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SEO / GEO Specialist (AI Search) job description

This SEO / GEO Specialist job description is the spec our practice leads vet against: 6 responsibilities, 6 requirements, 4 nice-to-haves. Copy it, or hire a vetted specialist.

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  1. Role summary
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Requirements
  4. Nice-to-have
  5. What this role costs, by market

Role summary

We are hiring an SEO / GEO Specialist to grow organic visibility in both search engines and AI answers. You will own technical SEO, build entity and content strategies that AI systems cite, run digital PR, and measure presence across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity in Arabic and English. You report on pipeline impact, not just rankings.

Responsibilities

  1. Audit and fix technical SEO, site architecture, rendering and Core Web Vitals.
  2. Build entity, schema and content strategies for AI-search visibility.
  3. Run digital PR and authority programmes with measurable placements.
  4. Track brand presence across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity.
  5. Deliver bilingual Arabic and English keyword research and content plans.
  6. Report organic contribution to leads and revenue with GA4 and Search Console.

Requirements

  1. 4+ years in SEO with measurable growth on sites of meaningful scale.
  2. Strong technical SEO: crawling, indexing, JavaScript rendering, structured data.
  3. Daily use of Semrush or Ahrefs, Screaming Frog and Google Search Console.
  4. Documented experiments in optimising content for AI answers.
  5. Ability to brief writers and engineers with clear, testable requirements.
  6. Analytical skills in GA4 and spreadsheets or Looker Studio.

Experience bands offered by Remote Pro Ai (years) Mid 2–⁠5 · Senior 5–⁠9 · Lead 9+

Nice-to-have

  1. Native Arabic SEO experience.
  2. Log-file analysis and Python or SQL for SEO data.
  3. Digital PR campaigns with earned media in the Gulf or Europe.
  4. Experience with marketplaces or large programmatic sites.

What this role costs, by market

In-house figures are indicative annual gross salaries for a Senior-level direct hire, before employer costs such as social insurance, medical cover, visas, recruitment fees and equipment. Remote Pro Ai seats are monthly and all-inclusive. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026). Design, marketing, business-development and sales seats are priced at the base band.

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We do not yet publish in-house salary benchmarks for this role. Our Salary & Rate Guide covers 13 engineering, security, game and design roles.

GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026, Remote Pro Ai Research estimates: the midpoint of the Senior monthly gross range × 12. Benchmarks are updated every October. Updated: October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. The text is free to copy and adapt for your own vacancy, and the DOCX download keeps the formatting. It reflects the specification our practice leads use when they vet specialists for this role, so it doubles as a scope document when you brief stakeholders, recruiters or procurement.

Each responsibility and requirement maps to something we test. Candidates complete a live technical assessment scored by a practice lead, then a client-fit interview and reference checks. 3.4% of applicants pass 5 gates, and only those specialists appear on the shortlists we send.

Pay for the same role varies widely between Riyadh, Dubai and London, and employer costs differ again. Each figure is the annualised midpoint of the Senior range in our Salary & Rate Guide, so you can compare an in-house hire with an all-inclusive Remote Pro Ai seat on equal terms. Your exact Remote Pro Ai price comes from a quotation valid for 30 days.

Often, once employer costs and time-to-hire are counted: there is no placement fee (the only optional fee is the direct-hire conversion fee, under Direct hire conversion in the MSA), and the specialist starts within 4 working days instead of after a months-long search for a permanent hire. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026).

Match the level to the scope. Mid specialists deliver well-defined work inside your architecture, Senior specialists own a component end to end, and Leads set direction and run the squad. This role is offered at Mid, Senior and Lead level, and the level line under Requirements shows the bands Remote Pro Ai can staff.