--- title: 'Senior Technical SEO Specialist - Remote at Reedsy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-technical-seo-specialist-remote-reedsy-united-kingdom-tsw0191kwbs1' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Senior Technical SEO Specialist - Remote at Reedsy - **Company:** Reedsy - **Location:** United Kingdom - **Compensation:** £50k–£75k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-07-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reedsy/d05ed43f-5776-4ef7-9b94-219ec9bb3993 ## Job description We accept applications in Europe, the USA, and Canada for this role. ## About Reedsy We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our curated marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Stephen King's designer, Neil Gaiman's editor or Walter Isaacson's publicist. We’ve grown to a community of 3,000,000 authors and over 5,000 freelancers in just a few short years, while picking up a number of industry awards along the way 🏆 Want to help us? Cool, keep reading! ## Responsibilities We receive millions of visitors each month, and content marketing is our primary customer acquisition channel. Your role is to ensure our content is as discoverable as possible across both traditional search engines and AI-powered search. - Be the technical SEO lead for a team of seven writers. - Conduct technical SEO audits (site architecture, crawling, indexation, Core Web Vitals, schema, internal linking, etc.). - Research, test, and implement new strategies to improve both SEO and AI search visibility (GEO/AEO). - Conduct regular reporting on rankings, AI citations, CTR, and other key metrics, with recommendations for re-optimization. - Build AI-assisted workflows for content production, SEO analysis, and reporting. ## Requirements - Outstanding knowledge of technical SEO, on-page SEO, and website architecture. - Excellent analytical skills, with hands-on experience using tools such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, and similar platforms. - Hands-on experience optimizing content for AI search (GEO/AEO), including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and other AI assistants. - Strong understanding of structured data ([Schema.org](http://Schema.org)), crawling, indexation, and modern web technologies. A background in software development is a plus. - Experience working closely with both engineering and editorial/content teams. - Comfortable using AI tools and automation to improve SEO workflows and scale content operations. Bonus Points - You've helped scale organic traffic for a startup through content and technical SEO. - Experience optimizing for platforms beyond Google, including YouTube, Reddit, Perplexity, and other emerging discovery channels. - Experience with Python, SQL, workflow automation tools (n8n, Make, etc.), and vibe-coding. - A good dose of ambition, and an even better sense of humor. - Fluent in multiple languages. Reedsy welcomes candidates from all backgrounds. ## About Reedsy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Reedsy operates an online marketplace and suite of software tools connecting authors with freelance publishing professionals for editing, design, marketing, ghostwriting, and translation services. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped / Grant-funded; last known funding was a $1.2M grant in 2016) - **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Ricardo Fayet, Matt Herron, Vincent Durand ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Book and Periodical Publishing / Marketplace for Professional Services - **Target customers**: B2C (primarily self-publishing and indie authors), B2B (publishers and publishing professionals seeking project work) - **Mission or purpose**: To give authors the tools and community they need to write, publish, and market high-quality books, while creating economic opportunities for the world’s best publishing professionals. ## Products & Services - **[Reedsy Marketplace](https://reedsy.com/)**: A curated platform where authors can browse profiles, request quotes, and hire vetted freelance editors, designers, marketers, ghostwriters, translators, and web designers. Only the top ~1% of applicants are accepted as professionals. - **[Reedsy Book Editor](https://reedsy.com/write)** (free tool): A browser-based writing and editing app designed for book-length manuscripts. - **[Reedsy Learning](https://blog.reedsy.com/learning/)**: Free, high-quality online courses and webinars for authors covering craft, publishing, and marketing topics. - **[Reedsy Discovery](https://reedsy.com/discovery)**: A review platform that connects indie authors with early readers and book reviewers. - **[Reedsy Prompts](https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/)**: A community writing prompt tool and short story competition hub. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company; no known recent funding round setting a valuation; last funding was a $1.2M grant in 2016) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated in the range of $5M–$25M (per LinkedIn company data); community of over **5 million authors** and publishing professionals. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include Horizon 2020 (EU grant), DN Capital, Seedcamp, Kima Ventures, and Benjamin Yoskovitz. - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew **14.9% YoY** to **371 employees** (per LinkedIn, as of mid-2025). - Operates in **33 countries**, with major hubs in the US (40% of staff), UK (13%), Canada, Spain, and Portugal. - LinkedIn followers exceed **96,000**, up ~6.8% year-over-year. - Revenue range of $5M–$25M for a fully remote, relatively lean lean marketplace places them in a healthy, profitable-looking growth stage for a private company. ## Competitive Advantages - **Curated, high-quality talent pool**: Accepts only ~1% of freelance applicants, ensuring a high bar for quality comparable to top publishing houses. - **Full tool ecosystem**: Unlike simple directories, Reedsy provides proprietary tools (writing, collaboration, file sharing, payments, project protection) that keep authors and professionals inside the platform. - **Strong brand and community trust**: With millions of authors and thousands of professionals, the marketplace has significant network effects, making it harder for new entrants to compete. - **Remote-native culture**: Fully distributed from the start, with a deep understanding of how to build and scale remote creative teams. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding the marketplace** to new professional categories (e.g., ghostwriting, marketing) and to more international markets (33+ countries). - **Deepening author education** via Reedsy Learning courses and Discovery reviews to fuel author self-sufficiency and community engagement. - **Refining AI/automation** tools to assist authors while protecting the value of human professionals (the company is cautious about full automation in favor of human creative quality). ## Why Work Here - **Full remote forever**: Reedsy is a fully distributed company with a team of around 50 core employees (plus a global network of freelancers). Team members work from 15+ countries. - **Flexible lifestyle**: Co-founders have publicly embraced location-independent work (e.g., co-founder Matt spending months living and working from the Alps). - **Diverse, global team**: Recruits talent from top publishers (Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan) and freelancers globally. - **High employee satisfaction**: Employer rating of **4.1/5** on LinkedIn across categories including Work-Life (4.1), Culture (4.0), Career Opportunities (4.2), and Compensation (3.9). - **Flat, autonomous culture**: Small core team allows for significant ownership and impact. Roles span design, editorial, marketing, customer experience, and engineering. ## Sources 1. [Reedsy.com](https://reedsy.com/) 2. [LinkedIn - Reedsy Company Page](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/reedsy) 3. [CB Insights - Reedsy Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/reedsy) 4. [Reedsy Careers on Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reedsy) 5. [Reedsy Careers on Workable](https://apply.workable.com/reedsy/?lng=en) 6. [Starter Story - How Reedsy Started](https://www.starterstory.com/book-publishing-services-marketplace) ## Other roles at Reedsy - [Senior Product Designer - Remote Europe](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-designer-remote-europe-reedsy-united-kingdom-ept6m9e11nj8) — United Kingdom - [Senior Copywriter - Remote](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-copywriter-remote-reedsy-united-kingdom-j3ynh0n7jawb) — United Kingdom - [Customer Happiness Manager - Remote Anywhere](https://feeny.ai/job/customer-happiness-manager-remote-anywhere-reedsy-united-kingdom-389zsqf1jkjn) — United Kingdom - [AI Engineer - Remote Europe](https://feeny.ai/job/ai-engineer-remote-europe-reedsy-united-kingdom-s8stt02j37f2) — United Kingdom - [Community Growth Manager - Remote](https://feeny.ai/job/community-growth-manager-remote-reedsy-united-kingdom-47q09daefe6k) — United Kingdom - [Senior Ruby Engineer - Remote Europe](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-ruby-engineer-remote-europe-reedsy-united-kingdom-gd5s4nv770yp) — United Kingdom - [Senior Frontend Engineer - Remote Europe](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-frontend-engineer-remote-europe-reedsy-united-kingdom-5cdypfv80a43) — United Kingdom - [Senior Software Engineer (Node/Vue/TypeScript) - Remote Europe](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-node-vue-typescript-remote-europe-reedsy-remote-27yeakt8w4ep) - [Customer Happiness Intern - Remote](https://feeny.ai/job/customer-happiness-intern-remote-reedsy-united-kingdom-detv3vrb798f) — United Kingdom - [Community Intern (Reedsy Learning) - Remote](https://feeny.ai/job/community-intern-reedsy-learning-remote-reedsy-united-kingdom-edmype3n3v8f) — United Kingdom