AI Search and Discovery Lead

About the role

This role is centered on shaping how the market discovers and evaluates Modern Treasury. You will define the topics, formats, and surfaces that make Modern Treasury the authoritative source on payment infrastructure, orchestration, and PSP architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own AEO strategy across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews
• Map and optimize Modern Treasury's presence across the full LLM-ingested ecosystem (HackerNews, Reddit, G2, TrustRadius, YouTube etc.) to improve AI-driven discoverability and citation weight
• Define and own the topic cluster and authority map for Modern Treasury's core categories: payment orchestration, PSP architecture, ACH and RTP infrastructure, stablecoin rails, ledger systems, reconciliation, embedded payments, sub-account systems, multi-rail money movement
• Build evaluation content for technical and operational buyers, build vs. buy frameworks, comparison pages, architecture guides, implementation patterns
• Partner with founders, executives, and engineering SMEs to translate product and market shifts into authoritative content
• Own SEO and AEO performance analytics, connecting organic performance to pipeline and revenue
• Partner with a design engineer on technical SEO standards, schema, and structured data. You set the standard, they own execution

Requirements

6 to 8 years in SEO, content strategy, or organic growth, ideally at modern B2B SaaS, fintech, infrastructure, API, or developer-tool companies

Proven track record growing qualified organic traffic and pipeline through content strategy, not just technical fixes

Strong perspective on how search is evolving in the AI era, with hands-on experience or active experimentation in AEO

Highly analytical, comfortable working in large datasets to identify trends, diagnose performance shifts, and quantify opportunity

Hands-on experience with enterprise SEO tools such as Ahrefs, Profound, or similar

Strong understanding of technical buyer journeys, including how developers, payment ops, and finance buyers evaluate infrastructure

Able to write

Qualifications

Compensation Range: $120K - $160K

Benefits

Modern Treasury is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate in any employment opportunities or practices based on an individual's race, color, creed, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion (all aspects of religious beliefs, observance or practice, including religious dress or grooming practices), marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under California Vehicle Code section 12801.9), natural hair, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, medical condition (including cancer or a record or history of cancer, and genetic characteristics), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.