Wellfound Jobs Scraper

Wellfound Jobs Scraper extracts startup job listings from Wellfound, formerly AngelList Talent, for recruiters, hiring-intelligence teams, job-board operators, compensation analysts, and AI agents that need clean startup job data. It is MCP optimized and perfect for SEO and AI agents because it returns one flat record per job with stable field names, predictable pricing, and clear input routing.

Wellfound is a high-value source for startup hiring signals because job posts often include salary, equity, remote status, company context, skills, and direct apply URLs. This actor focuses on public job listings only. It does not require a Wellfound login, cookies, candidate accounts, recruiter accounts, or private profile access.

What It Extracts

Field	Description
title	Job title from the listing or detail page
companyName	Startup or employer name
location	City, region, remote, or combined location text
remote	Boolean when remote work is detected
salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency	Parsed salary range when Wellfound exposes it
equityMinPercent, equityMaxPercent	Parsed equity range when Wellfound exposes it
compensationText	Original compensation snippet used for parsing
skills	Skills, tags, technologies, or keywords found in embedded data
description	Detail-page description when available
jobUrl	Canonical Wellfound job URL
applyUrl	Apply URL, usually the Wellfound job URL
companyUrl	Wellfound company profile URL when available
postedAt	Posting or update timestamp when exposed
sourceUrl, searchUrl, scrapedAt	Provenance and run timing fields

When To Use This Actor

Use Wellfound Jobs Scraper when you need startup and tech hiring data from Wellfound for:

• Recruiting pipelines and sourcing research
• Startup job-board aggregation
• Compensation benchmarking with salary and equity ranges
• Investor or market-intelligence signals based on who is hiring
• GTM lead generation for companies currently hiring specific roles
• AI-agent workflows that need a narrow job-search tool with JSON output

Do not use this actor for LinkedIn, Indeed, Google Jobs, or Glassdoor. Use the related actors listed below for those sources. Do not use it for private Wellfound candidate data, recruiter-only data, user messages, or applicant tracking.

Input Examples

Search remote software engineering roles:

{
  "role": "software engineer",
  "remoteOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Search a role and location:

{
  "role": "product manager",
  "location": "san francisco",
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Scrape specific Wellfound URLs:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://wellfound.com/role/l/software-engineer/san-francisco" },
    { "url": "https://wellfound.com/role/r/product-manager" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "enrichDetails": true
}

Output Example

{
  "jobId": "3324973",
  "title": "Software Engineer",
  "companyName": "SerpApi",
  "location": "Austin, Remote",
  "remote": true,
  "salaryMin": 150000,
  "salaryMax": 230000,
  "salaryCurrency": "USD",
  "equityMinPercent": 0.2,
  "equityMaxPercent": 0.8,
  "compensationText": "$150k - $230k - 0.2% - 0.8%",
  "skills": ["JavaScript", "API", "Search"],
  "description": "Build and maintain search APIs for developers.",
  "applyUrl": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/3324973-software-engineer",
  "jobUrl": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/3324973-software-engineer",
  "companyUrl": "https://wellfound.com/company/serp-api",
  "postedAt": "2026-06-12T10:00:00Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://wellfound.com/role/r/software-engineer",
  "searchUrl": "https://wellfound.com/role/r/software-engineer",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-12T12:30:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.00005 per run
Job found	$0.008 per returned job

Typical examples:

• 50 jobs cost about $0.400 plus the small start event
• 100 jobs cost about $0.800 plus the small start event
• 1,000 jobs cost about $8.000 plus the small start event

The actor prints the maximum possible event cost at the start of every run and stops before billing above maxItems.

Reliability Notes

Wellfound search pages are protected by DataDome and Cloudflare. The actor uses Playwright, residential proxies by default, session consistency, slow page warmup, embedded __NEXT_DATA__ extraction, and DOM fallbacks. Detail pages are optional. If a detail page is blocked but the listing page already produced a valid job, the actor returns the listing data instead of losing the record.

If Wellfound blocks every browser request in a run, the actor can recover indexed Wellfound job URLs through SerpApi Google search when the maintainer key is available. These rows are marked with discoveryMethod: "serpapi_google_index" and may include fewer salary or equity fields than direct Wellfound extraction.

For best results, keep maxConcurrency at the default value of 3. Increase it only after smaller runs are stable. If a run returns zero jobs because the target blocks the proxy session, retry later or lower concurrency.

API And MCP Usage

This actor is designed for Apify API, Apify MCP, ChatGPT, Claude, and other agent workflows. The input schema tells agents when to use the actor, what formats are accepted, and what the actor does not cover. The dataset schema declares every output field so agents can chain results into enrichment, dashboards, outreach scoring, or market reports.

Tool description draft:

Scrape Wellfound startup job listings with salary, equity, remote status, skills, company data, and apply URLs. Use for recruiters, job boards, startup market research, and AI agents. Do not use for LinkedIn or private candidate data. Returns one record per job. Charged $0.008 per job returned plus a tiny start event.

Related Actors

• LinkedIn Jobs Scraper for LinkedIn job postings
• Google Jobs Scraper for Google Jobs search results
• StepStone Jobs Scraper for StepStone.de jobs
• Visa Sponsored Jobs Scraper for international sponsorship-focused roles

FAQ

Can I scrape Wellfound without a login?

Yes. This actor targets public Wellfound job pages and public role or location pages. It does not scrape private candidate, applicant, message, or recruiter-only data.

Can I integrate this Wellfound scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. Run the actor through Apify Console, API, SDKs, webhooks, schedules, or integrations. Results are stored in the default dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS.

Can AI agents use this through Apify MCP?

Yes. The actor is MCP optimized with concise inputs, clear negative scope, predictable pay-per-event pricing, and a flat dataset schema.

Is it legal to scrape Wellfound?

This actor is designed for publicly available job listings. You are responsible for following Wellfound terms, applicable laws, privacy rules, and responsible rate limits for your use case.

Feedback

Open an issue on the Apify actor page if a field is missing, Wellfound changes its layout, or you need another public job field added.