South Africa Remote (Global) Full-time

Hire Overseas is hiring a SEO Specialist (SaaS)

About the Role

Hire Overseas is hiring an SEO Specialist to own the organic growth strategy for our AI-powered education SaaS product. You'll lead execution across content, technical SEO, and performance analysis to grow qualified traffic and convert search demand into product adoption.

What You'll Do

  • Own the organic search roadmap across content, technical SEO, and on-page optimization.
  • Identify high-intent keywords aligned with educator needs and product use cases.
  • Prioritize opportunities based on search demand, competition, and conversion potential.
  • Translate SEO insights into clear execution plans.
  • Collaborate with content stakeholders to create and optimize SEO-driven pages.
  • Improve existing content for clarity, structure, and search intent alignment.
  • Support development of evergreen pages, product-led content, and educational resources.
  • Ensure content balances search performance with credibility and usefulness.
  • Monitor crawlability, indexation, site structure, and performance.
  • Partner with engineering or product teams to resolve technical SEO issues.
  • Ensure best practices are applied across new features and page launches.
  • Track rankings, traffic, conversions, and organic growth metrics.
  • Report on SEO performance with clear insights and next-step recommendations.
  • Test, iterate, and refine strategies based on results and algorithm changes.

What We're Looking For

  • 3 to 6+ years of SEO experience, ideally within SaaS or product-led businesses.
  • Strong fundamentals across technical SEO, content optimization, and keyword research.
  • Experience growing organic traffic for software products or platforms.
  • Proficiency with tools such as Google Search Console, Ahrefs, Semrush, or similar.
  • Ability to connect SEO work to product adoption and business outcomes.
  • Clear communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally.

Nice to Have

  • Experience working in education, edtech, or productivity tools.
  • Familiarity with AI products or content related to AI workflows.
  • Experience collaborating closely with product or engineering teams.
  • Comfort experimenting with AI-assisted SEO research or content workflows.

Technical Stack

  • Google Search Console
  • Ahrefs
  • Semrush

Team & Environment

Work closely with product and marketing stakeholders.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Paid in USD (bi-monthly: every 15th and 30th).
  • Up to 14 days of Paid Time Off annually (starting Day 1).
  • Observance of Holidays per company guidelines.

Work Mode

This is a 100% remote position open to global candidates.

Hire Overseas is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Skills
Google Search ConsoleAhrefsSemrushSEOSaaSContent StrategyKeyword ResearchTechnical SEOLink BuildingAnalyticsReportingOn-page SEOOff-page SEO
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