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Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS)

Cobalt Systems·Karachi (Remote), Pakistan

RemoteFreelanceSenior
Posted 3 days agoCloses in 21 days450 employees

Annual salary

$320 – $480 / day

USD · ≈ $400 USD / year

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Location

Karachi (Remote), Pakistan

Job type

Freelance

Work mode

Remote

Experience

Senior

Salary band

$320 – $480 / day

Posted

3 days ago

About the role

Six-month freelance engagement leading technical and content SEO for Cobalt's security marketing site, at two days per week.

Cobalt is bringing in a senior SEO consultant for six months to lead technical and editorial SEO on the security marketing site. The engagement is two days per week, remote from any timezone with an overlap of at least three hours with US Central.

Key responsibilities

  • Own the technical SEO backlog and prioritise with the growth engineer
  • Lead an editorial content plan across product and category pages
  • Report monthly on rankings, click-through and pipeline attribution
  • Coordinate on-page optimisation with the content lead

Requirements

  • 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience
  • Deep familiarity with GSC, Ahrefs / Semrush and Screaming Frog
  • Comfortable presenting to a US-based leadership team
  • Freelance status with the ability to invoice in USD
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How to apply — step by step

  1. 1

    Review the role & check eligibility

    5 minutes

    Read the responsibilities and requirements below. This position is senior level, based in Karachi (Remote) and works remote.

  2. 2

    Prepare your documents

    30–60 minutes

    An updated CV (PDF, max 2 pages), a short cover note tailored to this role, and copies of qualifications or licences relevant to the position.

  3. 3

    Submit the application form

    10 minutes

    Apply through JobOrbit and your profile is sent directly to the Cobalt Systems hiring team — no duplicate forms.

  4. 4

    Screening call

    Within 5 working days

    A recruiter confirms your experience, notice period, salary expectation and relocation status. Usually a 20–30 minute call.

  5. 5

    Interviews & assessment

    1–3 weeks

    Two to three conversations with the hiring manager and team, plus a practical task or scenario discussion relevant to the role.

  6. 6

    Offer, contract & relocation

    1–2 weeks

    Offer letter, reference checks, then visa and relocation paperwork handled with the employer's mobility team.

Documents you need ready

  • Updated CV / résumé (PDF)
  • Cover note referencing this role
  • Two professional references
  • Proof of highest qualification
  • Portfolio or case study of past work

Salary breakdown

MinimumUSD 320
MidpointUSD 400
MaximumUSD 480
Monthly (max)USD 40

Approximately $400 USD per year at the top of the band.

Benefits & perks

H-1B and green card sponsorship
Fully covered family health cover
Compensated on-call
Annual conference budget

Visa & relocation

Freelance contract; no sponsorship. Payment in USD, invoiced monthly.

Pakistan work permit guide

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Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS) in Karachi (Remote): the complete guide

Everything below is written for this specific listing — the market it sits in, what the week really looks like, how the pay band works, how to prepare, and where the role leads afterwards.

Why this Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS) role exists

Cobalt Systems is a Technology & IT company of 450 people, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Austin, United States. Cobalt builds identity and access governance software for banks, insurers and hospital networks. The product grew out of a consultancy practice, so the team stays unusually close to compliance realities rather than designing in the abstract. For this particular opening, the work is done from Karachi (Remote) — freelance, remote — and reports into the marketing & sales side of the business.

The useful question is not what the freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) title means in general, but what Cobalt Systems needs it to mean this year. The emphasis on 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience and on own the technical seo backlog and prioritise with the growth engineer is the answer. At senior level you will set direction inside your area, mentor others, and be judged as much on the decisions you prevent as the work you produce.

Commercial teams are hiring for measurable pipeline contribution. Budget scrutiny means the roles that survive are the ones tied to revenue with a clean line of attribution. Karachi (Remote) sits inside that picture: The IT export sector has grown fast, and remote roles paid in USD are now a realistic path. Verify any recruiter charging fees — legitimate overseas employment agencies are licensed and do not demand payment for job offers.

A week as a Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS) at Cobalt Systems

Remote work here means the written record is the team. Decisions land in documents rather than corridors, and a freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) who writes clearly is worth more than one who talks well.

In practice the calendar of a freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) here splits between the work itself, the conversations that unblock it, and maintenance of what already exists. The third slice is the one candidates underestimate at interview, and it is where a senior-level hire either earns trust in Karachi (Remote) or does not.

Senior hires are given the benefit of the doubt for about a quarter. After that, a freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) is expected to be improving how the work is done, not only doing it. Ask the hiring manager what "good" looks like at six months for this freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) — a team that cannot answer that has not thought the role through.

Where the hours go in this Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS) role

  • Core delivery — own the technical seo backlog and prioritise with the growth engineer
  • Applied 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience work and problem-solving alongside the wider team
  • Review, handover and coordination with the people who depend on this role
  • Maintenance, fixes and improving what already exists
  • Planning, documentation and keeping current in marketing & sales

What $320 – $480 / day really means here

The advertised range is $320 – $480 / day, a spread of roughly 50% between floor and ceiling, with a midpoint near USD 400. In most structured pay systems the midpoint represents someone fully performing the role, the floor someone growing into it, and the ceiling a candidate who arrives with directly transferable, hard-to-hire experience — in this case, depth in 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience.

Pakistan averages PKR 180,000/mo across advertised roles. For a senior-level freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) in marketing & sales, the relevant comparison is narrower: two or three live listings in Karachi (Remote) for the same work. Pull them before any salary conversation so you are arguing from data, not from hope.

Let Cobalt Systems name the figure first where you can. If pressed, quote a range whose floor you would genuinely accept and whose ceiling you can justify with a specific 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience outcome you delivered.

Beyond base pay, always confirm

  • Bonus or commission structure, and whether it is discretionary or formulaic
  • Pension or retirement contribution and the employer match under Pakistan rules
  • Health cover, including dependants
  • Paid leave, public holidays and any carry-over policy
  • Equity, if offered — the vesting schedule matters more than the headline value
  • Equipment, home-office allowance and which country your payroll actually sits in

Who gets hired as a Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS)

Shortlists for a role like this usually come down to five or six people who all meet the stated requirements. Evidence separates them. The strongest applications bring someone you mentored into being better at the job than you needed them to be, described plainly and without inflation.

Portfolios full of impressions and reach without conversion or retention data read as junior. Lead with a funnel you owned and the number it moved, then explain what you would do differently now.

The requirements list is a wish, not a gate. If 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience and deep familiarity with GSC, Ahrefs / Semrush and Screaming Frog are genuinely yours and the rest are learnable, apply and say so directly in the first line of your cover note. Recruiters respect a candidate who names their own gap before they are asked about it.

Preparing for the Cobalt Systems interviews

Rehearse out loud, not in your head. A senior-level freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) interview in Karachi (Remote) is largely a test of whether you can explain a decision clearly to someone who was not there.

Research Cobalt Systems specifically. Documented, security-conscious and calm. On-call is compensated and capped, and every incident produces a public write-up within five working days. Tie that back to the freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) brief: show how you would work inside it, not just that you read about it.

Questions worth preparing for

  • Why this Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS) role at Cobalt Systems, and why now?
  • Walk me through your experience with 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience.
  • Tell me about a time own the technical seo backlog and prioritise with the growth engineer went wrong. What did you change?
  • Tell me about a decision you got wrong and what you do differently now.
  • How do you decide what not to do in a given week?
  • What would your first ninety days in Karachi (Remote) look like?

Working for Cobalt Systems across borders

Remote does not mean location-irrelevant. Employment law, tax residency and payroll follow where you physically sit, and for a role advertised out of Karachi (Remote), those details are settled before the contract is signed rather than after.

No visa needed for citizens; overseas employers frequently hire Pakistan-based talent as remote contractors, and Gulf employers recruit heavily through licensed agencies.

For this specific listing: Freelance contract; no sponsorship. Payment in USD, invoiced monthly.

Confirm the time-zone overlap expected, who pays for equipment and desk space, and whether the contract is a local employment contract or an employer-of-record arrangement. Those three answers change the offer more than the headline number does. Budget realistically for the first three months in Pakistan as well: deposits, documents and duplicated bills add up faster than people plan for.

Where a Freelance SEO Consultant (B2B SaaS) role leads next

A senior-level freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) in marketing & sales typically has two credible paths after two to four years: deeper specialisation, where 6+ years SEO for a B2B SaaS or technical audience becomes the thing the organisation relies on you for, or breadth, where you take on scope across more people and more surface area.

Neither is objectively better, but they reward different things. Ask how the last two people in this freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) post progressed — the answer, and whether there is one, tells you a great deal about how Cobalt Systems is run.

Cobalt Systems operates in Austin, Remote (US), London, which matters for a freelance seo consultant (b2b saas) if internal mobility or a future move out of Karachi (Remote) is part of your plan. Ask how often people actually transfer between those offices — the honest number is usually lower than the brochure suggests.

Frequently asked questions

Does this role offer visa sponsorship?

Freelance contract; no sponsorship. Payment in USD, invoiced monthly.

Can I apply from outside Pakistan?

Yes. This role is remote, so international applications are welcome subject to time-zone overlap.

How long does the hiring process take?

Typically three to six weeks from application to offer, depending on interview scheduling.

When does the listing close?

Applications close in 21 days. Early applications are reviewed first.

Is the salary negotiable?

The advertised band is $320 – $480 / day. Final placement inside the band depends on experience and interview outcome.

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