone bill reimbursement
$50/month internet reimbursement
COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY
Best Offer Upfront: Choose from three cash-equity balance options; no negotiation needed.
Top 1% Talent: Above-market pay (top 5 percentile) to attract exceptional builders.
High Ownership: Small teams, >$1M revenue/employee, and significant equity.
Performance-Based: Offers tied to interview performance, not experience or past salaries.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
Resume Screening (15 min)
Hiring Manager Experience Screening (30min)
SEO Deep Dive (30 min)
Walk through past projects
What worked, what didn’t, why
Identify true ownership vs surface-level involvement
Onsite (2–3 hours)
Live Strategy Exercise
“How would you grow Retell from X → Y using SEO?”
Evaluate thinking in systems, prioritization, creativity