# StepStone Scraper — German Job Listings, Full Ads, No Phones (`highbrow_fame/stepstone-jobs`) Actor

German jobs from StepStone.de: title, company, location, contract type, full/part time, home office, posted date, the full job ad and StepStone's salary estimate. No recruiter names or phones.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/highbrow\_fame/stepstone-jobs.md
- **Developed by:** [yestrue](https://apify.com/highbrow_fame) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.90 / 1,000 job delivereds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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

## StepStone Scraper — German Job Listings, Full Ads, No Phones

Get job listings from StepStone.de, one of Germany's biggest job boards: job title, company, location, home office, posted date, how to apply and a short snippet — and, with the job ads opened (on by default), the full ad as plain text, contract type (Feste Anstellung, Befristet, Werkstudent, …), full or part time, industry, postcode, the date the ad runs until and StepStone's own salary estimate. Paste your StepStone search links — or just type a keyword and a place.

**Why this one**

- 🔗 **Your search, as you set it up.** Set every filter you like on stepstone.de and paste the link. Or type keywords here — Pflegefachkraft, Buchhalter, Python Developer — with a place and a radius, and choose posted within, full or part time, contract types, home office, how to apply and newest first below.
- ⚡ **Fast, with every ad opened.** A live test run read three searches — software developers with home office posted in the last 7 days, nurses within 20 km of Hamburg, full-time permanent bookkeepers within 30 km of Munich — 1,835 jobs with their full ads in 213 seconds.
- 💶 **Salary estimates.** StepStone does not show employers' salary figures to visitors who are not logged in, but it estimates one for most jobs: 1,596 of those 1,835 jobs came with StepStone's estimate (min, max, currency, per year).
- 🏷️ **Related jobs are labelled.** StepStone mixes related jobs into its results and counts them in its own number. Every job says `match`: `keyword` or `related` (163 of the 1,835 were related); untick **Include related jobs** to keep only the keyword matches.
- 🔒 **No recruiter names, no phone numbers.** Contact persons are not output, and phone numbers, e-mail addresses and recruiters' names written into the ads are replaced with `[phone removed]`, `[e-mail removed]` and `[name removed]` — in that run 41 e-mail addresses, 25 phone numbers and 26 names.
- 💸 **You pay only for jobs delivered.** A link that is not a StepStone.de search, or a place StepStone does not know, comes back as a free record with the reason.

### What you get

For every job:

| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| `jobId`, `url`, `title` | the job ad |
| `company`, `companyId`, `companyUrl`, `companyLogo` | the employer (none when the ad is anonymous) |
| `location`, `homeOffice` | where the job is, and whether home office is possible |
| `estimatedSalaryMin`, `estimatedSalaryMax`, `estimatedSalaryCurrency`, `estimatedSalaryPeriod` | StepStone's salary estimate for the job, when it has one |
| `salary` | the employer's salary text, when StepStone shows it (it showed none for the 1,835 jobs of the live run) |
| `postedAt`, `applyOnStepStone`, `noCoverLetter` | when it was posted; quick apply on StepStone; no cover letter needed |
| `match`, `snippet` | `keyword` or `related`, and the start of the ad text |
| `input`, `position`, `scrapedAt`, `status`, `error` | which search it came from, and why a search gave nothing |

With **Open every job ad** (on by default) also: `description` (the full ad as plain text), `contractType`, `workType`, `employmentType`, `industry`, `city`, `postalCode`, `countryCode`, `validThrough` — and `detailsError` when the ad ended before it was read (14 of 1,835 in the live run).

#### Example

A real record from a live run — data scientist jobs you apply for on StepStone, 25 September 2026 (the snippet and the description are cut here):

```json
{
  "jobId": 13999601,
  "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Data-Scientist-m-w-d-Muenchen-ASMPT-GmbH-Co-KG--13999601-inline.html",
  "title": "Data Scientist (m/w/d)",
  "company": "ASMPT GmbH & Co. KG",
  "companyId": 127024,
  "location": "München",
  "homeOffice": true,
  "salary": null,
  "estimatedSalaryMin": 66000,
  "estimatedSalaryMax": 89000,
  "estimatedSalaryCurrency": "EUR",
  "estimatedSalaryPeriod": "year",
  "postedAt": "2026-08-30T12:03:08+02:00",
  "applyOnStepStone": true,
  "noCoverLetter": false,
  "match": "keyword",
  "snippet": "Willkommen bei ASMPT. Mit 10.600 Mitarbeitenden liefern wir weltweit smarte Hard- und Software-Lösungen für die Elektronikindustrie. …",
  "contractType": "Feste Anstellung",
  "workType": "Homeoffice möglich, Vollzeit",
  "employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
  "industry": "Wissenschaften, Wissenschaften-Data Science",
  "city": "München",
  "postalCode": "81379",
  "countryCode": "DE",
  "validThrough": "2026-09-29T09:46:15.6Z",
  "description": "Enabling The Digital World\nWillkommen bei ASMPT. Mit 10.600 Mitarbeitenden liefern wir weltweit smarte Hard- und Software-Lösungen für die Elektronikindustrie. …",
  "status": "OK"
}
```

### How to use it

1. Paste **Search links** from stepstone.de, one per line — or type **Keywords** and a **Place** and choose the filters.
2. Set **Max jobs per search**. Untick **Open every job ad** if the search cards are enough: the run is faster without the full ads.
3. Press **Start**, and download the results from the **Output** tab as JSON, CSV or Excel.

To follow new jobs, save your input as a task with **Posted within (days)** set to 1 and schedule it daily.

You can also call it from the Apify API, from Make, Zapier or n8n, or from an AI agent through the Apify MCP server.

### Pricing

You are charged **per job delivered** — see the price on this page. Opening the job ads costs nothing extra, only time. Links that are not StepStone.de searches and places StepStone does not know are free.

### FAQ

**How many jobs per search?** As many as StepStone lists: the run reads page after page. In the live run the software developer search stopped at the 1,000 jobs set as the maximum, of 1,223. Set **Max jobs per search** as high as you need.

**Do the filters work?** Yes, they are StepStone's own. In the live run all 1,000 jobs of the home office search had `homeOffice: true`, and 438 of the 440 full-time permanent bookkeeper jobs said so on their ad (the other two ads had ended). In another run 147 of 147 part-time jobs were part time, and 105 of 105 "apply on StepStone" jobs had `applyOnStepStone: true`.

**Does it work for stepstone.at, stepstone.be or stepstone.nl?** No — only stepstone.de. StepStone Austria answered every request with HTTP 403, even through an Austrian residential IP; StepStone Belgium started refusing after 15 to 25 job ads; stepstone.nl is a small board. Such links come back as a free record that says so.

**Why is the employer's salary missing?** StepStone does not show it to visitors who are not logged in. The `estimatedSalary…` fields are StepStone's own estimate, which it has for most jobs.

**Why no recruiter names or phone numbers?** They are personal data. Every job has its `url`; you apply on StepStone or on the employer's site.

**Is this affiliated with StepStone?** No. This is an independent tool that reads public StepStone.de job listings.

**Like it?** A short review on the Store page helps other people find this Actor. Something missing or broken? Tell us on the Issues tab — we read every one.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

Set up a search on stepstone.de with all the filters you want and paste the address of the results page. One per line.

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

Or search here without a link: job titles or keywords (Pflegefachkraft, Python Developer, Buchhalter). One search per line; the place and filters below apply to each.

## `location` (type: `string`):

A city, postcode or region (Hamburg, 80331, Bayern). Empty: all of Germany. With a place and no keywords, you get every job there.

## `radiusKm` (type: `integer`):

Optional: jobs this far around the place — 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75 or 100 km; other numbers round up. StepStone's default is 30.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Optional: only jobs from the last 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days; other numbers round up. 0: any date.

## `workType` (type: `string`):

Optional.

## `contractTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional: any of these.

## `homeOffice` (type: `string`):

Optional.

## `applyMethod` (type: `string`):

Optional: only jobs you apply for on StepStone (quick apply), or only jobs you apply for on the company's own site.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

For the keywords above.

## `includeRelatedJobs` (type: `boolean`):

StepStone adds related jobs after the ones that match the keyword (for "Python Developer" also backend and data jobs) and counts them in its result number. Untick to keep only the jobs that match the keyword; the field match says which is which.

## `maxJobsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Stops each search after this many jobs.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the full job ad as plain text, the contract type, full or part time, industry, postcode, the date the ad runs until and StepStone's salary estimate when it has one. One more page per job, so slower.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many searches to work on at the same time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Used only when StepStone turns a request down: the first try goes out directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/data-analyst/in-berlin?radius=30"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 0,
  "workType": "any",
  "homeOffice": "any",
  "applyMethod": "any",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "includeRelatedJobs": true,
  "maxJobsPerSearch": 30,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Every result as a JSON record, with a status for each input.

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

The same records as CSV, for a spreadsheet.

# 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 = {
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/data-analyst/in-berlin?radius=30"
    ],
    "maxJobsPerSearch": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("highbrow_fame/stepstone-jobs").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 = {
    "searchUrls": ["https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/data-analyst/in-berlin?radius=30"],
    "maxJobsPerSearch": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("highbrow_fame/stepstone-jobs").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 '{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/data-analyst/in-berlin?radius=30"
  ],
  "maxJobsPerSearch": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call highbrow_fame/stepstone-jobs --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/glSInLpubN0nRCVDJ/builds/x6Z6NI1nmNWOrcYjr/openapi.json