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title: "SEO Specialist, Technical"
company: "smartdept."
job_type: "Full Time"
location: "Chicago, Florida, United States"
salary: ""
posted: "2026-10-20"
url: "https://www.seojobs.com/job/seo-specialist-technical-smartdept/"
apply_url: "https://recruiterflow.com/smartdept/jobs/2369"
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# SEO Specialist, Technical

**Company:** smartdept.

**Location:** Chicago, Florida, United States

**Job type:** Full Time

**Posted:** 2026-10-20

**Apply:** [https://recruiterflow.com/smartdept/jobs/2369](https://recruiterflow.com/smartdept/jobs/2369)

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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