# Startup Jobs Search (`signalfeed/startup-jobs-search`) Actor

Search open jobs at 4,484 startups and tech companies by keyword, straight from their Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby career pages: salary, remote flag, full description. $2 per 1,000 jobs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/signalfeed/startup-jobs-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Aaron Rabinowe](https://apify.com/signalfeed) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 jobs

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Startup Jobs Search: fresh jobs from 4,484 startups' own career pages

**Search open roles at 4,484 startups and tech companies in one run, for $2 per 1,000 jobs.** Startups hire through Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby, so this Actor goes straight to those career pages instead of a job board. Every listing is live, with no reposts, expired ads or recruiter spam.

Type a role ("founding engineer", "product designer", "growth marketer"), optionally add locations, remote-only, posting date or **salary-only**, and get structured jobs: company, title, department, location, remote flag, employment type, salary range when published (most Ashby startups publish one), posting date, apply link and full description.

### Who uses it

- **Startup job boards & newsletters:** fill your board with fresh, real startup roles daily.
- **Job seekers:** set a daily alert for "remote + your role + posted within 1 day".
- **Recruiters & talent investors:** see which startups are hiring for which roles.
- **VC platform teams:** power a portfolio-style jobs page across many startups.

### Input

```json
{"keywords": ["founding engineer", "full stack"], "locations": ["remote", "San Francisco"], "postedWithinDays": 7, "salaryOnly": true, "maxJobs": 300}
```

### Pricing

**$2.00 per 1,000 jobs** on the free plan, down to $0.80 on larger Apify plans, plus a small per-run fee. You pay only for matching jobs saved.

### Related

**Tech & Startup Job Search** (same engine, general tech), **Hiring Companies Finder** (one row per hiring company) and **ATS Jobs Scraper** (every job from companies you list), all by the same author.

*Data comes from public job-board endpoints. It collects job postings, not personal data. Not affiliated with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or Wellfound.*

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Job titles or skills to search for, e.g. <code>data engineer</code>, <code>product designer</code>. Matches titles, departments and teams.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop jobs whose title contains any of these words, e.g. <code>intern</code>, <code>senior</code>.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Keep jobs whose location or country contains any of these, e.g. <code>New York</code>, <code>Germany</code>, <code>US</code>. Add <code>remote</code> to also keep remote roles.

## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only jobs marked as remote.

## `salaryOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only jobs that publish a salary or pay range (common on Ashby, Lever and Recruitee boards).

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Keep only jobs published in the last N days. Jobs without a publish date are dropped when this is set.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Adds plain-text descriptions. Turning it off makes Workable and SmartRecruiters runs much faster.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Stop the whole run after this many jobs. You are charged per job saved.

## `platforms` (type: `array`):

Limit the search to some job-board platforms. Leave empty for all.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "engineer"
  ],
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "salaryOnly": false,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "maxJobs": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

All saved job postings in the default dataset.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Per-company results: platform detected, jobs found and saved, and any errors.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "engineer"
    ],
    "maxJobs": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("signalfeed/startup-jobs-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": ["engineer"],
    "maxJobs": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("signalfeed/startup-jobs-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "engineer"
  ],
  "maxJobs": 50
}' |
apify call signalfeed/startup-jobs-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,signalfeed/startup-jobs-search"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wmRf67gfNqvMbERfX/builds/aKCycMqLk9ckl3EKR/openapi.json