SEO Specialist, Technical Job at smartdept. inc. in New York

Technical SEO Specialist

Smartdept. is searching for a Technical SEO Specialist for a growth and transformation consultancy serving ecommerce, retail, and DTC brands. This is a fully remote, ongoing freelance contract opportunity.
You'll make sure ecommerce sites can be found, crawled, and loaded properly, working closely with developers and a senior growth lead.
What You'll Do:
Run technical SEO audits and prioritize fixes
Resolve crawling, indexing, redirect, and broken page issues
Improve site speed and mobile performance
Set up and maintain schema markup
Protect traffic during site redesigns and platform migrations
Work with developers to implement and QA fixes
What You'll Need:
Hands-on technical SEO experience on ecommerce or large websites
Experience with Screaming Frog, Google Search Console, and PageSpeed Insights
Working knowledge of site architecture, redirects, and schema
Experience supporting a site migration or redesign
Comfort using AI tools to work faster
Clear, reliable communication with technical and non-technical teams
Nice-to-Have Skills:
Shopify or headless ecommerce platforms
Basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Google Tag Manager
Experience optimizing for AI search results