# Companies Hiring Software Engineers in Germany, with CTOs

**Use case:** 

Employers in Germany that posted software engineer or developer jobs in the last month, ranked by matching postings, each with its CTO, VP of engineering or founder. For developer-tool sellers, IT consultancies and tech recruiters who sell to teams that are growing now. Staffing agencies are excluded. Swap the country or the titles to work another market.

## Input

```json
{
  "jobTitles": [
    "software engineer",
    "software developer"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Germany"
  ],
  "maxCompanies": 25,
  "previewOnly": false,
  "decisionMakers": true,
  "decisionMakerRoles": [
    "founder",
    "cxo",
    "vp"
  ],
  "decisionMakersPerCompany": 1,
  "decisionMakerTitleKeywords": [
    "cto",
    "technology",
    "engineering",
    "founder"
  ],
  "postedLimit": "month",
  "excludeAgencies": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "_type": {
    "label": "Row type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "_rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "fullName": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "jobTitle": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "seniority": {
    "label": "Seniority",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "headline": {
    "label": "Headline",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "linkedinUrl": {
    "label": "Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "email": {
    "label": "Email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "emailType": {
    "label": "Email type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recordUpdatedAt": {
    "label": "Record updated",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "_note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Companies Hiring Now — Employers by Job Title + Decision Makers Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Companies Hiring Software Engineers in Germany, with CTOs". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ic8a7CY4VRWZnzkTz) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Companies Hiring Software Engineers in Germany, with CTOs" task

The Companies Hiring Now — Employers by Job Title + Decision Makers Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like job titles they are hiring for, where the jobs are, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Companies Hiring Software Engineers in Germany, with CTOs" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as row type, rank, company, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Companies Hiring Software Engineers in Germany, with CTOs" task via API](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/hiring-companies-finder.md).

## FAQ

### What does the engineering hiring task return?

The engineering hiring task returns German employers with software engineer or developer postings in the last month, ranked by postings, plus the top-ranked technology leader or founder of each company with title and profile.

### Why add the CTO to each hiring company?

The CTO or VP of engineering owns the hiring plan and the tool budget of a growing team. The engineering hiring task puts that person next to the company so outreach can start at the right desk.

### Can I work another country or role?

Change Locations and Job titles in the engineering hiring task, for example Netherlands and data engineer. Titles accept AND, OR, NOT and exact phrases.

### How do I drop recruiters and agencies?

Exclude agencies is on in the engineering hiring task, so staffing and recruiting firms and job-board aggregators are not counted as employers.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Companies Hiring Now — Employers by Job Title + Decision Makers](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/hiring-companies-finder.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/hiring-companies-finder.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/b2bsearch/hiring-companies-finder.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).