SEO Software Engineer - Growth & Web Performance

Otter.ai; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Otter.ai is seeking a Software Engineer to join the growth team and focus on SEO, improving discoverability, performance, and user experience of web pages. You will collaborate with growth, marketing, and engineering partners to turn ideas into impactful engineering tasks.

Ideal candidates have strong web fundamentals, experience with React/Next.js, and a passion for AI tools that scale SEO work. This role emphasizes code quality, testing, and cross-browser consistency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing web applications using a JavaScript framework
• Proficiency in writing clean, reusable, optimized HTML/CSS, TypeScript and JavaScript
• Solid understanding of core web fundamentals, including how pages are rendered, crawled, and indexed
• Working knowledge of SEO best practices and experience with tools such as Google Search Console
• Experience with React and Next.js, including server-side rendering and static generation
• Familiar with REST API principles
• Experience writing unit, integration, and UI tests and a strong ability to debug code that is reusable, testable and efficient
• Passion to explore and use the latest development tools and platforms, including AI tools that help scale SEO work
• Experience with Webflow or a similar CMS is a plus
• Experience with A/B testing and analytics instrumentation is a plus
• BS or MS in computer science or related fields is a nice to have

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of our web application, helping it meet business goals and improve our visibility in search.
• Build and improve our web pages so they are fast, crawlable, and easy for search engines and AI tools such as ChatGPT to understand, with a focus on performance and user experience.
• Use Google Search Console and other SEO tools to find issues and opportunities, and work with the team to turn them into engineering tasks.
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code that adheres to industry best practices and our internal coding standards, including HTML metadata, structured data, and Core Web Vitals.
• Help set up experiments and analytics instrumentation to measure the impact of SEO changes.
• Help build scalable ways to land SEO changes faster, such as automation, reusable page templates, and integrations with marketing tools like Webflow.
• Partner with the growth team, external SEO partners, and frontend engineers to bring an SEO mindset into everyday feature development.
• Proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve bugs to improve overall app quality and stability.
• Conduct rigorous testing to ensure the application meets security standards and performs efficiently across various platforms and devices.
• Ensure seamless functionality and a consistent user experience across multiple browsers, platforms, and devices through thorough validation and testing.
• Continuously explore new technologies, tools, and methodologies, including AI-assisted workflows, and share what you learn with the team.
• Actively participate in code review sessions to maintain high-quality code and foster knowledge sharing within the team.

Skills

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

TypeScript

SEO fundamentals

Testing

AI tools for SEO

Code review

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Tools

Google Search Console

Webflow

Job description

Otter.ai is seeking a Software Engineer to join the growth team and focus on SEO, improving discoverability, performance, and user experience of web pages. You will collaborate with growth, marketing, and engineering partners to turn ideas into impactful engineering tasks.

Ideal candidates have strong web fundamentals, experience with React/Next.js, and a passion for AI tools that scale SEO work. This role emphasizes code quality, testing, and cross-browser consistency.