SEO/AEO Intern (3-Month Internship)

Description

About Firebolt

Firebolt builds high-performance data infrastructure for teams that have outgrown "good enough" analytics. We recently launched Firebolt OSS, our open-source real-time lakehouse, and we're currently in private preview — which means we're in the rare, high-leverage window where the foundations we lay now compound for years.

That's exactly where you come in.

Why this role, why now

Most companies bolt on SEO after launch and spend years digging out of a hole. We want to do it the other way around. Before we go fully public, we're building our organic search and AI answer-engine presence from the ground up — so that when a data engineer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google's AI Overviews, or Claude "what's the fastest open-source lakehouse?", Firebolt is in the answer.

You'll own a real slice of that, with real ownership and real impact — not coffee runs.

What you'll get

• Real ownership of a meaningful, measurable workstream — not busywork
• Direct mentorship from the Growth team and exposure to how a high-performance startup goes to market
• A front-row seat to building in the open-source data space during a pivotal launch window
• A competitive stipend 
• A strong reference and portfolio of real, shipped work

Duration: 3 months

Requirements

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Run keyword and topic research tailored to a technical, developer-and-data-engineer audience
• Write content briefs and optimize on-page elements (titles, metadata, headings, internal linking)
• Audit technical SEO basics (site structure, page speed signals, crawlability) and flag fixes
• Track performance in Google Search Console and GA4, and report what's moving
• Benchmark our visibility against players like ClickHouse, Snowflake, BigQuery, and DuckDB

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

• Structure content so it gets cited by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude)
• Build comparison pages, FAQs, and structured/schema-marked content that LLMs love to surface
• Monitor how (and whether) Firebolt shows up in AI-generated answers, and track our "share of voice"
• Experiment, measure, and document what actually moves the needle in AI search — this is a new frontier and you'll help us write the playbook

Bonus points for: familiarity with SEO tools (Ahrefs, Semrush, GSC), basic HTML, a personal blog/portfolio, or having already played with prompting LLMs to understand how they surface sources.

Firebolt is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.