# Wellfound Jobs Scraper: Startup Jobs, Salary, Equity & Stage (`datasmithlab/wellfound-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Wellfound startup jobs with salary and equity as numbers, plus company stage, size and badges (YC, top investors) on every row. Role, location, salary, equity, stage and size filters, full descriptions, new-jobs-only monitoring. No proxy, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datasmithlab/wellfound-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Datasmithlab](https://apify.com/datasmithlab) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 94.4% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 job listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## Wellfound Jobs Scraper: Startup Jobs, Salary, Equity & Stage

Export startup jobs from [Wellfound](https://wellfound.com) (formerly AngelList Talent) with **salary and equity parsed into numbers**, the company's **stage, size and badges on every row** (Y Combinator, top investors, actively hiring), full descriptions and real posting dates.

No proxy, no login, no personal data.

### What you get

- **Numbers, not text.** `$170k – $250k • 1.0% – 3.0%` becomes `salaryMin: 170000`, `salaryMax: 250000`, `salaryCurrency: "USD"`, `equityMinPercent: 1.0`, `equityMaxPercent: 3.0`. Handles USD, EUR, GBP, INR (lakhs), CAD (C$), AUD (A$), SGD (S$), MXN, AED and more, monthly and hourly pay (converted to yearly), "Up to $170k", equity-only and "No equity" listings.
- **Company context in every row.** Stage (Early, Growth, Scale, Public), size (`51-200`), markets (B2B/B2C), one-liner, logo and badges: YC backed, top investors, actively hiring, growing fast, valuation $1B+.
- **Real posting dates**, work arrangement (remote, on-site, hybrid), accepted remote regions, job type, required years of experience, and the applicant tracking system behind the job (Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever...).
- **Full descriptions** as Markdown and plain text.
- **Filters that save money:** jobs that don't match are not returned and **not charged**. Role, location, remote, salary, currency, equity, experience, posted within, company size and stage, YC / top investors / actively hiring, keywords, exclude words, include and exclude companies.
- **Only new jobs.** Turn on *Only new jobs since last run* and schedule it daily for job alerts.
- **Reports** in the run's key-value store: `SEARCHES` (pages read and available, jobs seen and matched per search) and `HEALTH`. If Wellfound blocks the run or changes its format, you get a clear message instead of an empty dataset.

### How to search

| You want | Set |
|---|---|
| Jobs for a role in a city | **Roles** `software-engineer`, **Locations** `san-francisco` |
| Remote jobs | **Locations** `remote` |
| A role everywhere | Leave **Locations** empty |
| Several roles and cities | Every role is searched in every location |
| A specific Wellfound page | Paste it in **Wellfound search URLs**, e.g. `https://wellfound.com/role/l/data-scientist/london` |

Role and location names are the ones in Wellfound addresses (`product-manager`, `new-york`, `united-states`...). If a role and location pair doesn't exist on Wellfound, the run says so in the `SEARCHES` report.

Each page holds about 40 jobs and a broad role can have around 90 pages (a role in one city usually has fewer). *Max pages per search* controls how deep to go.

### Output example

```json
{
  "id": "wellfound:4787326",
  "title": "Software Engineer",
  "role": "Software Engineer",
  "jobType": "full-time",
  "locations": ["San Francisco"],
  "isRemote": true, "remoteKind": "onsite_or_remote",
  "yearsExperienceMin": 3,
  "salaryMin": 100000, "salaryMax": 165000, "salaryCurrency": "USD", "salaryPeriod": "annual",
  "salaryYearlyMax": 165000,
  "equityMinPercent": 1.0, "equityMaxPercent": 3.0, "noEquity": false,
  "compensationText": "$100k – $165k • 1.0% – 3.0%",
  "postedAt": "2026-09-30T23:02:51Z",
  "company": "Nyle.ai", "companySize": "11-50", "companyStage": "Early Stage",
  "companyMarkets": ["B2B"], "isYcBacked": false, "hasTopInvestors": false, "isActivelyHiring": true,
  "companyBadges": ["Actively Hiring", "B2B", "Early Stage"],
  "companyOneLiner": "AI-Powered Growth for Ecommerce Brands",
  "url": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787326-software-engineer"
}
```

### Good to know

- **Salary periods are not guessed.** Wellfound writes annual pay as `$100k – $165k`. A figure without a unit, such as `₹10,000 – ₹30,000` (often a monthly stipend), keeps its numbers but gets no yearly value, so *Minimum yearly salary* skips it. The original text is always in `compensationText`.
- **Not every job states pay.** Many listings have no salary or no equity. Salary and equity filters drop those.
- **Search pages only.** The Actor reads Wellfound's public search pages. Company pages and individual job pages are not read, so founders, funding rounds and contact details are not collected. Wellfound's own job page is linked in `url`.
- **If Wellfound blocks the run** (it can block some networks), the search is reported as `blocked` and you can try again later. The Actor does not use proxies or any workaround.
- **Polite by design.** Pages are read one at a time with a pause in between, only pages Wellfound's robots.txt allows are requested, redirects to sign-in or other pages are never followed, and the Actor identifies itself honestly (`DatasmithLab-Scraper`) instead of pretending to be a browser.

### Pricing

Pay per job returned plus a small start fee per run. Descriptions are included at the same price, and filtered-out jobs are free.

### Feedback

Missing a field or a filter? Open an issue on this Actor's page. We read every one and reply.

*Not affiliated with or endorsed by Wellfound.*

# Actor input Schema

## `roles` (type: `array`):

Wellfound role names as they appear in the address: software-engineer, product-manager, designer, data-scientist, marketing-manager, sales... One search per role and location.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

City or region as in Wellfound addresses (san-francisco, new-york, london, berlin, bangalore, united-states...) or 'remote' for remote jobs. Leave empty for all locations.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional. Paste search pages such as https://wellfound.com/role/l/data-scientist/london. Only wellfound.com/role/... pages are supported.

## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Each page holds about 40 jobs. A broad role can have 90 pages; narrow searches have fewer.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep jobs where any keyword appears as a whole word in the title, role, company, one-liner or description. Jobs that don't match are not charged.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop jobs whose title contains any of these words (whole-word match).

## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only jobs Wellfound marks as remote.

## `jobTypes` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all.

## `minSalary` (type: `integer`):

Top of the salary range, converted to yearly (monthly x12, hourly x2080). Jobs without a salary, or with an unclear period, are dropped. Amounts are never converted between currencies: it applies to the Salary currency below (USD if you leave that empty).

## `salaryCurrency` (type: `string`):

Only jobs paying in this currency (jobs without a salary are dropped).

## `minEquityPercent` (type: `number`):

Top of the equity range must be at least this, e.g. 0.5.

## `maxYearsExperience` (type: `integer`):

Keep jobs asking for at most this many years (0 = new grads and internships). Jobs that state no requirement are kept.

## `postedWithin` (type: `string`):

Only jobs published in this window.

## `companySizes` (type: `array`):

Number of employees.

## `companyStages` (type: `array`):

Early, growth, scale or public stage, as Wellfound labels them.

## `ycBackedOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only companies with Wellfound's YC badge.

## `topInvestorsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only companies with Wellfound's Top Investors badge.

## `activelyHiringOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only companies with the Actively Hiring badge.

## `includeCompanies` (type: `array`):

Company names or Wellfound slugs, e.g. chalk-ai.

## `excludeCompanies` (type: `array`):

Company names or Wellfound slugs to skip.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Full job description as Markdown and plain text. Same price either way.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Return only jobs not seen in a previous run with the same filters. Schedule it daily for job alerts.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard stop: you are never charged for more jobs than this.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "roles": [
    "software-engineer"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "remote"
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 2,
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "postedWithin": "any",
  "ycBackedOnly": false,
  "topInvestorsOnly": false,
  "activelyHiringOnly": false,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Job listings (table view, JSON/CSV/Excel export).

## `allFields` (type: `string`):

Every field of every job, including descriptions and company details.

## `searches` (type: `string`):

For each search: pages read and available, jobs seen and matched, status.

## `health` (type: `string`):

Pages read, failures, empty-field ratios.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "roles": [
        "software-engineer"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "remote"
    ],
    "maxPagesPerSearch": 2,
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datasmithlab/wellfound-jobs-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "roles": ["software-engineer"],
    "locations": ["remote"],
    "maxPagesPerSearch": 2,
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datasmithlab/wellfound-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "roles": [
    "software-engineer"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "remote"
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 2,
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call datasmithlab/wellfound-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datasmithlab/wellfound-jobs-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Lx7O0gRjS38j5xaaL/builds/7yJb4CbVVcUxDJsp9/openapi.json