Dev.bg Scraper

Extract job listings from DEV.bg — Bulgaria's leading IT job board. Collect job titles, descriptions, tech stack, seniority, locations, work mode, and company details at scale.

Features

• Full job board coverage — scrape all ~1,600+ active IT job listings
• Rich taxonomy data — categories, tech stack, seniority level, work mode, city
• Keyword & filter search — filter by job category, city, seniority, work mode, and date
• Company details — optional detail-page fetch for company name and profile URL
• Cross-run deduplication — skip already-seen jobs across scheduled runs (90-day memory)
• Start URLs — scrape specific job listings directly

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keyword	string	—	Search keyword (title/description)
category	enum	—	Job category (e.g. python, devops, java)
seniority	enum	—	Seniority level (junior, mid-level, senior, lead)
location	enum	—	City filter (sofiya, plovdiv, varna, …)
workMode	enum	—	Work mode (fully-remote, hybrid) — only when no city is selected
postedAfter	string	—	ISO date, e.g. 2025-01-01
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch company name and URL from detail page
skipDuplicates	boolean	false	Skip jobs seen in previous runs
maxItems	integer	0	Max results (0 = unlimited)
startUrls	array	—	Specific DEV.bg job URLs to scrape

Example input — Python senior jobs in Sofia

{
    "category": "python",
    "seniority": "senior",
    "location": "sofiya",
    "fetchDetails": true,
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example input — all remote jobs since January 2025

{
    "workMode": "fully-remote",
    "postedAfter": "2025-01-01",
    "skipDuplicates": false
}

Output

Each item in the dataset represents one job listing:

{
    "jobId": 524661,
    "title": "Java Developer, Live Casino",
    "url": "https://dev.bg/company/jobads/egt-digital-java-developer-live-casino/",
    "companyName": "EGT Digital",
    "companyUrl": "https://dev.bg/company/egt-digital/",
    "datePosted": "2026-04-09",
    "dateModified": "2026-04-09",
    "description": "<p>We are looking for a Java Developer...</p>",
    "excerpt": "We are looking for a Java Developer to join our Live Casino team.",
    "categories": ["Backend Development", "Java"],
    "seniority": "2-5 години опит",
    "locations": ["София"],
    "workMode": "on-site",
    "techStack": ["Java", "Spring Boot", "PostgreSQL", "Git"],
    "salaryMin": null,
    "salaryMax": null,
    "salaryCurrency": null,
    "salaryPeriod": null
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
jobId	number	DEV.bg internal job ID
title	string	Job title
url	string	Direct URL to the job listing
companyName	string | null	Company name (requires fetchDetails: true)
companyUrl	string | null	Company profile URL (requires fetchDetails: true)
datePosted	string	Date posted (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateModified	string	Date last modified (YYYY-MM-DD)
description	string	Full job description (HTML)
excerpt	string	Short job description (plain text)
categories	string[]	Job categories
seniority	string | null	Seniority level label
locations	string[]	Cities where the job is located
workMode	string | null	fully-remote, hybrid, or on-site
techStack	string[]	Technologies and skills listed
salaryMin	null	Salary data not published by DEV.bg
salaryMax	null	Salary data not published by DEV.bg
salaryCurrency	null	Salary data not published by DEV.bg
salaryPeriod	null	Salary data not published by DEV.bg

Note: DEV.bg does not publish structured salary data. The salary* fields are always null. Salary information, when mentioned, is embedded in the job description as free text.

Performance & pricing

Mode	Speed	Cost
API-only (fetchDetails: false)	~17 requests for all 1,600+ jobs	Very low
With company details (fetchDetails: true)	+1 request per job	Moderate

Price: $1.49 per 1,000 results.

Scraping the full board without detail fetching completes in under a minute. With fetchDetails: true, expect approximately 5–10 minutes for a full run.

Use cases

• Talent market analysis — track which tech stacks are most in demand in Bulgaria
• Competitive intelligence — monitor which companies are hiring and at what seniority
• Job aggregators — power a Bulgarian IT jobs feed with real-time data
• Salary research — cross-reference job descriptions for compensation signals
• Academic research — map the Bulgarian IT labour market by city, category, and tech

Scheduled / incremental runs

Enable skipDuplicates: true to run this scraper on a schedule and only collect new postings. Jobs are remembered for 90 days across runs.