# Y Combinator Jobs Scraper — Work at a Startup Listings (`hipersoft/yc-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape every open job at Y Combinator startups: title, salary range, equity, experience, visa, skills, location, remote, role, full description and company info (batch, team size, website, LinkedIn). Filter by role, keyword, location or salary.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/yc-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 2 monthly users, 93.8% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.0015 / job

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

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# README

## Y Combinator Jobs Scraper: Work at a Startup Listings with Salary & Equity

**Y Combinator Jobs Scraper** collects **every open job at Y Combinator startups**, the listings shown on YC's "Work at a Startup" board. Each job row includes the **title, salary range, equity, minimum experience, visa policy, skills, location, remote flag, role and full job description**. It also carries company details: **YC batch, one-liner, website, team size, location, LinkedIn page and tags**. You can filter by role, keyword, location, salary, batch or company and export to **CSV, Excel or JSON**.

### What does Y Combinator Jobs Scraper do?

YC startups post thousands of engineering, product, design, sales and operations roles, many with transparent salary and equity. This scraper turns that job board into a structured dataset:

- 💼 **All open YC startup jobs**, or a filtered slice: only engineering, only remote, only Summer 2025 companies, only roles paying $150K+.
- 💰 **Compensation data**: the salary range as shown, parsed **salaryMin / salaryMax / currency**, and the **equity range**.
- 🧠 **Requirements**: minimum experience, skills (React, Python, LLMs…) and visa policy.
- 📝 **Full job description**, interview process and hiring manager name, if you want them.
- 🏢 **Company context**: batch, one-liner, website, team size, HQ location, LinkedIn and industry tags.

### What data can you scrape from YC's job board?

| Job data | Company data |
|---|---|
| Job title and link | Company name and YC profile link |
| Role (Engineering, Product, Design, Sales…) | YC batch (e.g. S25, W26) |
| Specialty (Full stack, Backend, ML…) | One-liner |
| Job type (Full-time, Internship…) | Website |
| Location and remote flag | Team size |
| Salary range, min, max and currency | Company location |
| Equity range | LinkedIn page |
| Minimum experience | Industry tags |
| Visa policy | Logo |
| Skills | |
| Posted (how long ago) | |
| Full description and interview process | |
| Hiring manager name | |

### Use cases for YC jobs data

- **Job search**: find every remote ML role at a YC startup paying $180K+, without endless scrolling.
- **Salary benchmarking**: compare startup salary and equity ranges by role, seniority, location and batch.
- **Recruiting and staffing agencies**: spot fast-growing YC companies that are hiring right now and pitch them candidates.
- **Sales prospecting**: hiring signals show which startups are scaling and what tech stack they use.
- **Market research and VC analysis**: track hiring velocity and roles across YC batches.
- **Job boards and newsletters**: feed fresh YC startup jobs into your site, Slack community or weekly digest.

### How to scrape Y Combinator jobs

1. Click **Try for free** to open Y Combinator Jobs Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Choose **roles**, and optionally a **keyword**, **location**, **remote only** or **minimum salary**.
3. Optionally narrow the companies by **YC batch**, **company search** or a list of **specific companies**.
4. Set **Max jobs** (0 = every open job) and click **Start**.
5. Download the jobs as **CSV, Excel or JSON**, or connect them to your tools.

### Input

#### Example input

```json
{
  "roles": ["eng"],
  "keyword": "React",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "minSalary": 150000,
  "batches": ["Summer 2025", "Winter 2026"],
  "includeDescription": true,
  "maxJobs": 200
}
```

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| **Roles** | Engineering, Design, Product, Science, Sales, Marketing, Support, Operations, Recruiting & HR, Finance, Legal. |
| **Keyword** | Matches the job title, specialty and skills. |
| **Location contains** | Matches the job location, e.g. `New York`, `London`, `US`. |
| **Remote jobs only** | Only remote roles. |
| **Job types** | Full-time, Internship, Part-time, Contract. |
| **Minimum salary** | Only jobs whose salary range reaches this yearly amount. |
| **YC batches** | E.g. `Summer 2025`, `Winter 2026`. |
| **Company search** | E.g. `fintech`, `AI agents`, `developer tools`. |
| **Specific companies** | YC company links or slugs; only their jobs are returned. |
| **Include full job description** | Adds the description, interview process and hiring manager. |
| **Max jobs** | Stop after this many jobs (0 = all). |

#### Scrape all jobs at specific YC companies

Add company links such as `https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bountiful` to **Specific companies**. You'll get every open role at those startups.

#### Get new YC jobs every day

Create an Apify [schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) with your filters and compare runs by `jobId` to catch new postings.

### Output

#### Job example

```json
{
  "jobId": "112709",
  "title": "Senior Frontend Engineer, Product & UX",
  "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/conus/jobs/iJWPsUM-senior-frontend-engineer-product-ux",
  "company": "CONUS",
  "companyBatch": "F26",
  "companyOneLiner": "The AI knowledge layer for medical devices",
  "companyWebsite": "https://www.conus-med.com",
  "companyTeamSize": 3,
  "companyLocation": "Cologne, Germany",
  "companyLinkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/conus-med/",
  "companyTags": ["Artificial Intelligence", "Healthcare"],
  "location": "Cologne, NRW, DE",
  "isRemote": false,
  "jobType": "Full-time",
  "role": "Engineering",
  "roleSpecificType": "Frontend",
  "salaryRange": "€80K - €150K EUR",
  "salaryMin": 80000,
  "salaryMax": 150000,
  "salaryCurrency": "€",
  "equityRange": null,
  "minExperience": "6+ years",
  "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required",
  "skills": ["CSS", "React", "TypeScript"],
  "postedAgo": "6 days",
  "hiringManager": "Vincent Paffrath",
  "description": "CONUS (YC F26) is the AI knowledge layer for medical devices…"
}
```

#### Output schema

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `jobId` | string | Job ID. |
| `title` | string | Job title. |
| `url` | string (URL) | Job page. |
| `company` | string | Company name. |
| `companyBatch` | string | YC batch code, e.g. `S25`. |
| `companyOneLiner` | string | Company one-liner. |
| `companyWebsite` | string (URL) | Company website. |
| `companyUrl` | string (URL) | Company's YC profile. |
| `companyLogoUrl` | string (URL) | Company logo. |
| `companyTeamSize` | integer | Team size. |
| `companyLocation` | string | Company HQ. |
| `companyLinkedinUrl` | string (URL) | Company LinkedIn page. |
| `companyTags` | array | Industry tags. |
| `location` | string | Job location. |
| `isRemote` | boolean | Remote job. |
| `jobType` | string | Full-time, Internship, etc. |
| `role` | string | Job function. |
| `roleSpecificType` | string | Specialty, e.g. Backend, Full stack. |
| `salaryRange` | string | Salary range as posted. |
| `salaryMin`, `salaryMax` | integer | Parsed salary bounds. |
| `salaryCurrency` | string | Salary currency symbol or code. |
| `equityRange` | string | Equity range. |
| `minExperience` | string | Minimum experience. |
| `visa` | string | Visa policy. |
| `skills` | array | Required skills. |
| `postedAgo` | string | Time since the job was posted. |
| `lastActive` | string | Last recruiter activity, if shown. |
| `hiringManager` | string | Hiring manager name (with description). |
| `description` | string | Full job description, in Markdown (with description). |
| `interviewProcess` | string | Interview process (with description). |
| `scrapedAt` | string (ISO date) | When the row was collected. |

### How much does it cost to scrape Y Combinator jobs?

Y Combinator Jobs Scraper uses **pay-per-job** pricing: a small fixed price for each job row, with automatic discounts on higher Apify plans. See the **Pricing** tab for the exact price.

### More job data

- [Y Combinator Companies Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/yc-companies-scraper): the full YC company directory with founders' companies, batches and industries.
- [LinkedIn Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/linkedin-jobs-scraper): jobs from LinkedIn.
- [Company Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/company-jobs-scraper): jobs straight from company career pages.
- [Remote Jobs Aggregator](https://apify.com/hipersoft/remote-jobs-aggregator): remote jobs from many boards in one run.

### FAQ

**How many YC jobs are there?**
Usually several thousand open roles across roughly 1,500 hiring YC companies. Set **Max jobs** to 0 to get all of them.

**Are salaries included?**
Yes. Most YC job posts show a salary range and often an equity range. You get the original text plus parsed min, max and currency.

**Can I get only remote jobs?**
Yes. Switch on **Remote jobs only**, or use **Location contains** for a specific city or country.

**Can I filter by YC batch?**
Yes. Use **YC batches**, e.g. `Summer 2025`, to target the newest startups.

**How fresh is the data?**
Every run reads the live job board, so you get the roles open right now.

**Can I apply through the scraper?**
No. Use the job `url` to view the post and apply on YC's site.

**What formats can I export?**
CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, HTML and RSS, or read the results through the Apify API.

**Can I integrate Y Combinator Jobs Scraper with other apps?**
Y Combinator Jobs Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to [integrations on the Apify platform](https://apify.com/integrations). It works with [Make](https://apify.com/integrations/make), [Zapier](https://apify.com/integrations/zapier), [Slack](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack), [Airbyte](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/airbyte), [GitHub](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/github), [Google Drive](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive) and [many more](https://apify.com/integrations), plus the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2), JS/Python clients and MCP. Or use [webhooks](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks) to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

### Related Actors

- [Remote OK Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/remoteok-scraper)
- [We Work Remotely Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/weworkremotely-scraper)
- [Dice Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/dice-scraper)

### Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Returns only public data; you are responsible for compliance with Y Combinator's terms. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.

# Actor input Schema

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

Only include these job functions. Leave empty for all roles.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Only jobs whose title, specialty or skills contain this text, e.g. React, machine learning, backend, founding.

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

Only jobs whose location contains this text, e.g. San Francisco, New York, London, US.

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

Only include jobs that are remote.

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

Only include these job types. Leave empty for all.

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

Only jobs whose salary range reaches at least this yearly amount (in the job's currency), e.g. 150000.

## `batches` (type: `array`):

Only companies from these YC batches, written as shown on the YC directory, e.g. Summer 2025, Winter 2026, Fall 2026.

## `companyQuery` (type: `string`):

Only companies matching this search, e.g. fintech, AI agents, healthcare, developer tools.

## `companyUrls` (type: `array`):

Scrape only these companies' jobs, e.g. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bountiful. Overrides the batch and company search filters.

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

Adds the full job description, interview process and hiring manager name. Slightly slower.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many jobs. 0 means all open jobs (several thousand).

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

Not required for normal use.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "roles": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "minSalary": 0,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "maxJobs": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

The results as dataset items.

# 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": [
        "eng"
    ],
    "maxJobs": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/yc-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": ["eng"],
    "maxJobs": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/yc-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": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "maxJobs": 50
}' |
apify call hipersoft/yc-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hipersoft/yc-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/VoNudYxVfqch1lT0m/builds/thtqfeucqKqgU6QWs/openapi.json