Technical SEO
The Technical SEO is all about improving a website’s technical aspects to increase its pages’ ranking in the search engines. Making a website faster, easier to crawl, and more understandable for search engines are the pillars of technical optimization. This role will be responsible for monitoring and resolving any issues with the crawling, rendering or indexation of weedmaps.com. In addition to these traditional technical SEO tasks, the Technical SEO will work closely with the Engineering, Product and Design team, in order to provide technical SEO Q&A on releases and product launches. The Technical SEO will be responsible for monitoring and resolving any issues with the crawling, rendering or indexation of weedmaps.com. In addition to these traditional technical SEO tasks, the Technical SEO will work closely with the EPD (Engineering, Product and Design) team in order to provide technical SEO Q&A on releases and product launches.
The impact you’ll make:
- Examine SiteBulb crawls for changes to pages/templates and filing bug tickets.
- Run quarterly Core Web Vitals and Web Performance reports and filing and following up with necessary tickets.
- Perform full technical SEO audit and presentation and tickets every 3 months.
- Perform Rendering Audit, Tickets & Presentation monthly.
- Examine crawl logs (in ENG tool like DataDog) daily to ensure proper crawling.
- Perform Crawl Audit, Tickets and Presentation monthly.
- Maintain Indexation of Weedmaps.com.
- Perform Indexation Audit, Tickets and Presentation monthly.
- Provide Technical SEO QA/QE to the Engineering, Product and Design team.
- Attend and represent the SEO team in cross team meetings.
- Work deeply with the Engineering, Product and Design team to ensure product releases are in line with organizational Technical SEO requirements.
- Review competitive analysis from SEO Coordinator quarterly and ticket/task creation of technical SEO tickets.
- Perform additional Technical SEO tasks as assigned.
What you’ve accomplished:
- Minimum seven years of direct Technical SEO experience with large, enterprise level websites
- Expert understanding of how search engines crawl, render and index websites
- Proficient with the tools necessary to perform technical SEO tasks especially SiteBulb and Screaming Frog crawlers, Google Search Console, Log File tools, etc
- Deep understanding of search engine algorithms and how they work
- Familiarity with the technical development process
- Seven years experience with JavaScript, HTML and CSS and how they work together to impact technical SEO across websites
- Expert level understanding of the basics of web performance from an engineering perspective
- Experience working with a product organization, especially providing QA/QE to releases
- Experience with successful collaboration with multiple departments including engineering and product
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
- Excellent ability to communicate and present internally on technical SEO
- Passionate about data driven technology that drives the bottom line
The base pay range for this position is $100,000.00 to $131,000.00 per year
2024 Benefits for Full Time, Regular Employees:
- Physical Health benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision:
- Employee – employer paid premium 100%
- Company contribution to a HSA when electing the High Deductible Health Plan
- For plans that offer coverage to your dependents, you pay a small contribution
- Mental Health benefits:
- Free access to CALM app for employees and dependents
- Employee Training
- Mental Health seminars and Q&A sessions
- Basic Life & AD&D – employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (with employer match contribution)
- Generous PTO, Paid Sick Leave, and Company Holidays
- Supplemental, voluntary benefits
- Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings – including a company contribution
- FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Family planning/fertility
- Identity theft protection
- Legal access to a network of attorneys
- Paid parental leave
Why Work at Weedmaps?
- You get to work at the leading technology company in the cannabis industry
- You get to play a meaningful role in helping to advance cannabis causes, including helping improve the lives of patients who rely on the benefits of cannabis
- You get an opportunity to shape the future of the cannabis industry
- You get to work on challenging issues in a collaborative environment that encourages you to do your best
- You get to work in a casual and fun environment; no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!
- Generous PTO and company holidays
- Numerous opportunities and tools to learn and grow your professional skills
- Endless opportunities to network and connect with other Weedmappers through speaker series, Employee Resource Groups, happy hours, team celebrations, game nights, and much more!
Weedmaps is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion and religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Applicants are entitled to reasonable accommodations under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state/local laws, unless the accommodation presents undue hardship. Please email us at peopleoperations at weedmaps.com if you would like to confidentially discuss a potential accommodation during the interview process.
About Weedmaps:
WM Technology, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: MAPS) mission is to power a transparent and inclusive global cannabis economy. Now in its second decade, WM Technology has been a driving force behind much of the legislative change we’ve seen in the past 10 years.
Founded in 2008, WM Technology, is a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, comprising a B2C platform, Weedmaps, and B2B software, WM Business. The cloud-based SaaS solutions from WM Business provide an end-to-end operating system for cannabis retailers. WM Business’ tools support compliance with the complex, disparate, and constantly evolving regulations applicable to the cannabis industry. Through its website and mobile apps, WM Technology provides consumers with the latest information about cannabis retailers, brands, and products, facilitating product discovery and driving engagement with our retail and brand customers.
WM Technology holds a strong belief in the power of cannabis and the importance of enabling safe, legal access to consumers worldwide. Since inception, WM Technology has worked tirelessly, not only to become the most comprehensive platform for consumers, but to build the software solutions that power businesses compliantly in the space, to advocate for legalization, social equity, and licensing in many jurisdictions, and to facilitate further learning through partnering with subject matter experts on providing detailed, accurate information about the plant.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, WM Technology supports remote work for all eligible employees. Visit us at www.weedmaps.com.
Notice to prospective Weedmaps job applicants:
Our team has been made aware of incidents involving LinkedIn, Telegram, and Facebook accounts impersonating Weedmaps recruiters. These individuals are attempting to use our company name to solicit payment from prospective candidates interested in applying for jobs at our company. Our team is actively working to combat these attempts, but in the meantime, please be mindful of the following:
- Our recruiters will always communicate with candidates through an @weedmaps.com email address.
- CORRECT: jlebowski@weedmaps.com
- INCORRECT: jlebowski@gmail.com
- Our recruiters will NEVER ask for or attempt to solicit payment from applicants in order to apply, interview, or work for Weedmaps.
- If you are interested in a role at Weedmaps, please apply through our established channels.
- Weedmaps Careers Page or LinkedIn
