Y Combinator Jobs Scraper | YC Startup Hiring Data

Y Combinator Job Scraper extracts startup job listings from Y Combinator's Work at a Startup board — the hiring board for YC-backed companies — as structured rows with company, role, location, batch and detected tech stack.

It reads the public jobs list over plain HTTP. No browser, no proxy, no login.

What data can I extract from Y Combinator?

Field	Description
title	Job title as posted
company	YC-backed company that is hiring
companyUrl	Link to the company's YC profile
companyDescription	The company's one-line description, when the list carries it
ycBatch	The company's YC batch, e.g. W24, when stated
jobUrl	Link to the original posting
location	Location as listed
remote	Whether the role is remote
salary	Compensation string as posted
salaryMin / salaryMax	Parsed salary bounds
currency	Salary currency
hasEquity	Whether equity is mentioned in the listing text
role	Role classification, when stated
jobType	Employment type, when stated
techStack / skills	Technologies inferred from the title and blurb
postedAt	Publication date, when stated
jobId	Stable id, useful as a deduplication key
scrapedAt	When this run collected the row

How do I use Y Combinator Job Scraper?

1. Click Try for free.
2. Leave the input empty for the whole current board — that is the recommended first run.
3. Click Save & Start.
4. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML from the Storage tab.

Filters are available, but read the section on them below before switching any on: this board publishes less per listing than most, and narrow filters remove more than you would expect.

Input reference

Option	Type	Default	What it does
maxJobs	integer	50	How many postings to return, up to 50. See the ceiling section — the board rarely holds that many.
roles	array	(none)	Filter by role, e.g. ["Engineering", "Design", "Sales"].
remoteOnly	boolean	false	Keep only remote roles.
minSalary	integer	0	Drop postings below this annual figure. Most YC listings state no salary, so this removes most of the board.
techStackFilter	array	(none)	Keep only postings whose inferred stack matches. Read the warning below.
equityOnly	boolean	false	Keep only postings mentioning equity. Almost always returns nothing — see below.
failOnZeroResults	boolean	true	Fail the run, with a reason, when it returns nothing.

Input sample

{
  "maxJobs": 50,
  "remoteOnly": true,
  "failOnZeroResults": true
}

Output sample

{
  "source": "ycombinator",
  "jobId": "yc-northwind-founding-engineer",
  "title": "Founding Engineer",
  "company": "Northwind",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/northwind",
  "companyDescription": "AI-native observability for backend teams",
  "ycBatch": "W24",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/northwind/jobs/abc123-founding-engineer",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "remote": false,
  "salary": "$150K - $200K",
  "salaryMin": 150000,
  "salaryMax": 200000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "hasEquity": true,
  "role": "Engineering",
  "jobType": "Full-time",
  "techStack": ["python", "kubernetes"],
  "skills": ["python", "kubernetes"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-04T09:16:48.902Z"
}

How many jobs can I scrape from Y Combinator?

Around 20 — and that is the entire board, not a limit we imposed.

Y Combinator's jobs page is a single un-paginated list. Measured on 2026-08-27 it carried 20 postings, and the actor does not paginate beyond it because there is nothing to paginate to. maxJobs is capped at 50 to leave headroom for busier days, not because 50 is typically reachable.

This is a small, high-signal board, and it should be used that way: every company on it is YC-backed, recently funded and actively hiring. If you need volume, schedule the actor daily and deduplicate on jobId — the board turns over continuously.

Two filters that will surprise you

We would rather you read this here than discover it in a paid run.

equityOnly almost always returns nothing

Equity is detected from the words on YC's jobs list, and that list does not state equity for most postings — even though most YC roles do offer it. Measured against a live board, equityOnly rejected 20 of 20 listings. Leave it off unless you specifically want the handful that spell equity out.

techStackFilter matches an inferred stack

YC's list page carries a job title and a short blurb, not a full description. The tech stack is therefore inferred from those few words, and it is often empty. Measured against a live board, techStackFilter rejected 19 of 20 listings. Use it only when you genuinely want that narrow a slice, and expect small numbers.

Both filters now fail loudly and name themselves in the run's status message when they remove everything, so a zero-row run tells you which filter did it rather than leaving you guessing.

A run that returns nothing tells you why

With failOnZeroResults: true (the default), an empty run fails with a message naming the cause — a specific filter, a refused page, or a change in YC's page structure. On pay-per-result pricing a silent zero-row "success" is you paying for nothing. Set it to false for scheduled monitoring runs.

How much does it cost?

Very low. One HTTP request to a public page, no browser, no proxy. Filtering happens after the fetch, so filters do not change the cost of a run.

Run it once with your real input and read the exact figure from the Runs tab.

Who is this for?

• Job seekers targeting early-stage startups — this is the most concentrated list of YC-backed companies hiring right now.
• Recruiters tracking which YC batches are staffing up and for what roles.
• Investors and researchers using hiring as a growth signal across the YC portfolio.
• Lead generation — recently funded startups that are hiring engineers are among the most reliable buyers of developer tooling and services.

FAQ

Do I need a Y Combinator account?

No. This actor reads the public jobs list. There is no login and no account to be banned.

Why does it return so few results?

Because the board is small. This is a curated list of YC-backed companies, not a general job board — roughly 20 live postings is normal. That concentration is the point: every row is a funded startup.

Will I get blocked?

Unlikely. The actor makes a single ordinary HTTP request to a public page.

Is it legal to scrape Y Combinator's job board?

This actor collects only publicly published job listings and extracts no private user data. Results may still contain personal data. You should not scrape or store personal data without a legitimate reason; if unsure, consult your lawyers. See Apify's background on the legality of web scraping.

Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes — JSON, CSV, XML and Excel from the Storage tab, plus a direct Google Sheets integration.

Integrations and API

Trigger runs and collect results via the Apify API, the JavaScript or Python client, or Apify's integrations — Zapier, Make, Slack, Google Drive, GitHub and webhooks. A daily schedule plus a completion webhook gives you a live feed of new YC startup roles.

Support

Missing a field or seeing something wrong? Open an issue on this actor's Issues tab.