Wellfound Job Listings Scraper

Extract startup job listings and company data from Wellfound across any role or city search. Each record includes the job title, salary range, location details, remote policy, experience requirements, company size, funding badges, and posted date. No account or login required.

What It Returns

Job fields

Field	Description
jobId	Unique job listing identifier
jobTitle	Job title
jobType	Employment type, e.g. full-time, contract
primaryRole	Role category
jobUrl	Direct link to the job listing
jobDescription	Full job description (markdown)
compensation	Salary range, e.g. $150k – $195k
locationNames	List of cities where the role is based
remote	Whether the role accepts remote candidates
acceptedRemoteLocations	Countries/regions accepted for remote work
yearsExperienceMin	Minimum years of experience required
yearsExperienceMax	Maximum years of experience listed
postedAt	Date the listing went live
autoPosted	Whether the listing was posted via ATS integration

Company fields

Field	Description
companyId	Wellfound company identifier
companyName	Company name
companySlug	Company slug used in Wellfound URLs
companySize	Headcount range, e.g. SIZE_11_50
companyLogoUrl	URL to the company logo image
companyHighConcept	Company tagline
companyBadges	Funding and activity badges, e.g. YC Funded, Actively Hiring, Top Investors

How to Use

Provide at least one search parameter. You can combine role and location for narrower results.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
role	string		Role slug from the Wellfound URL, e.g. software-engineer
location	string		City slug, e.g. new-york, san-francisco, remote
companySlug	string		Scrape a specific company's listings, e.g. stripe
maxItems	integer	100	Cap on total results (max 1000)
maxPages	integer	5	Pages to crawl per run (max 20)
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	60	Per-request timeout in seconds

Example: Software engineers in New York

{
  "role": "software-engineer",
  "location": "new-york",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPages": 10
}

Example: All jobs at a specific company

{
  "companySlug": "stripe",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: Remote product managers (any location)

{
  "role": "product-manager",
  "location": "remote",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example Output

{
  "jobId": "4063748",
  "jobTitle": "Software Engineer",
  "jobType": "full-time",
  "primaryRole": "Software Engineer",
  "jobUrl": "https://wellfound.com/company/methodfi/jobs/4063748",
  "compensation": "$150k \u2013 $195k",
  "locationNames": ["Austin", "New York", "Washington"],
  "remote": false,
  "acceptedRemoteLocations": [],
  "yearsExperienceMin": 2,
  "yearsExperienceMax": 5,
  "postedAt": "2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "autoPosted": false,
  "companyId": "8530754",
  "companyName": "Method Financial",
  "companySlug": "methodfi",
  "companySize": "SIZE_11_50",
  "companyLogoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/8530754-xxx.jpg",
  "companyHighConcept": "The future of financial account connectivity",
  "companyBadges": ["Actively Hiring", "YC Funded", "Top Investors"],
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T09:30:00+00:00"
}

Role Slugs

Use the hyphenated slug that appears in Wellfound role URLs:

software-engineer, product-manager, data-scientist, designer, marketing, sales, operations, devops, data-analyst, machine-learning, frontend-engineer, backend-engineer, full-stack-engineer

Location Slugs

Use the hyphenated slug from Wellfound location URLs:

new-york, san-francisco, los-angeles, austin, seattle, boston, chicago, denver, miami, remote

Capacity

Each page returns roughly 20 to 40 job listings. With the default settings (5 pages, 100 items), a typical run finishes in under two minutes. For larger crawls, increase maxPages and maxItems proportionally.

Use Cases

• Job market research and salary benchmarking across startup roles
• Recruiting pipeline automation for sourcing candidates by role and city
• Startup hiring trend analysis for funded companies
• B2B lead generation targeting actively hiring startups
• Competitive intelligence on competitor hiring velocity