Data Scientist for SEO

White Light Digital Marketing; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Full time

Job summary

A digital marketing firm is seeking a Data Scientist to transform SEO data into actionable insights. You will collaborate with SEO strategists, build data models, and automate analyses. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience and advanced skills in Python and SQL. The role is fully remote, offering high autonomy and potential for career growth.

Benefits

Salary starting from $2,000 per month

Fully remote, async-first team

High autonomy and freedom

Opportunities for growth into higher-level roles

Qualifications

• 2+ years working with SEO or digital marketing datasets.
• Advanced skills in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools.
• Experience with web scraping, APIs, and NLP.

Responsibilities

• Build data models to forecast SEO impact and ROI.
• Automate analysis of rankings, traffic, and content performance.
• Identify patterns across SERP behavior, competitors, and user intent.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data visualization tools (Looker, Power BI)

Web scraping

APIs

Statistical testing

Communication to non-technical stakeholders

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for a Data Scientist who can transform messy SEO data into clear, actionable insights that drive rankings, traffic, and revenue. You’ll work closely with our SEO strategists to uncover opportunities, test hypotheses, and measure what truly moves the needle. This role reports directly to the Head of SEO and will play a key part in shaping data-driven strategy for WLDM’s clients.

Responsibilities

• Build data models to forecast SEO impact and ROI
• Automate analysis of rankings, traffic, and content performance
• Identify patterns across SERP behavior, competitors, and user intent
• Create dashboards that guide strategic SEO decisions
• Run statistical tests to validate SEO experiments
• Support SEO strategists with actionable insights from large, unstructured datasets

Ideal Profile

Required

• 2+ years working with SEO or digital marketing datasets
• Advanced skills in Python, SQL, and data visualization (Looker, Power BI, or similar)
• Experience with web scraping, APIs (Google Search Console, GA4), and NLP
• Strong ability to present technical findings to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

• Familiarity with content clustering, internal linking, and topical authority

What We Offer

• Salary starting from $2,000 USD per month
• Fully remote, async-first team — work from anywhere
• High autonomy and freedom — no micromanagement, just outcomes
• Work with private equity firms and 8-figure ecommerce brands
• Opportunities to grow into higher-level strategy and innovation roles

Working hours

• Fully remote position
• Flexible schedule, async-first collaboration