SEO Strategist/Growth SEO Lead

About this role

ABOUT RETELL AI

Retell AI is using first-principles thinking to reimagine the call center with cutting-edge voice AI. Thousands of companies now use Retell's AI voice agents to handle sales, support, and logistics calls that once required large teams of human agents. Backed by Y Combinator, Alt Capital, and other leading investors, we've scaled to $80M in ARR with a team of 50, up from $5M at the start of 2025, and are now valued at over $1.5B.

Our vision for 2026 is to build a modern CX platform where entire contact centers are powered by AI. Instead of basic automation that needs constant human tuning, we're creating intelligent AI “workers” that act as frontline agents, QA analysts, and managers, continuously executing, monitoring, and improving every customer interaction.

We're growing fast and looking for ambitious builders who want to tackle hard technical problems, move quickly, and have a real impact on one of the fastest-growing voice AI companies in the world.

Let's build the future together.

Recent recognition:

- No. 1 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area, San Francisco Business Times 2026 https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/voice-ai-startup-retell-ai-145200025.html

- Top 50 AI Apps, a16z (2025) https://a16z.com/the-ai-application-spending-report-where-startup-dollars-really-go/

- #3 Fastest-Growing Software Company, G2 Best Software Awards 2026 https://company.g2.com/news/g2s-2026-best-software-awards

- Best Agentic AI Software, G2 Best Software Awards 2026 https://www.retellai.com/blog/retell-ai-recognized-as-the-best-agentic-ai-software-by-g2

- #4 Fastest-Growing Software Vendor, Brex Benchmark 2025 https://www.brex.com/journal/brex-benchmark-december-2025

- Enterprise Tech 30 Class of 2026, Nasdaq & Wing VC https://www.nasdaq.com/videos/retell-ai

- Top-Ranked Startup, Lean AI Leaderboard https://leanaileaderboard.com/

- Backed by Y Combinator https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/retell-ai

ABOUT THE ROLE

Retell AI transforms customer experience with voice AI for enterprises, including customers like CVS/Aetna, American Airlines, Lenovo, and Grab. We have more customer stories than we can tell!

We’re hiring an SEO Strategist to own organic growth end-to-end, from strategy to execution.

You will be responsible for building a compounding growth engine across:

- Google search

- AI-native surfaces (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.)

- Programmatic and product-driven SEO

This is a high-ownership role. You won’t just optimize pages, you’ll design systems, build content moats, and create leverage.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Own SEO strategy end-to-end

- Define how Retell wins across search and AI discovery channels

Build content as “source of truth”

- Create and maintain core content pillars that dominate key topics

- Ensure consistency across docs, blog, landing pages, and product

Design scalable growth systems

- Build programmatic SEO and repeatable content loops

- Turn one idea into hundreds or thousands of high-quality pages

Leverage AI deeply

- Use AI to generate, maintain, and evolve content

- Build workflows that keep content fresh and accurate over time

Own technical SEO and on-page optimization

- Improve site architecture, indexing, crawlability, and performance

- Continuously optimize pages for both ranking and conversion

Partner with product and engineering

- Embed SEO into product surfaces and user workflows

- Influence how the product itself generates organic growth

Experiment aggressively

- Test unconventional ideas

- Move fast, learn fast, and double down on what works

YOU MIGHT THRIVE IF

Must have

- 5+ years of experience in SEO or growth roles

- Proven track record of driving 10x+ growth through SEO

- Strong experience with technical SEO and on-page optimization

- Hands-on execution, you don’t just plan, you ship

- Experience using AI tools to scale content and workflows

Nice to have

- Experience with programmatic SEO

- Experience optimizing for AI-native search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.)

- Background in SaaS, developer tools, or technical products

- Startup experience or working in fast-moving environments

JOB DETAILS

- Cash: 170k-230k per year

- Equity: Equity Provided

- Location: Redwood City, CA, US

- US Visas: Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H1B/H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.

OTHER BENEFITS

- 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance

- $70/day DoorDash credit for unlimited breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks

- $200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)

- $300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)

- $75/month phone bill reimbursement

- $50/month internet reimbursement

COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY

- Best Offer Upfront: Choose from three cash-equity balance options; no negotiation needed.

- Top 1% Talent: Above-market pay (top 5 percentile) to attract exceptional builders.

- High Ownership: Small teams, >$1M revenue/employee, and significant equity.

- Performance-Based: Offers tied to interview performance, not experience or past salaries.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

1. Resume Screening (15 min)

2. Hiring Manager Experience Screening (30min)

3. SEO Deep Dive (30 min)

- Walk through past projects

- What worked, what didn’t, why

- Identify true ownership vs surface-level involvement

4. Onsite (2–3 hours)

- Live Strategy Exercise

- “How would you grow Retell from X → Y using SEO?”

- Evaluate thinking in systems, prioritization, creativity