SEO Software Engineer - Frontend

Team: Organic Channels

Location: Porto

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: hybrid

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Implement and maintain SEO-related frontend features and fixes across templates, structured data, redirects, sitemaps, and meta handling;
• Build and optimise components and pages using React, ensuring SEO, performance, and accessibility best practices are applied;
• Collaborate with SEO and data teams to automate validation of tags, schema, and Core Web Vitals across deployments;
• Set up and maintain SEO A/B testing infrastructure to measure impact on traffic and conversions;
• Support localisation features such as language-based rendering, regional content, and hreflang implementation;
• Stay up to speed with frontend technologies, web performance optimisation, and rendering best practices;
• Have an understanding of the full development lifecycle with an emphasis on software quality processes;
• Work in an Agile environment, focusing on delivery, collaboration, and continuous improvement;
• Use state-of-the-art technologies to deliver performant and scalable code;
• Ensure all implementations meet Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and performance standards;
• Work with the broader Engineering team to make sure SEO checks (structured data, metadata, and performance tests) run automatically before new releases go live;
• Contribute to improvements in rendering strategies (SSR, hydration, lazy loading) and experimentation setups to enhance SEO performance continuously.

WHO YOU ARE

• Strong background in modern frontend engineering (React, TypeScript, CSS-in-JS, React-Testing-Library);
• Knowledge of headless CMS integration (e.g., Coremedia or similar platforms);
• Understanding of technical SEO and how frontend code impacts discoverability (crawlability, Core Web Vitals, structured data, canonicalisation);
• Experienced with REST APIs and GraphQL integrations;
• Familiar with web performance optimisation, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design principles;
• Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows and CI/CD systems;
• Familiar with AI SEO trends such as schema enrichment, AI-generated metadata, and semantic markup;
• Experience integrating analytics and tracking for SEO experiments (e.g., Looker, GSC API, or custom dashboards);
• Passionate about clean, well-documented, easily maintainable, and performant code;
• Experience with CI/CD systems and Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) is a plus;
• Understanding of how search engines interact with JavaScript frameworks (SSR, hydration, lazy loading, etc.);
• Comfortable collaborating with SEO teams and translating technical requirements into scalable engineering solutions;
• Experience with A/B testing frameworks or experimentation tools.
• Familiarity with SEO tools (e.g., Screaming Frog, Google Search Console, Lighthouse) is a plus;
• Skilled in problem-solving and with a proactive attitude;
• An excellent team worker with good communication skills;
• Fluent in English (spoken and written);

REWARDS & BENEFITS

• Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
• Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
• Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
• -Flexible benefits program

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT & SCAM DISCLAIMER

• EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT- Farfetch is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. 


• SCAM DISCLAIMER- It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activities involving individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent Farfetch in order to attract candidates to a SCAM. Please be aware that Farfetch does not conduct recruitment processes through messaging apps or any unofficial communication channels, other than our official careers website. Additionally, Farfetch will never ask candidates for any form of payment during the recruitment process.