StepStone Jobs Scraper — DACH Job Listings | No Login

Extract job listings from StepStone.de — Germany's leading job board with over 60,000 active postings — into clean, structured JSON. No login required. No StepStone API key needed.

Pricing: Scraping 1,000 job listings costs approximately $2.90.

What it scrapes

For each job listing, the actor extracts:

Field	Description	Example
job_id	StepStone numeric listing ID	14081997
title	Job title	Agentic Software Engineer (m/w/d)
company	Employer name	Reply GmbH
location	City / region	Berlin, Hamburg
employment_type	Contract type	Permanent, Freelance, Internship
work_mode	Remote / hybrid / on-site	Home office possible, Hybrid
posted_date	Posting date (ISO-8601)	2026-06-04
job_url	Direct link to job page	https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--...
description_snippet	Key bullet points from listing	Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL | Microservices on AWS
scraped_at	Scrape timestamp (UTC)	2026-06-07T10:23:00Z
search_keyword	Keyword used to find this job	Software Engineer
search_location	Location filter applied	Berlin

How to use

1. Configure inputs

• Search keywords: One or more job titles or skill keywords. Each keyword runs separately. Examples: ["Software Engineer", "Data Analyst", "Product Manager"]
• Location: Optional city or region to filter results. Examples: Berlin, München, Frankfurt. Leave empty to search all of Germany.
• Max items: Total maximum records to collect across all keywords (default: 100).
• Max pages per keyword: How many result pages to fetch per keyword. Each page returns ~20 jobs. Default: 5 pages = ~100 jobs per keyword.
• Proxy configuration: Pre-configured with Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy (Germany) — required to bypass StepStone's regional access controls. No changes needed.

2. Run the actor

Typical run times:

• 100 jobs: ~1–2 minutes
• 500 jobs: ~5–8 minutes
• 2,000 jobs: ~20–30 minutes

3. Download results

Results are available in JSON, CSV, XLSX, or XML format directly from the Apify dataset.

Example output

{
  "job_id": "14081997",
  "title": "Agentic Software Engineer (m/w/d)",
  "company": "Reply GmbH",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "employment_type": "Permanent",
  "work_mode": "Home office possible",
  "posted_date": "2026-06-05",
  "job_url": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Agentic-Software-Engineer--14081997-inline.html",
  "description_snippet": "Entwicklung KI-basierter Agentenlösungen | Zusammenarbeit mit cross-funktionalen Teams | Python, LangChain, OpenAI API",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-07T10:23:00Z",
  "search_keyword": "Software Engineer",
  "search_location": "Berlin"
}

Example input

{
  "searchKeywords": ["Software Engineer", "Python Developer"],
  "location": "Berlin",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPages": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
  }
}

Coverage and scale

• ~60,000+ active listings across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• ~20 jobs per page, up to 25 pages per search (500 jobs per keyword with default settings)
• All job categories: IT/Tech, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Sales, HR, Healthcare, and more
• All employment types: permanent, fixed-term, part-time, freelance, internship, apprenticeship

Use cases

• Talent intelligence: monitor competitor hiring velocity, headcount trends, tech stack signals
• Sales prospecting: identify companies actively growing a department (hiring = buying intent)
• Market research: analyze salary bands, required skills, geographic demand across the DACH market
• Job aggregation: build niche job boards or alerts for specific roles/cities
• Academic research: labor market studies, skills gap analysis, remote-work adoption trends

Technical approach

• Transport: curl_cffi with Chrome TLS fingerprint + Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy (Germany) to pass Akamai Bot Manager
• Parser: structural HTML parsing anchored on data-at attributes and tag hierarchy — resilient to CSS class changes
• Deduplication: cross-keyword deduplication by job ID — no duplicate records even when keywords overlap
• Pagination: automatic pagination up to maxPages; stops early if no next page detected

Legal disclaimer

This actor scrapes publicly visible job listings from StepStone.de, which are freely accessible to all internet users without login. No user accounts, paywalled content, or personally identifiable information (PII) is accessed. Use in compliance with StepStone's Terms of Service and applicable data protection regulations (GDPR). This actor is intended for market intelligence and research purposes.

FAQ

Does this require a StepStone account? No. All scraped data is from public listings visible without login. Salary details are hidden behind login and are not scraped.

Why does it use a residential proxy? StepStone.de uses Akamai Bot Manager which blocks datacenter IP ranges. EU residential proxies (included via Apify proxy) pass this check transparently. The proxy cost is included in the per-listing price.

Can I scrape a specific city outside Germany? Yes — StepStone serves Austria (Wien, Graz) and Switzerland (Zürich, Basel). Use city name in the location field.

What happens if a keyword returns no results? The actor logs a warning and moves to the next keyword. Zero results are not charged.