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from $0.01 / 1,000 results

Hacker News Jobs Monitor

Extracts job listings from Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' monthly threads. Filter by keywords, stack, or role. Priced at $0.01 per listing.

Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

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What it does

Finds the latest "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" monthly threads via the Algolia HN API
Extracts individual job posts (top-level comments = real job listings)
Filters by keywords in the post text (e.g. remote, TypeScript, founding engineer)
Strips HTML, cleans formatting, and returns structured records
Covers up to 12 months of hiring threads in a single run

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`keywords`	array	(all)	Keywords to filter by (e.g. `["remote", "TypeScript", "React"]`)
`maxResults`	integer	`100`	Maximum number of listings to return (up to 500)
`monthsBack`	integer	`3`	How many months of HN hiring threads to search (1–12)

Output

Each result contains:

{
  "id": "hn-12345678",
  "threadTitle": "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)",
  "threadUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43800000",
  "commentUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43801234",
  "author": "acme_cto",
  "description": "Acme | Senior Engineer | Remote | $150k-$200k...",
  "postedAt": "2026-06-01T10:15:00Z",
  "isTopLevel": true,
  "threadDate": "2026-06-01T08:00:00Z"
}

Pricing

$0.003 per listing returned (~$0.30 per 100 results). You only pay for listings that match your filters.

Use cases

Build a personal HN jobs feed filtered to your stack and preferences
Track which companies hire regularly on HN over time
Feed listings into an AI that scores them against your resume or criteria
Monitor for "founding engineer" or "staff engineer" roles specifically
Combine with remote-job-scraper for broader multi-platform job coverage

Tips

isTopLevel: true records are actual job posts; isTopLevel: false are replies and discussions
Filter with ["remote", "TypeScript"] to get remote TS roles specifically
Set monthsBack: 6 to build a historical picture of the hiring market
HN jobs skew heavily toward early-stage startups and technical roles — great for engineers
Run monthly in sync with HN's hiring threads (posted on the 1st of each month)

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