🚀 Wellfound Jobs Scraper (formerly AngelList Talent)

A powerful, high-performance scraper built to extract startup job listings, company profiles, salaries, equity offerings, technology stacks, and hiring details directly from Wellfound (wellfound.com).

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🌟 Features

• 💼 Richest Startup Job Data: Extracts job title, company name, company website, logo, tagline, company size, funding stage, location, remote status, employment type, salary range (with parsed min/max numbers), equity range, required skills/tags, job description, posted date, direct job link, and apply link.
• 🔍 Granular Search & Filtering: Filter by keywords, job role category, location, remote-only, employment type, or supply custom search URLs.
• ⚡ Fast & Headless: Powered by Playwright and Crawlee with dynamic fingerprint injection for high stealth and reliability.
• 🛡️ Anti-Bot Protection Handling: Robust challenge detection with residential proxy support and automated fallback recovery.
• 📊 Standard Apify Dataset & Output Schemas: Ready for immediate integration, exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or webhooks.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
keywords	string	No	""	Search keywords or technologies (e.g., "React developer", "Python AI", "Product Designer").
role	string	No	""	Job category/role (e.g., "engineer", "designer", "product", "sales", "marketing").
location	string	No	""	Location filter (e.g., "San Francisco, CA", "New York, NY", "London, UK").
remote	boolean	No	false	When true, filters only remote-friendly job opportunities.
jobType	string	No	""	Employment type: "full-time", "contract", "internship", or "part-time".
maxJobs	integer	No	30	Maximum number of job postings to scrape.
startUrls	array	No	[]	Optional direct Wellfound search or listing URLs.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": true }	Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended for live scraping.

Sample Input JSON

{
    "keywords": "React developer",
    "role": "engineer",
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "remote": true,
    "jobType": "full-time",
    "maxJobs": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

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📤 Output Data Format

The scraper saves all records to the default dataset. Below is an example of the output structure:

{
    "id": "1028391",
    "title": "Senior Full Stack Engineer",
    "company": "NexusAI Technologies",
    "companySlug": "nexusai-technologies",
    "companyUrl": "https://wellfound.com/company/nexusai-technologies",
    "companyWebsite": "https://nexusai.tech",
    "companyLogo": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1618005182384-a83a8bd57fbe?w=128",
    "companyTagline": "Autonomous AI agents for enterprise workflow optimization",
    "companySize": "51-200 employees",
    "companyStage": "Series B",
    "companyLocation": "San Francisco, CA",
    "location": "San Francisco, CA (Hybrid / Remote)",
    "remote": true,
    "jobType": "Full-time",
    "experienceLevel": "Mid-Senior (3-6 yrs)",
    "salaryRange": "$140k – $195k",
    "salaryMin": 140000,
    "salaryMax": 195000,
    "salaryCurrency": "USD",
    "equityRange": "0.05% – 0.25%",
    "skills": ["React", "TypeScript", "Node.js", "PostgreSQL", "GraphQL", "AWS", "Docker"],
    "description": "Join our core platform engineering team to build high-scale web applications, microservices architectures, and intuitive user interfaces.",
    "postedAt": "2 days ago (2026-08-19)",
    "jobUrl": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/1028391-senior-full-stack-engineer",
    "applyUrl": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/1028391-senior-full-stack-engineer/apply",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-21T07:35:00.000Z"
}

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🎯 Use Cases

1. Recruiting & Talent Sourcing: Find which startups are hiring for specific skillsets (e.g. AI engineers, Rust developers, Next.js experts).
2. Compensation & Equity Benchmarking: Analyze market salary and equity offerings across startup stages (Seed to Series C).
3. Competitive Intelligence & Market Tracking: Track competitors' hiring momentum, expansion areas, and technology stacks.
4. B2B Lead Generation: Connect with high-growth startups currently expanding their engineering and go-to-market teams.

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💡 Tips & Best Practices

• Residential Proxies: Wellfound implements anti-bot protection (DataDome / Cloudflare). Always enable Apify Residential Proxies (RESIDENTIAL proxy group) for smooth scraping.
• Granular Filters: Use specific keywords and role combinations to target exact vacancies and minimize run duration.
• Export Formats: You can download your datasets in JSON, CSV, Excel, or consume them directly via the Apify API.

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📄 License

Apache-2.0