Hacker News "Who's Hiring" Scraper — Tech Hiring-Intent Company Leads

📊 Example output (real run)

A real record from a live run — clean structured data, exported as CSV / JSON / Excel or via API.

Turn the monthly Hacker News "Who is Hiring" thread into a clean, structured list of companies with active buying intent. Every record gives you the company, role, tech stack, location, remote flag, and the original comment. No API key, no signup, no sales call.

Apollo, ZoomInfo, and LinkedIn Recruiter sell you static contact databases — they can't tell you which company is hiring right now. Hiring is the strongest B2B intent signal there is: a company posting a role has budget, is growing, and is making decisions this month. This scraper reads the single largest tech-hiring thread on the internet and structures it into leads you can actually act on the day it posts.

What you get per record

• Company name
• Role / job title
• Tech stack mentioned (languages, frameworks, infra)
• Location
• Remote / onsite flag
• Original comment text + permalink

Clean, typed fields — ready for CSV, JSON, Excel, or a direct API pull into your CRM or AI agent.

Why use this scraper (vs. a static lead DB)

• Real-time hiring intent, not a stale list — Apollo/ZoomInfo give you names; this gives you companies actively spending to grow this month.
• Tech-stack targeting — filter to companies hiring for React, Python, Go, Rust, or any stack you sell into.
• Remote filter — surface only remote-friendly employers in one flag.
• No seat fees, no credit caps — LinkedIn Recruiter and seat-based DBs cost $99+/seat/month; here you pay per result.
• Pipeline- and agent-ready — structured rows feed straight into outbound sequences, recruiting workflows, or an AI SDR.

Use cases

• B2B sales — hiring = growth = budget; reach companies scaling their team before your competitors do
• Tech recruiting & staffing — source employers with open roles by stack and location
• Candidate research — filter hundreds of postings by role, stack, and remote in seconds
• Market & hiring-trend research — track which technologies companies are hiring for over time
• Trigger-based outreach — feed fresh hiring signals into your automation the day the thread drops

Input

Field	Description
keywords	Filter postings by keywords, e.g. python, react, senior, remote, founding.
remoteOnly	Return only remote-friendly postings.
maxResults	How many postings to return.

Output

Every result is a clean structured record. Export the full dataset as CSV, JSON, or Excel from the Apify console, or pull it via the Apify API straight into your CRM, spreadsheet, or data pipeline.

How it works

This actor parses the monthly Hacker News "Who is Hiring" thread directly, structures each posting into clean rows, and pushes every result to the dataset. It runs on Apify's infrastructure — reliable, schedulable, and pay-per-result, so you only pay for data you actually get. No account to manage, no rate-limit headaches.

Pricing

Pay-per-result via the Apify Store. No monthly subscription, no seat fees, no minimums — run it once when the thread posts or schedule it monthly; you're only charged for the results returned.

FAQ

Do I need an API key or account? No. Just set your filters and run it.

How is this better than Apollo, ZoomInfo, or LinkedIn Recruiter? Those are static databases — they tell you a company exists, not that it's hiring today. This turns live hiring activity into leads with proven intent and budget, at pay-per-result pricing instead of seat fees.

Can I filter to remote-only or a specific tech stack? Yes — use remoteOnly and keywords.

Can I schedule it to run automatically? Yes — the thread is monthly; schedule the actor to capture each new one automatically.

What formats can I export? CSV, JSON, Excel, or via the Apify API.

Is the data accurate and fresh? Data is parsed live from the current thread on each run, so it reflects what's posted at run time.