Shopify Technical SEO Implementation Specialist (Short-Term Project)

We are looking for an experienced Shopify Technical SEO specialist to help implement and resolve identified technical SEO issues for an established Shopify ecommerce store.

## IMPORTANT — Please Read Before Applying

This is NOT:

* An SEO management role
* A long-term SEO retainer
* A content writing role
* A link building role
* A 6-12 month consulting engagement
* A project where we need another full technical audit

A technical assessment has already been completed and has identified several potential root causes, implementation priorities, and areas requiring further validation.

We are now looking for someone who can review the findings, validate priorities, guide implementation, and help resolve the issues efficiently.

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## About The Store

* Established Shopify ecommerce store
* Shopify Markets enabled
* Multiple international locales
* Significant decline in indexed pages over recent months
* Existing technical assessment and implementation roadmap available

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## How The Team Works

You will act as the technical SEO lead for this project.

We already have a skilled Shopify developer available for theme-level implementation and coding tasks.

Your role is to:

* Validate the existing findings
* Prioritize fixes
* Provide clear implementation instructions
* Implement Shopify-side fixes where appropriate
* Work with the developer when deeper theme-level changes are required
* Verify successful implementation and results

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## Current Areas Of Focus

The identified issues include:

* Duplicate URL handling
* Canonical inconsistencies
* Crawl inefficiencies
* High volume of "Crawled – currently not indexed" pages
* Redirect chain and redirect efficiency issues
* robots.txt review and optimization
* Shopify Markets URL structure review
* hreflang validation
* Sitemap review and cleanup
* Indexation stabilization

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## What You Will Be Responsible For

* Reviewing the completed assessment
* Validating the highest-priority issues
* Confirming implementation priorities
* Defining canonical fixes across Shopify templates
* Reviewing robots.txt.liquid requirements
* Reviewing Shopify Markets and hreflang implementation
* Identifying redirect cleanup opportunities
* Reviewing sitemap structure and indexation signals
* Coordinating with the Shopify developer when needed
* Verifying fixes through Google Search Console and crawl analysis tools

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## Required Experience

* Shopify Technical SEO
* Ecommerce SEO
* Google Search Console
* Canonical implementation and troubleshooting
* Crawlability and indexability optimization
* Shopify Markets
* hreflang implementation
* robots.txt strategy
* Redirect management
* Shopify URL structures

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## Preferred Experience

* Shopify Plus
* Large ecommerce catalogs
* Faceted navigation SEO
* Crawl budget optimization
* Large-scale indexation recovery projects
* Advanced Screaming Frog usage

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## Required Tools

* Google Search Console
* Screaming Frog
* Shopify Admin
* Ahrefs and/or Semrush

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## Budget & Timeline

### Timeline

* Immediate start preferred
* Goal: Complete highest-priority implementation work within approximately 1 week
* Maximum expected timeframe: 1–2 weeks

### Budget

Expected project budget: approximately $400–600 USD depending on experience, proposed hours, and implementation approach.

Please only apply if a short-term project within this general budget range aligns with your expectations.

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## When Applying Please Include

1. A specific Shopify technical SEO issue you personally fixed
2. What the issue was
3. What actions you took
4. The measurable result achieved
5. Your experience with Shopify Markets and hreflang implementation
6. Which technical SEO fixes you can personally implement inside Shopify
7. Which tasks you would typically delegate to a developer
8. Your preferred tools for crawl and indexation analysis
9. Your availability over the next 2 weeks
10. Your proposed project rate

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## Important

We value honesty, practical experience, and execution ability.

We are not looking for the longest proposal.

We are looking for someone who can quickly understand the situation, focus on the highest-impact fixes, and help get the issues resolved efficiently.

To help us identify detail-oriented applicants, please begin your application with the word:

**Malachit**