--- title: 'Growth Lead, SEO & AI Visibility at daydream' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/growth-lead-seo-ai-visibility-daydream-remote-5qf52z02b7hg' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Growth Lead, SEO & AI Visibility at daydream - **Company:** daydream - **Location:** Remote - **Compensation:** $140k–$155k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/withdaydream/a7386fd3-ecaf-45b9-9f58-4a577086d67e ## Job description daydream specializes in developing organic growth programs tailored for B2B technology leaders, including Clay, Replit, and Beautiful.ai. Having partnered with fourteen billion-dollar enterprises and 12% of the Forbes AI 50, we solve the critical challenge of optimizing visibility across search engines and AI assistants. To fuel this mission, we have secured $21M in total funding, highlighted by a recent $15M Series A round spearheaded by WndrCo, alongside participation from First Round Capital and Basis Set Ventures. The Position. You own up to 10 client relationships end-to-end. Strategy, execution, renewal: all of it is yours. You decide what gets built on each account and why, and nothing reaches a client without your sign-off. A production team handles briefs, decks, and data, so you are not the one building them. Core Responsibilities - The plan for each account and the reasoning behind it - The quality gate on every deliverable - Growth on your book, e.g., commercial-intent visibility, conversions, and revenue impact - Commitment dates you set yourself and hold - Your own schedule and priority order across the book, including the weeks one account is on fire The judgment is what makes the rest of it work. Output has gotten cheap and fast, and cheap and fast does not mean right. The scarce skill is reading a confident, well-formatted recommendation and telling whether it actually solves the client's problem. That is the call you are accountable for making every day, and most of the time it is the whole job. The Benefits. Your own book and the authority to run it. Nobody sits between you and the client, and nobody re-decides your strategy after you've set it. The production team absorbs the assembly work most SEO jobs bury you in, so your week goes to thinking. Candidate Profile - You've owned organic growth programs for B2B tech companies end to end, agency or in-house, on accounts where you were the person the client called. - You've carried several of them at the same time. Running one program deeply builds a different muscle than running eight in parallel, and this seat needs the second one. - You hold your own schedule. When one account escalates, you know what to move and what to protect, and you can say no to the client in front of you so the other nine don't pay for it. - You've been wrong about a strategy, and you know how you found out. Most people who can do this have been at it seven years or more, though we care about the reps rather than the date on your resume. - You can be the only person on the call. - You have the confidence to reject a flawed recommendation, even when it is well presented. What We Don't Need. Prior experience with our internal stack. We can train you on tools in a week. We can't teach the judgment required to use them. Career Path & Seniority. This is a role designed for senior practitioners, and it does not lead to a traditional people-management track. Growth in this seat is realized through the scope and complexity of the portfolio you command, your influence over our operational framework, and compensation that is tied directly to both. If your career goal is managing people rather than honing your expertise as a practitioner, we want to be upfront that daydream is not the right fit. Interview Structure. Our interview process consists of four calls and a single work sample evaluation. There are no take-home assignments or interview preparations required. The work sample is a 45-minute live exercise conducted alongside our team. We are happy to adjust the timing or format if you require specific accommodations. Operational Details. We are fully distributed; our entire division has worked remotely since April 2026, operating with core collaboration hours between 9 AM and 2 PM Pacific Time. We provide comprehensive health insurance, fund your home office installation, and supply monthly stipends for internet, coworking spaces, and meals, alongside annual credits for professional development and fitness. ## About daydream ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: daydream delivers an unfair advantage in organic search by combining a proven methodology with AI‑powered SEO agents and dedicated experts. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (with presence in the Philippines and Spain) - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Thenuka Karunaratne (CEO) and Shravan Rajinikanth (CTO) ## Core Business - Primary industry: AI‑native SEO and organic growth services (agency + software platform) - Target customers: Growth‑stage companies and enterprises needing scalable organic search (B2B) - Mission: To give companies access to world‑class marketing execution and distribution by combining top‑tier human expertise with AI agents that model the best practitioners. ## Products & Services - **Full‑Service SEO Agency**: End‑to‑end organic search strategy including programmatic SEO, editorial SEO, technical SEO, and content creation. - **SEO Agents (Platform)**: AI agents modeled after the top 1% of practitioners that automate execution tasks (keyword strategy, content generation, technical audits). - **Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)**: Services to ensure brands are cited by large language models (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) and AI search platforms. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $21.2M across seed and Series A rounds. - Recent $15M Series A (led by WndrCo) announced April 2026 [[Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/)]. - Previously raised $6.2M seed round (May 2024) and $2.5M pre‑seed (December 2023) [[Axios](https://www.axios.com/)]. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: WndrCo (Series A lead), along with growth leaders and advisors including Lenny Rachitsky, Eli Schwartz, Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), and others. - **Growth Signals**: Won Shorty Award for Best SEO/SEM Campaign (2026); achieved 19.8 million clicks via programmatic SEO across Google and AI platforms; recognized with a GEO Bronze award; headcount grew 33% quarterly with 27 employees as of mid‑2026. ## Competitive Advantages - Combined AI agent + human expert model (“forward‑deployed” delivery) that provides both automation and strategic accountability. - Deep specialization in programmatic SEO and GEO, an emerging AI search channel. - Proven methodology built by founders with years of hands‑on SEO experience (previously built Flixed’s programmatic engine). - Backing and advisory from top growth practitioners (Lenny Rachitsky, Eli Schwartz, etc.). ## Strategic Focus - Continue building and refining SEO agents for execution at scale. - Expand GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) offerings as AI citations become a primary traffic source. - Grow full‑service agency model while investing in platform capabilities. - Scale headcount and client base, particularly in engineering and growth roles. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Small team doing big work” – high ownership, faster growth, and room to dream bigger. Values emphasize ownership, proactive communication, resilient optimism, and commitment. - **Remote/Hybrid**: Hybrid office in San Francisco with commuter benefit; meals provided on in‑office days. - **Benefits**: Medical, dental, vision (HSA/FSA), Teladoc, Talkspace; annual learning & development stipend; personal well‑being stipend (gym, fitness, therapy); two company retreats per year; monthly team dinners/outings. - **Compensation**: Senior / Staff Engineer salary range $161,637 – $200,000 (plus equity). - **Open Roles**: Primarily engineering (Senior/Staff Engineer, AI Engineer, Applied AI Engineer). ## Sources 1. [withdaydream.com](https://www.withdaydream.com/) – Company overview and operating model 2. [withdaydream.com/careers](https://www.withdaydream.com/careers) – Careers page, benefits, job listings 3. [withdaydream.com/company](https://www.withdaydream.com/company) – About us, team, values, investors 4. [LinkedIn/withdaydream](https://www.linkedin.com/company/withdaydream) – Employee data, funding details, updates 5. [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/) – Series A raise of $15M (April 2026) 6. [Axios](https://www.axios.com/) – $2.5M pre‑seed raise (December 2023) ## Other roles at daydream - [Senior Fullstack/Backend Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-fullstack-backend-engineer-daydream-san-francisco-7m710gjfwk5h) — San Francisco, CA - [Applied AI Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/applied-ai-engineer-daydream-san-francisco-w6s17m5z69zx) — San Francisco, CA