SEO Strategist/Growth SEO Lead

SEO Strategist

Retell AI is using first principles to reimagine the call center with cutting-edge voice AI. Thousands of companies now utilize 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 have scaled to $60M ARR with a team of 40 people, up from $5M at the start of 2025.

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 can act as frontline agents, QA analysts, and managers — continuously executing, monitoring, and improving customer interactions.

We're growing quickly and looking for ambitious builders who want to tackle hard technical problems, move fast, and have real impact at one of the fastest-growing voice AI startups. Let's build the future together.

About The Role

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

• 3+ 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: 120k-160k 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.
• If Remote: the position will be contract with an hourly rate of: $55-$75 hourly with no equity

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

1. Resume Screening (15 min)

• Look for real growth metrics (not vanity work)
• Evidence of 10x outcomes

• SEO Deep Dive (45 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