Himalayas Remote Jobs Scraper

Scrape job listings from Himalayas.app — one of the largest remote-first startup job boards, with 100,000+ active remote positions across engineering, product, design, marketing, and more.

Extract structured data on job titles, companies, salary ranges, employment types, tech stacks, categories, posting dates, and direct application links — all without requiring login or API credentials.

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What You Can Do

• Search jobs by keyword — find roles matching "python backend", "product manager", "data engineer", etc.
• Get all jobs for a company — pull every open role at Stripe, GitLab, Zapier, or any company with a Himalayas profile.
• Enrich job URLs — pass a list of specific Himalayas job URLs and get back fully structured data.
• Filter results — narrow by employment type (full-time, part-time, contract, internship) and minimum salary.

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Output Fields

Each scraped job record contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
jobId	string	Unique job identifier (from URL slug)
title	string	Job title
company	string	Hiring company name
companyUrl	string	Link to the company's Himalayas profile
jobUrl	string	Direct link to the job listing on Himalayas
location	string	Country restrictions, or "Worldwide" if no restrictions
remotePolicy	string	Always "remote" — all Himalayas jobs are remote
salaryMin	integer	Annual salary minimum (when available)
salaryMax	integer	Annual salary maximum (when available)
salaryCurrency	string	ISO 4217 currency code (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP)
employmentType	string	full-time, part-time, contract, or internship
techStack	array	Skill/technology category tags
categories	array	Broad function areas (e.g. Developer, Product, Design)
postedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of when the job was posted
description	string	Full job description (HTML)
applyUrl	string	Direct application link
recordType	string	Always "job"
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of when the record was scraped

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Input Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	searchJobs	What to scrape: searchJobs, byCompany, or byJobUrls
searchQuery	string	—	Keyword search query (used in searchJobs mode)
companySlug	string	—	Company slug for byCompany mode (e.g. stripe, gitlab)
jobUrls	array	[]	List of Himalayas job URLs for byJobUrls mode
remotePolicy	select	(any)	Filter by remote policy: remote, hybrid, in-person
employmentType	select	(any)	Filter by type: full-time, part-time, contract, internship
minSalary	integer	—	Minimum salary threshold (USD/year) — skips jobs below this
maxItems	integer	20	Maximum number of job records to return

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Example Inputs

Search for software engineering roles

{
  "mode": "searchJobs",
  "searchQuery": "software engineer",
  "employmentType": "full-time",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Get all open roles at a company

{
  "mode": "byCompany",
  "companySlug": "stripe",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Enrich specific job URLs

{
  "mode": "byJobUrls",
  "jobUrls": [
    "https://himalayas.app/companies/stripe/jobs/backend-engineer-123",
    "https://himalayas.app/companies/gitlab/jobs/product-manager-456"
  ]
}

Find high-paying contract roles

{
  "mode": "searchJobs",
  "searchQuery": "data scientist",
  "employmentType": "contract",
  "minSalary": 120000,
  "maxItems": 30
}

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Use Cases

• Monitor startup hiring trends — track which companies are growing and in what roles
• Find remote jobs in tech — filter by keyword, employment type, and salary to find your next role
• Build a job aggregator — combine Himalayas data with other job boards for comprehensive coverage
• Salary benchmarking — analyze compensation ranges for specific roles, companies, and tech stacks
• Competitive intelligence — watch what competitors or target companies are hiring for
• Academic research — study remote work trends, demand for skills, and salary distributions
• Recruiting automation — identify passive candidate pipelines by tracking who's hiring in a tech stack
• Career tools — power job recommendation engines, resume analyzers, or career coaching platforms

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does this require login or API keys? No. The Himalayas API is publicly accessible without authentication. This actor uses the official public API.

How fresh is the data? Himalayas refreshes their job data every 24 hours. Each run of this actor fetches the latest available data.

What does the remotePolicy field show? All listings on Himalayas are remote or remote-friendly by definition of the platform, so remotePolicy is always "remote". The location field shows any geographic restrictions (e.g., "United States, Canada") or "Worldwide" if there are none.

How do I find a company's slug? The slug is the part of the Himalayas company URL after /companies/. For example, https://himalayas.app/companies/stripe → slug is stripe.

What employment types does Himalayas have? Full Time, Part Time, Contractor, Temporary, Intern, Volunteer, and Other. This actor normalizes them to: full-time, part-time, contract, internship.

Why are some salary fields missing? Many job listings on Himalayas do not include salary information. Records without salary data will simply omit salaryMin, salaryMax, and salaryCurrency rather than showing null values.

Can I scrape all available jobs? Yes — use mode=searchJobs with no searchQuery and set maxItems to a high value. Himalayas has 100,000+ active listings. Note: the API returns up to 20 jobs per request, so large scrapes take time.

Does this work with proxy? No proxy is needed. Himalayas's public API is accessible from standard IP addresses without restrictions.

What is the rate limit? Himalayas enforces a rate limit of 60 requests per minute. This actor includes automatic retry with back-off if rate limits are hit.

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Legal

This actor uses Himalayas's public API as documented at himalayas.app/docs/remote-jobs-api. Always credit Himalayas as the data source when displaying results publicly. Review Himalayas Terms of Service before using scraped data commercially.