Retell AI

Supercharge Your Contact Center Operations with AI Phone Agents

Senior SEO/AEO Specialist

$150K - $190KRedwood City, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Marketing
Experience
6+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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About the role

About Retell AI

Retell AI is the leading enterprise Voice AI platform for call center automation. We help businesses deploy intelligent voice agents that handle millions of calls across healthcare, legal, insurance, logistics, and more.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior SEO/AEO Specialist who can own Retell's organic search presence from the ground up and make us the top result, not just on Google, but in AI-generated answers. You'll be the first dedicated SEO hire, which means you'll build the foundation, set the strategy, and execute it yourself.

This isn't a "manage the agency" role. We want someone who can write, ship, measure, and iterate fast.

What You'll Do

Own and grow Retell's organic search channel end-to-end, including technical SEO, content strategy, and AI answer engine optimization (AEO). Set keyword and topical authority strategy across our core verticals: voice AI, call center automation, AI agents, and industry-specific terms. Produce and publish high-quality, search-optimized content targeting bottom-of-funnel and mid-funnel keywords. Optimize for LLM-generated answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other AI surfaces. Conduct technical audits and work directly with engineering to resolve site speed, crawlability, and structured data issues. Build and track an SEO performance dashboard with clear leading and lagging indicators. Identify and pursue link-building and digital PR opportunities. Stay ahead of algorithm changes, AI search trends, and AEO best practices.

What We're Looking For

5+ years of experience in SEO, with at least 1 year focused on AEO or LLM search optimization. Proven track record of driving significant organic traffic growth at a B2B SaaS company. Deep fluency in technical SEO: Core Web Vitals, schema markup, crawl optimization, canonicalization. Strong content skills. You can write a compelling blog post and a well-structured landing page, not just write briefs for others. Experience with tools like Ahrefs, SEMrush, Search Console, Screaming Frog, and Looker/GA4. Familiarity with how LLMs retrieve and cite information, and how to optimize for that. Ability to work autonomously and prioritize without hand-holding. Experience leveraging AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to accelerate content production and research.

Nice to Have

Experience in voice AI, conversational AI, or enterprise SaaS. Background in developer-focused or technical product marketing. Existing relationships with relevant publications or communities in the AI/CX space.

Why Retell

Huge organic opportunity in a category that's still being defined. Direct access to founders and the ability to shape strategy. Competitive salary, equity, and benefits. Fast-moving team that ships.

About Retell AI

Retell is building the AI voice layer for every business.

We’re replacing outdated call centers with real-time AI voice agents that sell, support, and retain customers at scale.

Voice is still the most natural way humans communicate, yet it’s been stuck with legacy tech for decades. We’re changing that by bringing speed, empathy, and reliability to every phone conversation.

In under two years, thousands of companies now run on Retell. We’ve grown to $35M ARR, raised a $4.7M seed, and scaled a 24-person team, backed by Y Combinator, Altman Capital, and top-tier investors.

We’re now one of the top 50 AI apps in a16z’s rankings and a top-ranking startup on the Lean AI leaderboard.

We’re moving fast, tackling hard technical problems, and setting the standard for voice automation. If you want to help define the future of how businesses talk to customers, this is the place to do it.

Check us out on the Top Lean AI Native Companies Leaderboard at leanaileaderboard.com.

Retell AI
Founded:2023
Batch:W24
Team Size:50
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Todd Li
Todd Li
Co-Founder
Evie Wang
Evie Wang
Founder
Bing Wu
Bing Wu
Founder
Weijia Yu
Weijia Yu
Founder
Zexia Zhang
Zexia Zhang
Founder