- Job search (
/jobs/wellfound,mode=search) - jobs by role, location or remote role: title, link, full description, compensation parsed into a salary range and an equity range, job type, locations, remote policy, accepted remote regions, years of experience, posting date and the hiring startup. - Job page (
/jobs/wellfound,mode=job) - one job in full: description as text and HTML, salary with its period, skills, visa sponsorship, relocation, remote hiring regions, preferred timezones, hiring contact and the company with its funding and founders. - Company profile (
/companies/wellfound,mode=profile) - a startup’s profile: description, website and social links, size, stage, markets, locations, total raised and funding rounds, founders, perks, open jobs by role, its first open jobs and similar companies. - Startup directory (
/companies/wellfound,mode=search) - Wellfound’s startup directory by location or industry, 10 companies per page.
software engineer, new york) or Wellfound slugs (software-engineer, new-york). No Wellfound account is needed.
Try it in the dashboard first: app.scrapeunblocker.com/dashboard/plugins. You get a live results view plus a copy-paste snippet.
Job search
POST /jobs/wellfound
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
mode | - | Set to search by wellfoundJobs. |
role | no | Role as text or Wellfound slug, e.g. software engineer, product-manager or data-scientist. |
location | no | Location as text or slug, e.g. new york, san-francisco, london or berlin. |
remote | no | true for remote jobs only (needs role, no location). Default false. |
url | no | A Wellfound search URL instead of role / location / remote, e.g. https://wellfound.com/role/l/software-engineer/san-francisco. |
page | no | 1-based listing page to start from, 1-500. Default 1. Use nextPage from a previous response to continue. |
max_results | no | How many jobs to collect across pages, 1-500. Default: the whole first page (20 companies with up to 3 jobs each, usually 30-60 jobs). Each page fetched is one billed request (pagesFetched). |
proxy_country | no | Proxy country the request is sent from (ISO-2). Leave blank to let the API pick. |
curl -X POST "https://api.scrapeunblocker.com/jobs/wellfound?mode=search&role=software%20engineer&location=new%20york" \
-H "x-scrapeunblocker-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
from scrapeunblocker import Client
su = Client() # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_jobs("software engineer", location="new york")
import { ScrapeUnblockerClient } from "scrapeunblocker";
const su = new ScrapeUnblockerClient(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
const result = await su.wellfoundJobs("software engineer", { location: "new york" });
use ScrapeUnblocker\Client;
$su = new Client(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
$result = $su->wellfoundJobs('software engineer', ['location' => 'new york']);
require "scrapeunblocker"
su = ScrapeUnblocker::Client.new # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_jobs("software engineer", location: "new york")
Response
{
"query": { "role": "software-engineer", "location": "new-york", "remote": false },
"totalJobs": 752,
"totalCompanies": 334,
"page": 1,
"pageCount": 17,
"jobs": [
{
"id": "4787364",
"title": "Software Engineer",
"slug": "software-engineer",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer",
"primaryRole": "Software Engineer",
"jobType": "full-time",
"compensation": "$170k - $250k",
"salary": { "min": 170000, "max": 250000, "currency": "USD" },
"equity": null,
"locations": ["New York City", "San Francisco"],
"remote": false,
"remotePolicy": "ONSITE",
"wfhFlexible": false,
"acceptedRemoteLocations": [],
"yearsExperienceMin": 4,
"yearsExperienceMax": null,
"postedAt": "2026-09-30T23:42:54Z",
"autoPosted": false,
"atsSource": null,
"description": "**About Chalk**\n\nChalk is building the data platform that powers the future of machine learning applications....",
"company": {
"id": "8887646",
"name": "Chalk",
"slug": "chalk-ai",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/company/chalk-ai",
"tagline": "Building machine learning infrastructure to answer the world's hardest questions",
"logoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/8887646-f35c5c1d88595ca051fddbec6e486edd-medium_jpg.jpg?buster=1652299292",
"companySize": "51-200",
"stage": "Early Stage",
"badges": ["Actively Hiring", "Top 10% of responders"]
}
}
],
"resultsCollected": 40,
"pagesFetched": 1,
"hasMore": true,
"nextPage": 2
}
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
id / title / slug / url | Wellfound job id, title, slug and link. Pass url to job page mode. |
primaryRole / jobType | Role category and full-time, part-time, contract or internship. |
compensation | Compensation line as Wellfound prints it. |
salary | Parsed min, max and currency, or null. |
equity | Parsed min and max in percent (and offered), or null when no equity is listed. |
locations / remote | Job locations and the remote flag. |
remotePolicy / wfhFlexible | ONSITE, REMOTE, ONSITE_OR_REMOTE or HYBRID, and Wellfound’s flexible-WFH flag. |
acceptedRemoteLocations | Regions a remote job accepts. |
yearsExperienceMin / yearsExperienceMax | Years of experience asked for. |
postedAt | Posting time (ISO 8601). |
autoPosted / atsSource | Wellfound’s flag for jobs imported automatically, and the applicant tracking system they came from when known. |
description | The full job description (Markdown). |
company | Hiring startup: id, name, slug, url, tagline, logoUrl, companySize, stage and badges. |
totalJobs, totalCompanies and pageCount are the totals for the search; nextPage and hasMore drive paging. A listing page holds 20 companies with up to 3 matching jobs each.
Job page
POST /jobs/wellfound
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
mode | - | Set to job by wellfoundJob. |
job | yes | The job URL (https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer) or <id>-<slug>, as returned in jobs[].url by job search. |
proxy_country | no | Proxy country the request is sent from (ISO-2). Leave blank to let the API pick. |
curl -X POST "https://api.scrapeunblocker.com/jobs/wellfound?mode=job&job=https%3A%2F%2Fwellfound.com%2Fjobs%2F4787364-software-engineer" \
-H "x-scrapeunblocker-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
from scrapeunblocker import Client
su = Client() # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_job("https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer")
import { ScrapeUnblockerClient } from "scrapeunblocker";
const su = new ScrapeUnblockerClient(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
const result = await su.wellfoundJob("https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer");
use ScrapeUnblocker\Client;
$su = new Client(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
$result = $su->wellfoundJob('https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer');
require "scrapeunblocker"
su = ScrapeUnblocker::Client.new # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_job("https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer")
Response
{
"job": {
"id": "4787364",
"title": "Software Engineer",
"slug": "software-engineer",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/4787364-software-engineer",
"jobType": "full-time",
"employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
"datePosted": "2026-09-30T23:42:54Z",
"validThrough": null,
"directApply": true,
"industry": "Machine Learning and Computer Science",
"salary": { "min": 170000, "max": 250000, "currency": "USD", "period": "YEAR" },
"experienceYearsMin": 4.0,
"jobLocations": [
{
"city": "New York",
"region": "New York",
"country": "United States",
"latitude": 40.7128,
"longitude": -74.0059
}
],
"descriptionHtml": "<p><strong>About Chalk</strong></p>\n\n<p>Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future o...",
"description": "About Chalk\n\nChalk is building the data platform that powers the future of machine learning applicat...",
"compensation": "$170k - $250k",
"equity": null,
"postedAgo": "1 week ago",
"recruiterActivity": "Recruiter recently active",
"locations": ["New York City", "San Francisco"],
"remotePolicy": "ONSITE",
"remotePolicyText": "In office",
"wfhFlexible": false,
"hiresRemotelyIn": [],
"companyLocations": [],
"preferredTimezones": [],
"visaSponsorship": false,
"relocation": true,
"skills": ["Python", "C++"],
"hiringContact": null,
"company": {
"name": "Chalk",
"slug": "chalk-ai",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/company/chalk-ai",
"website": "https://chalk.ai/about",
"logoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/8887646-f35c5c1d88595ca051fddbec6e486edd-medium_jpg.jpg?buster=1652299292",
"tagline": "Building machine learning infrastructure to answer the world's hardest questions",
"companySize": "51-200",
"locations": ["New York City"],
"companyTypes": ["Information Technology"],
"markets": ["Machine Learning", "Computer Science"],
"badges": ["Top 10% of responders", "Responds within a week"],
"totalRaisedText": "$10M",
"fundingRoundsCount": 1,
"founders": [
{
"name": "Marc F.",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/p/...",
"role": "Founder",
"tenure": null,
"location": "San Francisco"
}
]
}
},
"pagesFetched": 1
}
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
jobType / employmentType | full-time, part-time, contract or internship, and the schema.org employment type. |
datePosted / validThrough / postedAgo | Posting date, expiry date when set, and the age as printed. |
salary | min, max, currency and pay period, or null. |
compensation / equity | Compensation line as printed and the equity range. |
experienceYearsMin | Minimum years of experience. |
jobLocations / locations | Structured locations (city, region, country, coordinates) and the location names. |
description / descriptionHtml | Full description as text and as HTML. |
remotePolicy / remotePolicyText / wfhFlexible | Remote policy value, the page’s wording for it, and the flexible-WFH flag. |
hiresRemotelyIn / preferredTimezones | Countries a remote role hires in and preferred timezones. |
visaSponsorship / relocation | Visa sponsorship and relocation flags. |
skills | Skills listed on the job. |
directApply / recruiterActivity / hiringContact | Apply flag, the recruiter-activity line and the hiring contact when shown. |
industry | Industry of the hiring company. |
company | Name, link, website, tagline, size, locations, company types, markets, badges, totalRaisedText, fundingRoundsCount and founders. |
Company profile
POST /companies/wellfound
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
mode | - | Set to profile by wellfoundCompany. |
company | yes | The company slug (stripe) or URL (https://wellfound.com/company/stripe). |
proxy_country | no | Proxy country the request is sent from (ISO-2). Leave blank to let the API pick. |
curl -X POST "https://api.scrapeunblocker.com/companies/wellfound?mode=profile&company=stripe" \
-H "x-scrapeunblocker-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
from scrapeunblocker import Client
su = Client() # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_company("stripe")
import { ScrapeUnblockerClient } from "scrapeunblocker";
const su = new ScrapeUnblockerClient(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
const result = await su.wellfoundCompany("stripe");
use ScrapeUnblocker\Client;
$su = new Client(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
$result = $su->wellfoundCompany('stripe');
require "scrapeunblocker"
su = ScrapeUnblocker::Client.new # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_company("stripe")
Response
{
"company": {
"id": "37232",
"name": "Stripe",
"slug": "stripe",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/company/stripe",
"tagline": "A new, comprehensive and clean standard for online payment processing",
"logoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/37232-b86e6247bcd9846c18c91fe65ca0355d-medium_jpg.jpg?buster=1610581275",
"companySize": "5000+",
"stage": "Scale Stage",
"badges": ["Actively Hiring", "B2B"],
"description": "Stripe is a software platform for starting and running internet businesses. Millions of businesses r...",
"website": "https://stripe.com",
"twitterUrl": "http://twitter.com/stripe",
"facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/stripehq",
"blogUrl": "https://stripe.com/blog",
"productHuntUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/stripe-elements-2",
"markets": ["Internet", "SaaS"],
"locations": ["Chicago", "New York City"],
"companyTypes": ["Startup", "Web Development"],
"hiring": true,
"openJobs": 138,
"openJobsByRole": [{"role": "Designer", "count": 7}, {"role": "Engineering", "count": 69}],
"totalRaised": 8138000000,
"fundingRoundsCount": 15,
"fundingRounds": [
{ "type": "Series I", "date": "2023-03-16", "valuation": null },
{ "type": "Series G", "date": "2020-04-16", "valuation": null }
],
"founders": [
{
"name": "John Collison",
"slug": "collision",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/p/collision",
"avatarUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/users/47880-medium_jpg?1405470059",
"role": "Founder",
"title": null,
"bio": "Co-founder at @Stripe",
"location": "San Francisco"
}
],
"pastFounders": [],
"teamMembersCount": null,
"perks": [
{
"category": "healthcare",
"title": "Inclusive coverage",
"description": "We offer comprehensive mental, physical, and medical health plans, supporting Stripes' financial fut..."
}
],
"media": [
{
"section": "overview",
"type": "video",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck0u5OdyDdo",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/ck0u5OdyDdo/hqdefault.jpg"
}
],
"jobs": [
{
"id": "4823135",
"title": "Machine Learning Engineer, Radar",
"slug": "machine-learning-engineer-radar",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/jobs/4823135-machine-learning-engineer-radar",
"primaryRole": null,
"jobType": "full-time",
"compensation": null,
"salary": null,
"equity": null,
"locations": ["Seattle"],
"remote": false,
"remotePolicy": "ONSITE",
"wfhFlexible": null,
"acceptedRemoteLocations": [],
"yearsExperienceMin": 2,
"yearsExperienceMax": null,
"postedAt": "2026-10-07T17:44:52Z",
"autoPosted": true,
"atsSource": null,
"descriptionSnippet": "- Build, train, evaluate, and deploy ML models that detect fraud across Stripe's global payments net..."
}
],
"jobsTotal": 138,
"similarCompanies": [
{
"name": "AngelList",
"slug": "angellist",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/company/angellist",
"logoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/6702-766d1ce00c99ce9a5cbc19d0c87a436e-medium_jpg.jpg?buster=1668525121"
}
]
},
"pagesFetched": 1
}
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
name / tagline / description | Company name, tagline and description. |
website, twitterUrl, facebookUrl, blogUrl, productHuntUrl | Website and social links (null when not set). |
companySize / stage / badges | Size band, funding stage and Wellfound badges. |
markets / locations / companyTypes | Markets, office locations and company types. |
hiring / openJobs / openJobsByRole | Hiring flag, open job count and open jobs per role. |
totalRaised / fundingRoundsCount / fundingRounds | Total raised as a number, the number of rounds and each round’s type, date and valuation. |
founders / pastFounders | Founders with name, profile link, role, bio and location. |
teamMembersCount | Team size Wellfound lists, when shown. |
perks | Perks by category with title and description. |
media | Photos and videos on the profile. |
jobs / jobsTotal | The first 10 open jobs (job search fields, with a descriptionSnippet instead of the full description) and the total open jobs. |
similarCompanies | Companies Wellfound lists as similar. |
Startup directory
POST /companies/wellfound
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
mode | - | Set to search by wellfoundCompanySearch. |
location | no | Location as text or slug, e.g. new york or london. |
industry | no | Wellfound industry slug, e.g. saas, fintech-2, artificial-intelligence, health-care or e-commerce. Common names such as fintech, healthcare, crypto or edtech are mapped to their slug. |
url | no | A Wellfound directory URL instead of location / industry, e.g. https://wellfound.com/startups/location/new-york. |
page | no | 1-based page to start from (10 companies per page). Default 1. |
max_results | no | How many companies to collect, 1-100. Default 10. Each page fetched is one billed request (pagesFetched). |
proxy_country | no | Proxy country the request is sent from (ISO-2). Leave blank to let the API pick. |
curl -X POST "https://api.scrapeunblocker.com/companies/wellfound?mode=search&industry=fintech&max_results=10" \
-H "x-scrapeunblocker-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
from scrapeunblocker import Client
su = Client() # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_company_search(industry="fintech", max_results=10)
import { ScrapeUnblockerClient } from "scrapeunblocker";
const su = new ScrapeUnblockerClient(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
const result = await su.wellfoundCompanySearch({ industry: "fintech", maxResults: 10 });
use ScrapeUnblocker\Client;
$su = new Client(); // reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
$result = $su->wellfoundCompanySearch(['industry' => 'fintech', 'max_results' => 10]);
require "scrapeunblocker"
su = ScrapeUnblocker::Client.new # reads SCRAPEUNBLOCKER_KEY
result = su.wellfound_company_search(industry: "fintech", max_results: 10)
Response
{
"query": { "location": null, "industry": "fintech-2" },
"totalCompanies": 382,
"page": 1,
"pageCount": 39,
"companies": [
{
"id": "28804",
"name": "HomeLight",
"slug": "homelight",
"url": "https://wellfound.com/company/homelight",
"tagline": "Our vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfyi",
"logoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/28804-00e4e7d1013076846b81724c74c417e0-medium_jpg.jpg?buster=1589639645",
"companySize": "501-1000",
"stage": "Scale Stage",
"badges": ["Top 10% of responders", "Responds within a few days"],
"website": "https://www.homelight.com",
"description": "We're the essential technology platform used by hundreds of thousands of homebuyers and sellers to partner wit...",
"markets": ["Real Estate", "Marketplaces"],
"locations": ["San Francisco", "Scottsdale"],
"openJobs": 14,
"openJobsByRole": [{"role": "Marketing", "count": 2}, {"role": "Product", "count": 1}]
}
],
"resultsCollected": 10,
"pagesFetched": 1,
"hasMore": true,
"nextPage": 2
}
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
id / name / slug / url | Company id, name, slug and Wellfound link. Pass slug to company profile mode. |
tagline / description / website / logoUrl | Company tagline, description, website and logo. |
companySize / stage / badges | Size band, stage and Wellfound badges. |
markets / locations | Markets and office locations. |
openJobs / openJobsByRole | Open job count and open jobs per role. |
totalCompanies and pageCount are the totals for the directory view; query.industry shows the slug a common name was mapped to.
What you can build
- Startup job boards - pull jobs by role and location with salary and equity ranges.
- Compensation research - compare salary and equity ranges by role, stage and company size.
- Deal and market research - list startups by industry or city with funding rounds, total raised and founders.
- Hiring signals - track
openJobsandopenJobsByRolefor a list of startups over time.
Next steps
Open the plugins
Run a Wellfound search and grab the JSON.
Get an API key
Free trial available on the pricing page.