Technical SEO Specialist - Wellington
At Trade Me our vision is to be the place where Kiwi look first.
Trade Me is one of New Zealand's most popular websites with over four million members and more than 650,000 Kiwis visiting our site every day with over 7 million active listings.
This newly created role of Technical SEO Specialist is a fantastic opportunity to join us and work on optimising the technical aspects of our website visited by those users. The role can be based in either Auckland or Wellington (2 days in the office, 3 days at home).
**Your role will focus on areas such as:**- Creating plans to improve our site architecture and crawlability, enhancing search engine visibility across the business
- Collaborating with our SEO squad on roadmap projects, helping to define Technical SEO requirements and ensuring that delivery timelines are met
- Working with Engineering to define Technical SEO best practices, and helping to embed these within our vertical squads
- 5+ years of recent SEO experience
- Experience optimising large/enterprise-level websites (either client-side or agency-side)
- Understanding of front-end web development (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Understanding of client-side vs. server-side considerations in SEO
- Advanced knowledge of Google Search Console and either Semrush or Ahrefs for conducting technical audits and troubleshooting issues
- Experience with optimising crawl budgets and Core Web Vitals
- Understanding of algorithmic updates and their impact on Organic Search
- Experience working and communicating with Developers/Engineers
You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:
**#Flexibility:** Flexible working is the new normal. We have a guideline for our people to be in the office 60% of the time, with the remaining time being flexible. We support you with a home office setup and a utilities allowance to ensure you can work comfortably.
**#Wellness:** Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.
**#Leave:** We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.
**#Social:** Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Regular Friday drinks and nibbles, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.
**#Learning:** Whether it's on the job, formal training, mentoring or something else, you'll grow with us from Day 1.
We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you so please send us your resume and a short cover note outlining the "Why".
Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.