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  • Outrank Ltd
  • Digital Marketing Agency
  • Middlesbrough

Technical SEO Developer

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Role Overview

We’re looking for a Technical SEO Developer to join our Dev team and become the go-to technical SEO resource across the business. You’ll own the end-to-end technical health and performance tracking of client websites making sure every site we touch is optimised for search, measurable across every channel, and built to the highest standard.

Working closely with our developers and account managers, you’ll be the person who makes sure tracking works, quality control holds up, and reporting tells a clear, accurate story for clients.

Reporting to: Max Lyne, CTO

A Bit About Us

Outrank is a fast-growing digital marketing agency based in the North East, helping SMEs achieve measurable growth through SEO, paid media, content, web development and growth strategy. We are a close-knit, fast-paced team that genuinely cares about delivering results for our clients and supporting each other. Our award-winning culture has earned us Great Place to Work certification and a place on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 list.

A Bit About You

What You’ll Be Doing

Omni-Channel Setup & Tracking

  • Configure and manage tracking across SEO, PPC, Social, and Email in a platform-agnostic way
  • Implement and audit GA4, Google Tag Manager, and third-party tag setups
  • Ensure accurate attribution and conversion tracking across all active campaigns
  • Define and document tagging standards for onboarding and ongoing work

 

SEO Technical Support

  • Provide hands-on technical SEO support across the team and directly on client accounts
  • Diagnose and resolve crawlability, indexation, site speed, structured data, and Core Web Vitals issues
  • Run regular technical audits with clear, actionable recommendations for developers and clients
  • Stay on top of Google algorithm updates and technical search guidelines

 

SEO Website QC

  • Own Outrank’s Technical SEO quality control process for new and existing client sites
  • Review site builds and migrations pre- and post-launch
  • Build and maintain QC checklists aligned to current SEO and tracking standards
  • Work with the dev team to catch issues before they hit client performance

 

Automated Reporting Support

  • Support the build and maintenance of automated client reporting dashboards (Looker Studio, Google Sheets integrations)
  • Ensure data pipelines from tracking platforms feed correctly into reporting
  • Spot opportunities to improve reporting accuracy, speed, and clarity for clients

 

Ad-Hoc Dev Support

  • Provide first-line support and issue triage for website queries

 

Delivery Onboarding

  • Lead technical onboarding for new clients, setting tracking baselines and audit findings from day one
  • Produce clear onboarding documentation for handover to account managers
  • Ensure new accounts are correctly set up across analytics, search console, and third-party tools

Your Day To Day

What We’re Looking For

Essential

  • Proven experience in a technical SEO role, ideally within a digital agency
  • Strong working knowledge of GA4, Google Search Console, and Google Tag Manager
  • Experience implementing and auditing tracking across multiple channels (SEO, PPC, Social, Email)
  • Proficiency with technical SEO tools such as Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, SEMrush, or similar
  • Ability to interpret crawl data, log files, and analytics to diagnose technical issues
  • Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders

 

Desirable

  • Experience with Shopify platform SEO and tracking
  • Familiarity with Looker Studio or similar reporting/visualisation tools
  • Basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge to support tracking implementation
  • Experience with site migration projects

 

Requirements

  • Right to work in the United Kingdom
  • Willingness to work primarily from our Middlesbrough office
  • Comfortable managing multiple client accounts simultaneously in a fast-paced agency environment

 

Company Benefits

Apart from the standard things like a competitive salary and contribution-matched pension, we at Outrank are proud to offer a few other sweeteners to help convince you to join us. Things like:

  • Conference attendance
  • Mentorship and training from senior team members
  • Opportunity to work on diverse and exciting projects
  • Career growth within company
  • Increased annual leave based on service
  • Bike to work scheme
  • Referral bonus for sales and staff
  • EMI scheme
  • Not to mention the best company culture in Digital outside of London!

 

Outrank is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. All candidates will be assessed based on merit, qualifications and their ability to perform the requirements of the role.  

Middlesbrough

Brighouse Business Village,
1 River Court,
Riverside Park Rd,
Middlesbrough,
TS2 1RT

[email protected]

01642 931 380

  • Outrank Ltd
  • Digital Marketing Agency
  • Middlesbrough

Technical SEO Developer