Hacker News Who is Hiring Tech Jobs Scraper
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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, andisRemote. - 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 Scraper | Manual HN Reading | Aggregator Job Boards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automation | Batch API calls to structured dataset | Scrolling 800+ comments | Stale / duplicate postings |
| Direct Contact | Extracts founder emails & URLs | Manual copy-pasting | Middleman recruiter forms |
| Filtering | Filter by tech stack & remote status | Browser Ctrl+F search | Generic checkboxes |
| Pricing | $1.20 / 1,000 postings | Hours of manual reading | High subscription fees |
📥 Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
searchKeywords | Array<string> | ["Remote", "Python"] | Filter by tech stack or keywords (e.g. Rust, AI). |
remoteOnly | boolean | false | Only extract postings with remote work options. |
maxJobs | number | 50 | Maximum 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"}