Stepstone.de Jobs Scraper — Germany Stellenangebote, Salary & Company Data (No API)

Scrape job postings (Stellenangebote) from Stepstone.de, Germany's largest job board and the dominant recruiter platform for the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Search by keyword and city and get job title, company, location, salary, posted date, apply URL, employer profile and sponsored flag in clean structured JSON — with an optional full job description from each detail page. Stepstone is guarded by Akamai Bot Manager, so this Actor uses residential proxies + TLS-fingerprint impersonation to fetch pages reliably. No login, no API key.

🏆 Why this Stepstone scraper?

9 structured fields per job (plus full description on demand) · up to ~93 pages × 25 jobs per search · multiple keyword+city searches in one run · Akamai-beating residential-proxy engine · export to JSON / CSV / Excel. The unofficial Stepstone.de API alternative for recruiter intelligence, German job-market research and lead generation.

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✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 🔎 Keyword + city search — pass a list of { keyword, location } pairs; each pair runs as its own Stepstone search in the same run.
• 🇩🇪 Nationwide or per-city — target Berlin, München, Hamburg, Frankfurt and any German city, or leave location empty for a Germany-wide search.
• 🏢 Employer & lead data — company name and the employer's Stepstone profile URL for every listing.
• 💶 Salary when shown — captures the salary exactly as Stepstone displays it (often present on DACH postings).
• 🗓️ Sort by relevance or date — newest-first ordering makes daily monitoring of fresh Stellenangebote easy.
• 📄 Optional full descriptions — enable Fetch Full Job Description to add the long description, requirements and company profile from each detail page.
• 🏷️ Sponsored flag — see which results are promoted/sponsored placements.
• 🛡️ Akamai-beating engine — residential proxies (DE/EU) plus TLS-fingerprint impersonation fetch search and detail pages reliably.
• 📈 Pagination control — each page returns 25 jobs; scrape up to the platform cap of ~93 pages per search.

🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

1. Configure — fill Searches with one or more { "keyword": …, "location": … } pairs, set Max Pages per Search, and choose Sort By (relevance or date).
2. Run — keep the default residential Proxy Configuration (DE/EU is required to beat Akamai), then click Start. The Actor runs each search, paginates, and streams jobs into your dataset.
3. Get your data — open the Output tab and export to JSON, CSV, JSONL, Excel or XML, or pull it via the Apify API.

📥 Input

Every field is optional. Run it with empty input {} and it returns Germany's newest job postings nationwide. Set a Keyword and/or pick a City to narrow it, or use the advanced searches array for multiple keyword+city pairs at once.

Example — tech roles across two German cities

{
  "searches": [
    { "keyword": "software engineer", "location": "berlin" },
    { "keyword": "data analyst",      "location": "munchen" }
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 4,
  "sortBy": "date",
  "fetchJobDetails": false,
  "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "DE" }
}

Example — nationwide DevOps search with full descriptions

{
  "searches": [
    { "keyword": "devops engineer", "location": "" }
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 10,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "fetchJobDetails": true
}

Example — daily monitoring of newest product roles

{
  "searches": [
    { "keyword": "product manager", "location": "frankfurt" },
    { "keyword": "product owner",   "location": "hamburg" }
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 2,
  "sortBy": "date"
}

Field	Type	Description
keyword	string	Search term (e.g. software engineer). Optional — leave empty to browse all of Germany's newest jobs.
location	string	German city dropdown (e.g. Berlin, München, Hamburg) or "All of Germany". Optional.
sortBy	string	relevance (default Stepstone ranking) or date (newest first). Default date.
maxPagesPerSearch	integer	Pages to fetch per search. Each page = 25 jobs; platform cap is ~93 pages. Default 4.
fetchJobDetails	boolean	When true, opens each job's detail page for the long description, requirements and company profile. Roughly doubles request count. Default false.
searches	array	Advanced, optional. List of { "keyword": …, "location": … } pairs (location = a German city slug like berlin or empty for nationwide). Overrides the single Keyword/City fields when set.
proxyConfig	object	Apify Proxy settings. Residential + country DE/EU is recommended to beat Akamai Bot Manager; set by default.

Tip on city names: use Stepstone's URL spelling for cities — e.g. munchen (not münchen). Leave location empty to search all of Germany for that keyword.

📤 Output

One row per job — 9 fields (plus the extra detail-page fields when fetchJobDetails is on), exportable to JSON, CSV, JSONL, Excel or XML. Here is a sample record:

{
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer (m/w/d)",
  "companyName": "TechCorp GmbH",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "salary": "65.000 € – 85.000 €",
  "datePosted": "2026-07-04",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Senior-Software-Engineer-Berlin-TechCorp-GmbH--123456-inline.html",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/cmp/de/techcorp-gmbh-98765",
  "isSponsored": "false",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T14:00:00.000Z"
}

💡 Use cases

• Recruiter & DACH market intelligence — track which companies hire for which roles across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• Job-market research — measure posting volume, salary ranges and in-demand skills in the German market.
• Recruiting & sales leads — build lists of employers actively hiring in a city or category, using companyName + companyUrl for outreach.
• Power a job aggregator — ingest fresh, structured German Stellenangebote into your own site, board or app.
• Daily monitoring — sort by date and schedule the Actor to capture newly posted jobs each morning.
• Salary benchmarking — collect the salary field across many searches to benchmark compensation by role and city.

👥 Who uses it

Recruiters & staffing agencies mapping the DACH hiring market · HR & talent-acquisition teams tracking competitors · job boards and aggregators ingesting German listings · market researchers & data journalists · sales & lead-gen teams sourcing employers actively hiring in Germany.

💰 Pricing

This Actor runs on a simple pay-per-result model — you pay for the job records you extract, with no separate Apify platform fees to calculate. Try it on the free tier first, then scale up. See the Pricing tab on this page for the current rate.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to scrape Stepstone.de? The Actor only collects publicly available job-posting data from Stepstone's live search and detail pages. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with Stepstone's terms and applicable laws such as GDPR.

Does Stepstone.de have a public API / is this a Stepstone API alternative?

Stepstone has no open public jobs API, so this Actor works as an unofficial Stepstone.de API alternative — it scrapes the live search and detail pages and returns the same structured fields (title, company, location, salary, posted date, apply URL) you would expect from an API, with no API key.

Can I scrape Stepstone jobs without an API or login?

Yes. No Stepstone account or login is required. The Actor fetches public Stellenangebote using residential proxies and TLS-fingerprint impersonation, so you can scrape Stepstone.de without an API key.

How do I export Stepstone data to CSV or JSON?

Run a search, then download the dataset directly as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel or XML from the Apify Console, or pull it via the Apify API — a simple Stepstone.de data export / German job-data extraction workflow.

How much data can I get?

Each page returns 25 jobs and Stepstone caps a single search at about 93 pages (~2,300 jobs). Run multiple keyword+city searches in one job to go wider, and use sortBy: "date" to skim only the freshest postings.

Why does this scraper need residential proxies?

Stepstone.de is protected by Akamai Bot Manager. The Actor uses residential proxies (DE/EU) plus TLS-fingerprint impersonation to fetch search and detail pages reliably. Keep the default proxy configuration for best success rates.

Can I search multiple cities and keywords at once?

Yes. The Searches field takes a list of keyword + location pairs, and each pair runs as a separate search within the same run.

How do I get only the newest jobs?

Set Sort By to date (newest first) and schedule the Actor so each run surfaces the latest Stellenangebote.

Can I get the full job description from Stepstone.de?

Yes. Enable Fetch Full Job Description and each record will also include the long description, requirements and company profile from the job's detail page. This roughly doubles the request count.

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⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to track the German job market daily or weekly. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, sync to Google Sheets, or push to your database, BI tools and webhooks through the Apify API. Connect it to Make, n8n or Zapier to build automated recruiting and market-intelligence pipelines.

⭐ Support & feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the Issues tab — response is usually fast. If this Actor saves you time, a ★★★★★ review on the Store page genuinely helps and is hugely appreciated. 🙏

When reporting an issue, include your full Searches input and the run ID so it can be diagnosed quickly.

⚖️ Legal

This Actor extracts only publicly available data and is intended for legitimate research, recruiting and lead-generation use. You are responsible for complying with Stepstone's terms of service, GDPR and any applicable local laws.

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📝 Changelog

2026-07-06

• ✨ README overhaul: keyword-rich title & badges, value-prop callout, three named example scenarios, collapsible full field reference, jobs-suite cross-links, and expanded FAQ.

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for Stepstone.de API alternative usage, exporting Stepstone data to CSV/JSON, and scraping Stepstone jobs without an API or login.