Tech SEO Manager (all genders) - Lounge by Zalando

THE ROLE & THE TEAM The Lounge by Zalando Marketing team is seeking a Tech SEO Manager to help scale our organic search infrastructure across 20+ European markets. You'll join a team of two responsible for global SEO within a wider Marketing organisation, working hands-on at the intersection of technical SEO, engineering, and AI-native automation. Your focus will be diagnosing and fixing technical SEO infrastructure, building automation pipelines that eliminate manual work, and partnering with engineering to ship scalable solutions all in service of growing Lounge by Zalando's organic presence and attracting new customers across all markets. This role is Berlin based and relocation is necessary. ABOUT LOUNGE BY ZALANDO Lounge by Zalando is an online outlet for fashion and lifestyle products in 25 European countries. We offer our members daily, time-limited sale campaigns with discounts of up to 75% off the recommended retail price. However, Lounge by Zalando is so much more than discounts. Our strength lies in our focus on fashion: from sought-after labels to niche brands, from famous international names to trendy luxury brands, we make sure to meet the fashion taste of all our customers, who are always on the hunt for the best products at the best prices. Working with our brand partners, we're pioneering innovative supply-chain and production processes and offer them an impactful and smart solution, creating a new way to shop for fashion - and a new way to sell it. Our motto: Not your average outlet. https://www.zalando-lounge.de WHAT WE'D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING) Contribute to and execute our technical SEO roadmap (crawl budget, indexation, rendering, architecture, Core Web Vitals, schema) by partnering with engineering to turn strategy into actionable specs. Conduct log-file analyses to catch crawl, rendering, and indexation gaps at scale, working directly with engineers to prioritize and ship fixes. Build automation pipelines and MVPs using n8n, Claude, and MCP integrations to streamline monitoring, audit workflows, and support tracking. Build BigQuery workflows and dashboards to track KPIs, measure business impact, and prioritize initiatives that drive traffic and conversions. Scale multi-market international SEO by building automated solutions for hreflang, geo-targeting, and market-specific crawling. Use Python and SQL to validate hypotheses independently while documenting and promoting SEO best practices across the organization. WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF You have 3+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience with a track record of executing and delivering — not just advising You have solid proficiency in technical SEO fundamentals: crawl budget, indexation control, rendering, site architecture, Core Web Vitals, and schema.org implementation You have prior hands-on experience building real automation workflows in n8n or similar tools — you've shipped them, not just experimented with them You're already comfortable with Claude Code (or similar), as part of your daily workflow, and have hands-on experience connecting LLMs to existing tooling via MCP You have sufficient Python and SQL literacy to read, validate, debug, and adapt code independently — you use Claude to accelerate but aren't dependent on it to understand what the code does You can conduct log-file analyses to identify crawl problems, rendering issues, and indexation gaps at scale You are proficient across the core SEO tooling stack — GSC, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs or Semrush — and are comfortable working within a small, fast-moving team and contributing to a shared roadmap OUR OFFER Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer. 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days) 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners Family support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers Company pension scheme Employee shares programme Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub Mental health support and coaching Development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review 2 paid volunteering days a year Relocation assistance (subject to prior agreement) INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds. We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential. We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you. Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion