Hacker News "Who is Hiring" Leads: Companies, Roles, Emails — $1 per 1,000

Every month the Hacker News "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" thread collects hundreds of job posts from tech companies, startups and funded teams. This Actor turns each post into a structured lead: company, roles, locations, remote or on-site, salary when stated, contact emails, company website, application links, the full text and a link to the post.

Companies posting there are actively hiring and decision-makers often post themselves, so the emails are usually the founder or hiring manager. Great for recruiters, dev-tool and SaaS sales, freelancers and agencies.

Why use it

• Fresh and relevant: the newest thread is read directly from the official Hacker News search API.
• Structured: the messy "Company | Role | Location | Remote" headers are split into fields.
• Filters: keywords (python, rust, ML, seed...), location, remote only, only posts with an email.
• Cheap: $1 per 1,000 posts.

Pricing

Event	Price
Job post	$1 per 1,000 ($0.001 each)
Actor start	$0.00005

Free Apify accounts are limited to 25 posts per run.

Input

{ "months": 3, "keywords": ["python", "machine learning"], "remoteOnly": true, "requireEmail": true, "maxItems": 500 }

Output

{
  "company": "GovStar",
  "headline": "GovStar | Senior Full Stack Python Developer | Remote | Full-time",
  "roles": ["Senior Full Stack Python Developer"], "locations": [], "remote": true, "salary": null,
  "employmentType": "full-time", "emails": ["jobs@govstar.us"], "website": "https://govstar.us",
  "applyLinks": [], "text": "Full post text...", "postedAt": "2026-10-02T14:11:03Z",
  "postUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1234567", "thread": "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)"
}

Honest limits

• Posts are free text written by people, so parsing is best-effort: some posts have no clear company name or roles. The full text is always included.
• Only top-level posts of each thread are read, not replies.
• The data covers tech and startup hiring, not the whole job market.

Feedback and reviews

Found a bug, or a post that parsed badly? Open an issue on this Actor's Issues tab with the post link and it will be looked at quickly. If this Actor saved you time, a short and honest review helps other people find it. Thank you!

Legal

Posts are public on news.ycombinator.com and read through the public HN Algolia search API. Emails posted for recruiting are meant to be contacted about the job: use them for that, and follow GDPR, CAN-SPAM and similar rules.