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About Ahrefs
Ahrefs is a SaaS marketing platform that helps businesses become discoverable and unmissable online. We're a proudly bootstrapped, profitable, lean, multinational startup with a global team passionate about technology and the future of online discovery. Our suite of tools covers everything from search marketing to content strategy, backed by one of the largest datasets in the industry (3 trillion external backlinks, 3 trillion HTML snapshots). As we evolve with AI and the changing landscape of online marketing, we're looking for people who share our love of technology and our drive to solve real problems.
The Role
We're hiring a Technical Script Writer to join our video team in Cambridge, MA. You'll be writing scripts and voiceovers for our YouTube channel, specifically the technical videos our current team finds hardest to crack. Think: AI tool comparisons, automation workflows, testing every image generator on the market. As we branch deeper into AI, there's more than enough work, and we need someone who can translate complex concepts into clear, engaging scripts without dumbing them down. You'll also be a self-starter who stays plugged into the market, pitches video ideas, and helps shape what we cover next.
What You'll Do
- Write scripts for technical YouTube videos, AI tools, automation demos, in-depth product tests.
- Run your own tests and experiments when a script requires hands-on validation (e.g. "I tested 12 AI writing tools — here's what actually works").
- Write and record voiceover for higher-lift technical videos that require explaining APIs, workflows, or emerging AI concepts.
- Stay on top of the AI and marketing tool landscape, what's launching, what's overhyped, what our audience needs to know.
- Pitch video ideas to the team based on market trends, audience questions, and gaps in our coverage.
- Collaborate with video editors and producers to refine scripts based on visual storytelling needs.
- Use AI assistants and tools to speed up research, build small demos, or clarify technical details.
You'll Thrive Here If
- You can explain technical concepts (APIs, automation, AI models) clearly without being an engineer yourself.
- You've written for video before, you understand pacing, hooks, and how a script needs to serve the edit.
- You're a self-starter who doesn't wait for assignments, you notice what's happening in the market and come to the team with ideas.
- You're comfortable running your own tests and demos to validate what you're writing about (e.g. signing up for tools, running workflows, documenting results).
- You have a good working knowledge of AI tools, how to use them to build small apps, streamline research, or pull together demos.
- You can work autonomously and make judgment calls about tone, depth, and structure without constant check-ins.
Bonus
- Experience writing or producing content about SEO, marketing tools or SaaS products
- Familiarity with scripting or light coding (even just enough to understand what an API call does or how to automate a task)
- A portfolio of technical explainer videos, tutorials, or demos you've scripted or produced
What We Offer
- Work directly with a fast-moving video team on content that reaches millions of marketers
- Ownership over technical video strategy as we push deeper into AI
- Annual retreat, conference budget, and generous PTO
- Remote-first culture with the autonomy to shape your work
Location: Cambridge, MA
Ahrefs does not engage with agencies or third party recruitment solutions for the roles we hire for. If at any point we need help, we'll let you know!
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Who we are
We are Ahrefs, a company that builds awesome SEO tools and creates in-depth educational materials to help hundreds of thousands of digital marketing professionals around the globe succeed at their jobs.
Our marketing team is small for a company our size, so you’ll be well-placed to make sizable contributions to the company’s success instead of being a small cog in a giant machine where your work hardly ever gets noticed.
We most value marketers who have the ability to figure things out independently, do their own research, and enjoy running crazy experiments.
Our motto is first do it, then do it right, then do it better
Hear from our team
Every day is a new day where I get to solve interesting problems, or make improvements that have a positive impact on thousands of users.
Bryan Chen,
Frontend Developer
You have autonomy to make things happen. Despite the size of Ahrefs’ business, I’m part of a really lean team—cool things you see from our platform or events are the result of self-driven initiatives from each of us
Constance Tan,
Product Marketer
Being a Data Scientist at Ahrefs isn’t just about crunching numbers — it’s about learning, collaborating, and making real impact. The supportive team, challenging projects, and dynamic environment make every day an exciting opportunity for growth.
Xibeijia Guan,
Data Scientist
Hiring process
Application
Simply apply for the relevant role on our careers site.
Recruiter screen
Speak with our recruiter to find out more about Ahrefs, our teams, culture, and get some hints on the process ahead.
Take home task
The nature of the task depends on the role you're applying for — the recruiter will guide you through it. We don't really set strict deadlines or make the tasks too arbitrary. We try to make them fun!
Interview
These are fairly unstructured technical discussions — a chance for us to learn more about you, and for you to learn more about our teams and work. There's no LeetCode, coding puzzles, or whiteboard exercises.
Offer 🎉
Relax, the pressure's off! No more interviews, no more tasks. Just look forward to joining the team!
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