StepStone Job Scraper — European Tech & Executive Jobs, Salaries & Direct Apply

A high-performance, cost-effective Apify Actor designed to extract comprehensive job postings from Stepstone.de using search keywords, locations, or custom listing URLs.

Powered by a Pure HTTP Fast-Path architecture with Crawlee (CheerioCrawler + got-scraping), this scraper bypasses client-side browser overhead to deliver up to 10x faster extraction at a fraction of the computing cost.

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor operates on a pay-as-you-go Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for what you extract:

Event Name	Purpose	Price (USD)	Description
apify-default-dataset-item	result	$0.001	Single result in the default dataset.
apify-actor-start	Actor Start	$0.005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
additional-data	Additional Data	$0.001	Charged for additional data

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🚀 Key Features & Why It Beats Alternatives

• ⚡ Blazing Fast HTTP Engine: Uses direct SSR state extraction (__PRELOADED_STATE__) and Cheerio parsing instead of heavy headless browsers (Puppeteer/Playwright).
• 💰 Fair Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing: Pay only for what you extract! Flat $0.005 on actor start + $0.001 per scraped job record.
• 🛡️ Built-in Anti-Bot Protection: Emulates Chrome 130+ TLS fingerprints, browser header generation, and integrates seamlessly with Apify Residential Proxies.
• 📊 Rich Structured Data: Extracts job IDs, titles, company details, locations, salary brackets, employment types, work-from-home policy, posting dates, full direct URLs, benefits, and snippets.
• 🔄 Robust Pagination: Automatically handles pagination across hundreds of result pages up to your configured maxItems limit.

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📥 Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	No	["https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/software-engineer/in-munich"]	Stepstone job search or listing URLs to crawl.
searchQuery	String	No	"Software Engineer Munich"	Free-text search terms (e.g. "Data Analyst Berlin"). Used if startUrls is empty.
maxItems	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of job postings to collect (1 to 50,000).
scrapeDetails	Boolean	No	false	When enabled, visits individual job posting pages for full description HTML.
proxy	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }	Proxy configuration. Residential proxies are recommended for high-volume jobs.

Sample Input JSON

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/software-engineer/in-munich"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "Software Engineer Munich",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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📤 Output Format

Each record pushed to the default Apify Dataset contains:

Field	Type	Description
id	String	Unique Stepstone job identifier
title	String	Job title
companyName	String	Hiring organization / company name
companyId	Number/String	Company ID on Stepstone
companyUrl	String	Link to company profile on Stepstone
companyLogoUrl	String	URL of the company logo
location	String	City, region, or locations list
salary	String/Null	Salary estimate or disclosed range (e.g., "60,000 - 75,000 EUR / year")
jobType	String	Employment type (e.g., Full-time, Part-time, Working Student)
postingDate	String	ISO 8601 publication timestamp
directUrl	String	Canonical job offer link
workFromHome	String/Null	Remote status (Hybrid, Remote, On-site)
textSnippet	String/Null	Short summary or introduction snippet
skills	Array	Required skills and technologies
jobBenefits	Array	Listed perks and benefits
isSponsored	Boolean	Indicates if job listing is sponsored
isTopJob	Boolean	Indicates if job is a featured Top Job
sourceUrl	String	Listing URL where the job was discovered
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 scraping timestamp

Sample Output Record

{
  "id": "14537081",
  "title": "Software Engineer Java (all genders)",
  "companyName": "adesso insurance solutions GmbH",
  "companyId": 153720,
  "companyUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/cmp/de/adesso-insurance-solutions-gmbh-153720/jobs",
  "companyLogoUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/upload_DE/logo/A/logoadesso-insurance-solutions-GmbH-153720DE.gif",
  "location": "Berlin, Hamburg, München, Köln, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dortmund",
  "salary": "65,000 - 80,000 EUR / year",
  "jobType": "Full-time",
  "postingDate": "2026-09-24T05:27:26+02:00",
  "directUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Software-Engineer-Java-all-genders-Berlin-Hamburg-Muenchen-Koeln-Frankfurt-Stuttgart-Leipzig-Dortmund-adesso-insurance-solutions-GmbH--14537081-inline.html",
  "workFromHome": "Hybrid (Partial Home Office)",
  "textSnippet": "Als Teil der adesso group bündelt die adesso insurance solutions GmbH das eigene Produktportfolio für den Versicherungsmarkt...",
  "skills": ["Java", "Spring Boot", "Docker"],
  "jobBenefits": [
    "Bleib gesund und fit: Sportzuschüsse und Gesundheitstage",
    "Finde deine Work-Life-Balance: Flexible Arbeitsmodelle und mobiles Arbeiten",
    "Lerne und wachse mit uns: Weiterbildungsbudget und Schulungen"
  ],
  "isSponsored": false,
  "isTopJob": false,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/software-engineer/in-munich",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T02:44:03.456Z"
}

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🏷️ Tags & Categories

stepstone, job-scraper, germany-jobs, recruitment, career, hiring, cheerio, fast-path, pay-per-event, hr-analytics