Y Combinator Jobs Scraper — Work at a Startup

Fetch live openings at Y Combinator startups from Work at a Startup (workatastartup.com) as structured JSON.

What Y Combinator jobs data does this scraper extract?

Each result is one flat JSON record per job posting:

Field	Meaning
title	Job title as posted
company	Hiring company / organisation
companySlug	Company's slug on Work at a Startup
companyBatch	YC batch code (e.g. S23)
location	Location / duty station (may include remote hints)
roleType	Role category as tagged by the source (e.g. Engineering)
jobType	Employment type (e.g. Full-time)
salary	Salary text where the source provides it
url	Direct link to the posting
postedAt	Always null — the YC Work at a Startup search API exposes no posting date
snippet	Short description excerpt
id	Stable source-side identifier
source	Fixed value "ycombinator_was"

How to scrape Y Combinator jobs with this Actor

1. Click Try for free / Run — no login to the target site, no cookies, no proxies to configure.
2. Adjust the input (keyword, filters, maxItems) or keep the defaults.
3. Run it and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it over the API.

Run it from your own code:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("nomad-agent/ycombinator-was-scraper").call(run_input={"maxItems": 50})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], "—", item["company"], item["url"])

Or a single HTTP call that runs the Actor and returns items in one response:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nomad-agent~ycombinator-was-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 50}'

Integrations

Chain this Actor with Zapier, Make, Slack, Airtable and Google Sheets via Apify's built-in integrations, schedule recurring runs with the Apify Scheduler, or pull results straight into your own pipeline with the Apify API.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Notes
queries	array	""	List of role-specific search terms to fan out across. Each query fetches an independent page of results…
titleExclude	array	""	Skip postings whose title contains any of these terms (case-insensitive), applied on top of queries.
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of unique job postings to return. Set to 0 for no limit (all deduplicated results across…
cacheTtlSeconds	integer	1800	Cache the upstream fetch in the key-value store for this many seconds; re-runs within the window skip the…

Output example

{
  "id": "73211",
  "title": "Founding Engineer",
  "company": "Lindy",
  "companySlug": "lindy",
  "companyBatch": "S23",
  "location": "San Francisco / Remote",
  "roleType": "Engineering",
  "jobType": "Full-time",
  "salary": "$150K–$220K + equity",
  "postedAt": null,
  "snippet": "AI executive assistant for busy professionals. Engineering | Full-time | YC S23",
  "url": "https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/73211",
  "source": "ycombinator_was"
}

postedAt is always null — the YC Work at a Startup search API does not expose a posting date for listings.

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.05 per Actor start and $0.004 per job returned. 100 jobs ≈ $0.45. No subscription, no rental — you pay only for what you fetch.

Use cases

• Startup job boards and newsletters
• Tracking YC-company hiring by batch
• Sourcing candidates who want startup roles
• VC portfolio talent intelligence

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Y Combinator jobs? This Actor reads only publicly available job postings — data any visitor can see without logging in. No personal data behind authentication is touched. Review the target site's terms and your local regulations for your specific use case.

Do I need an account on the target site? No. Postings are fetched from public pages/APIs — no login, cookies or session tokens.

How fresh is the data? Every run fetches live listings. Results are cached for cacheTtlSeconds (default 30 min, set 0 to always hit the source live).

How many jobs can I get? maxItems caps the run (set 0 where supported for no cap). Most sources paginate from newest to oldest.

Something broken or missing? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — it is monitored and reliability fixes ship fast.

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