# Early-Career Software Engineers Who Started After 2020

**Use case:** 

Software engineers in the United States whose first recorded position started in 2021 or later, so about five years of experience or less: 99,391 people on 31 October 2026. For graduate hiring, bootcamp and training outreach, and junior talent pools. Move the start year to change the experience band, or switch Mode to count to size the pool for free first.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "people",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "profileDetail": "row",
  "compact": false,
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "titleKeywords": [
    "software engineer"
  ],
  "segments": [],
  "includeUnknownEmployerSize": false,
  "stillThereCounts": false,
  "careerStartYearMin": 2021,
  "requireCurrentPosition": false,
  "onlyBetweenJobs": false,
  "excludeLowSignal": false,
  "marketTopN": 25
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "_status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "_input": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "fullName": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "jobTitle": {
    "label": "Job title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "companyDomain": {
    "label": "Company domain",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "primaryTitle": {
    "label": "Primary title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "primaryCompany": {
    "label": "Primary company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "countryCode": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "hasPersonalEmail": {
    "label": "Personal email",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "hasWorkEmail": {
    "label": "Work email",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "lowSignal": {
    "label": "Low signal",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "profileUrl": {
    "label": "Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "email": {
    "label": "Best email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "emailType": {
    "label": "Email type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "_detail": {
    "label": "Detail",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "_note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "_employerUnconfirmed": {
    "label": "Employer unconfirmed",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "_total": {
    "label": "Preview total",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "_totalCapped": {
    "label": "Count capped",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "_error": {
    "label": "Details",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "personId": {
    "label": "Person ID",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The LinkedIn People Search Scraper: Emails, No Cookies, 35+ Filters Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Early-Career Software Engineers Who Started After 2020". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/MLJPfbk1NpCKW42ec) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Early-Career Software Engineers Who Started After 2020" task

The LinkedIn People Search Scraper: Emails, No Cookies, 35+ Filters Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like what to return, maximum result rows (limited for free users), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Early-Career Software Engineers Who Started After 2020" 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 status, input, name, 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 "Early-Career Software Engineers Who Started After 2020" task via API](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/people-database-search.md).

## FAQ

### How is experience measured in the early-career engineers task?

The early-career engineers task uses the year of each person's first recorded position. A start in 2021 or later means about five years of experience or less in 2026.

### Can I set an experience band, such as 3 to 5 years?

Set Career start year min and max in the early-career engineers task, for example 2021 and 2023 for roughly 3 to 5 years in 2026. Both bounds are years of the first recorded position.

### Does the early-career filter work outside software engineering?

Change Title keywords in the early-career engineers task to any role, such as data analyst or account executive. The career start filter works on every profile with a dated first position.

### How big is the junior engineer pool before I buy rows?

The early-career engineers task matched 99,391 US profiles on 31 October 2026. Set Mode to count to recount for free, or market for the breakdown by city, employer and title.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [LinkedIn People Search Scraper: Emails, No Cookies, 35+ Filters](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/people-database-search.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/people-database-search.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/people-database-search.md

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