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I have a PhD in physical chemistry and a postdoc background, and I made a deliberate switch to SEO — applying the same analytical mindset to search performance. Today I work full-time as an SEO Specialist at Apify, at the intersection of SEO and engineering, building automated ranking-tracking tools and Apify Actors, running deep technical audits, and designing internal linking strategies. Previously I managed on-page and e-commerce SEO for Shopify-based stores at Rankist. I work daily with GSC, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA4, and Mixpanel, and I write Python scripts and automation workflows that connect them.…I have a PhD in physical chemistry and a postdoc background, and I made a deliberate switch to SEO — applying the same analytical mindset to search performance. Today I work full-time as an SEO Specialist at Apify, at the intersection of SEO and engineering, building automated ranking-tracking tools and Apify Actors, running deep technical audits, and designing internal linking strategies. Previously I managed on-page and e-commerce SEO for Shopify-based stores at Rankist. I work daily with GSC, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA4, and Mixpanel, and I write Python scripts and automation workflows that connect them.

Hanieh Ghodrati

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I have a PhD in physical chemistry and a postdoc background, and I made a deliberate switch to SEO — applying the same analytical mindset to search performance. Today I work full-time as an SEO Specialist at Apify, at the intersection of SEO and engineering, building automated ranking-tracking tools and Apify Actors, running deep technical audits, and designing internal linking strategies. Previously I managed on-page and e-commerce SEO for Shopify-based stores at Rankist. I work daily with GSC, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA4, and Mixpanel, and I write Python scripts and automation workflows that connect them.…I have a PhD in physical chemistry and a postdoc background, and I made a deliberate switch to SEO — applying the same analytical mindset to search performance. Today I work full-time as an SEO Specialist at Apify, at the intersection of SEO and engineering, building automated ranking-tracking tools and Apify Actors, running deep technical audits, and designing internal linking strategies. Previously I managed on-page and e-commerce SEO for Shopify-based stores at Rankist. I work daily with GSC, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA4, and Mixpanel, and I write Python scripts and automation workflows that connect them.

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I have a PhD in physical chemistry and a postdoc background, and I made a deliberate switch to SEO — applying the same analytical mindset to search performance. Today I work full-time as an SEO Specialist at Apify, at the intersection of SEO and engineering, building automated ranking-tracking tools and Apify Actors, running deep technical audits, and designing internal linking strategies.

Previously I managed on-page and e-commerce SEO for Shopify-based stores at Rankist. I work daily with GSC, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA4, and Mixpanel, and I write Python scripts and automation workflows that connect them.

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Work Experience

Junior SEO Specialist at Apify

April 1, 2026 - Present

Built an automated Google Search Console (GSC) rank-tracking Actor for Apify; developed an internal linking tool to surface blog posts that should link to orphans; performed keyword research and page-level content gap analysis; executed technical SEO tasks including crawl budget management, 404 fixes, and redirect audits; rebuilt and optimized landing pages in Strapi CMS; designed and executed an internal linking strategy across the site; monitored visibility in AI-generated responses and built Claude AI-powered backlink evaluation and link insertion workflows; managed backlink outreach; daily toolset included GSC, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Strapi, Ghost, Mixpanel; wrote Python scripts and automation workflows that connect these tools.

Freelance SEO Specialist at Rankist GmbH

December 1, 2025 - April 1, 2026

Delivered detailed SEO audit reports with prioritized recommendations for high-revenue e-commerce clients; on-page optimization for Shopify-based stores; resolved direct 301/302 issues across sites; built and used an automated tool to track keywords across 16 language variants.

Postdoc Fellow at Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Research in single-molecule optics; data analysis and scientific writing.

PhD Researcher at University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024

PhD research in physical chemistry; data analysis using Python and Bash scripting; publications and scientific writing.

Laboratory Demonstrator at The University of Adelaide

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

Assisted teaching and supervised Level I chemistry laboratory sessions.