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Hacker News Who is Hiring Tech Jobs Scraper

Hacker News Who is Hiring Tech Jobs Scraper

Scrape monthly 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' threads from Hacker News. Extract company name, job role, remote eligibility, tech stack, contact emails, and direct application links with full comment text.

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💼 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring?' Tech Jobs Scraper

Extract verified engineering jobs, early-stage startup roles, tech stacks, remote policies, and direct founder/hiring manager contact emails from the monthly Hacker News "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" megathreads.


⚡ Key Capabilities

  • Automatic Megathread Discovery: Automatically detects and queries the latest monthly hiring thread on Hacker News without manual thread ID lookups.
  • Direct Founder & Engineering Contacts: Extracts unmasked hiring manager emails and direct job board links from comments.
  • Smart Parsing & Normalization: Splits canonical HN job headers into company, role, location, and isRemote.
  • Keyword & Remote Filtering: Filter jobs by programming languages (Rust, Python, TypeScript, Go), domains (AI, Fintech, Crypto), or remote-only.
  • Pay-Per-Result Pricing: Only pay $1.20 per 1,000 job postings extracted.

📊 Comparison with Alternatives

Feature💼 HN Who is Hiring ScraperManual HN ReadingAggregator Job Boards
AutomationBatch API calls to structured datasetScrolling 800+ commentsStale / duplicate postings
Direct ContactExtracts founder emails & URLsManual copy-pastingMiddleman recruiter forms
FilteringFilter by tech stack & remote statusBrowser Ctrl+F searchGeneric checkboxes
Pricing$1.20 / 1,000 postingsHours of manual readingHigh subscription fees

📥 Input Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
searchKeywordsArray<string>["Remote", "Python"]Filter by tech stack or keywords (e.g. Rust, AI).
remoteOnlybooleanfalseOnly extract postings with remote work options.
maxJobsnumber50Maximum number of job postings to retrieve.

📤 Output Sample

{
"id": "22665400",
"threadTitle": "Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?",
"threadId": "22665398",
"author": "zocdoc_eng",
"company": "Zocdoc",
"role": "Senior Software Engineers: Frontend & Full Stack",
"location": "NYC and PHX",
"isRemote": true,
"headline": "Zocdoc | Senior Software Engineers | NYC / PHX | Full Time",
"descriptionText": "Zocdoc is hiring across engineering, infra, and product...",
"contactEmails": ["jobs@zocdoc.com"],
"applicationUrls": ["https://www.zocdoc.com/careers"],
"commentUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665400",
"postedAt": "2026-10-01T15:30:00.000Z",
"scrapedAt": "2026-10-03T08:00:00.000Z"
}