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We are looking for a results driven SEO Specialist who is passionate about increasing organic visibility, driving qualified traffic, and accelerating business growth through modern search strategies.
As an SEO Specialist at Cloudways, the managed hosting division of DigitalOcean, you will play a key role in strengthening our organic growth engine across traditional search platforms and emerging AI-driven discovery channels. You will collaborate closely with content, product marketing, and growth teams to develop and execute scalable SEO strategies that help developers, agencies, startups, and businesses discover Cloudways solutions across the web.
What You’ll Do- Develop and execute comprehensive SEO strategies focused on increasing organic traffic, keyword visibility, and conversions across Cloudways properties.
- Conduct keyword research and search intent analysis to identify high-impact growth opportunities across product, educational, and solution-based content.
- Optimize existing content assets through on-page SEO best practices including metadata optimization, content structuring, internal linking, and topical clustering.
- Partner with content teams to create high-quality, search-first content aligned with developer and SMB audience needs.
- Monitor and improve content performance using data-driven insights from Google Search Console, GA4, and SEO platforms.
- Identify and expand topical authority through semantic SEO, entity optimization, and topic cluster development.
- Optimize Cloudways content for AI-powered search engines and generative answer platforms by improving content clarity, structure, and contextual relevance.
- Perform competitor analysis to identify gaps, emerging opportunities, and evolving search trends within the cloud hosting ecosystem.
- Collaborate with technical SEO and engineering teams to ensure SEO best practices are integrated into site structure, page templates, and CMS workflows.
- Support international SEO initiatives including content localization and market expansion strategies.
- Track SEO KPIs and provide performance reporting, insights, and recommendations to growth leadership.
- Stay updated on algorithm changes, AI search evolution, and emerging search behaviors to continuously refine strategies.
- 3–5+ years of hands-on SEO experience, preferably within SaaS, hosting, technology, or developer-focused industries.
- Strong understanding of on-page SEO, keyword research, content optimization, and search intent mapping.
- Proficiency in SEO tools such as Ahrefs, SEMrush, Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, or similar platforms.
- Experience working with Google Search Console, GA4, and performance analytics tools.
- Ability to translate SEO insights into actionable content and growth strategies.
- Strong collaboration skills with content writers, marketers, and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- A curiosity-driven mindset with the ability to test, learn, and adapt in a fast-evolving search landscape.
- Experience optimizing content for AI-driven search engines and LLM-powered discovery platforms.
- Familiarity with basic technical SEO concepts including crawlability, indexation, and site architecture.
- Experience working with SaaS content ecosystems or large-scale content libraries.
- Knowledge of SEO automation workflows or data analysis using Python, SQL, or similar tools.
- Relevant SEO or analytics certifications.
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- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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