Full-Time

Senior Search Engine Optimization Strategist

AI Search

Updated on 8/1/2026

Brandlight

Brandlight

51-200 employees

SaaS platform monitors AI brand visibility

Compensation Overview

$115k - $240k/yr

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
SEO

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Requirements
  • At least 7 years of search engine optimization experience, including hands-on execution in enterprise environments.
  • Deep mastery of search engine optimization strategy, technical search engine optimization, content systems, and performance measurement.
  • Strong understanding of artificial intelligence-driven search and how brands win in generative discovery.
  • Trusted domain expertise, the ability to hold the room, adapt quickly, and lead confidently under pressure.
  • Clear understanding of enterprise marketing value and senior decision-makers' priorities.
  • Strong executive presence, crisp communication, and advisor-level credibility.
  • A curious, sharp, and constantly experimenting autodidact mindset.
  • High ownership, a strong drive to win, and effective cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
  • Lead enterprise customers to measurable outcomes across search engine optimization and artificial intelligence search.
  • Build clear strategies and tactical plans that customers can execute quickly.
  • Serve as a trusted expert to vice presidents and hands-on practitioners.
  • Turn product insights into high-impact use cases and adoption.
  • Create compelling narratives that increase buy-in and retention.
  • Partner with Product and Research and Development to shape features and customer value.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with GEO or Answer Engine Optimization.

Brandlight is a SaaS platform for AI Engine Optimization (AEO) that helps brands monitor and influence how large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity present their narratives. It combines real-time AI visibility and monitoring (brand mentions, sentiment, share of voice, and source attribution) with AI optimization (content recommendations and A/B testing) and reputation management (detecting harmful references and providing corrective actions). The platform supports multiple brands, languages, and regions and is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant; enterprise pricing ranges from $4,000 to $15,000 per month, with an agency partner program. Brandlight positions AI visibility as essential in a zero-sum, single-answer world and aims to help brands control their narrative and expand their enterprise client base.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$41.5M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Brandlight secured $30M Series A in February 2026, validating enterprise demand for AI visibility tools.
  • AI search shifts from Google to LLMs create a new marketing black box requiring Brandlight's control.
  • The firm expanded via agency partnerships, reaching clients beyond direct enterprise subscriptions.

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI's native advertising model will embed paid placement, displacing Brandlight's third-party optimization within 6-12 months.
  • Google's integrated AI ads in Gemini and Search create a closed ecosystem blocking Brandlight's influence.
  • WINN.AI's sales agent will absorb Brandlight's narrative control function by guiding customer conversations directly.

What makes Brandlight unique

  • Brandlight pioneers AI Engine Optimization (AEO) to control brand visibility in generative AI responses.
  • Its platform tracks real-time brand mentions across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude with sentiment analysis.
  • The system identifies key content sources influencing AI outputs for proactive narrative management.

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Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

30%

1 year growth

30%

2 year growth

52%