Best Tech Job Boards: Where to Find Tech Jobs Right Now

The tech job boards worth checking in 2026 fall into five groups: broad aggregators (LinkedIn, Indeed), tech-specific boards (Dice, Built In, Hacker News "Who is hiring?"), startup boards (Wellfound, YC's Work at a Startup), remote boards (We Work Remotely, Remotive, Remote OK), and company career pages. Most people do well with one from each group they need, checked on a schedule.

Definition: A tech job board is a website that lists open roles at technology companies, or technology roles at other employers, and lets you search, filter and apply.

More boards don't mean more interviews. Past a handful, you mostly see the same postings again, a little older each time.

So this is a short list on purpose. We describe each board using what it says about itself on its own site, and the order within each group is our view, not a ranking.

How we chose these tech job boards

Four filters:

• It is live and maintained. Several once-popular names no longer operate as job marketplaces. Hired, for example, now redirects to LHH's website, so it isn't here.
• We can tell who runs it. A board with no clear owner is a board we wouldn't hand a resume to.
• It is free to search and apply. Where a board charges job seekers for extra features, we say so.
• It has a clear use. Each board earns its place by doing one job better than the general sites.

If you are earlier in the process and still choosing a role, start with our guide on how to get a job in tech, then come back here.

The tech job boards worth checking, grouped by use

1. The 1752vc careers board

It's ours, so weigh this paragraph accordingly. The 1752vc careers board lists open roles at VC firms, AI companies and venture-backed tech startups, with a US focus. It is refreshed every week, shows each employer's own posting date, and keeps only recent postings, so stale listings drop off. You can filter by level (internship, entry, analyst, associate, mid, senior, principal and up), by location (remote and major US cities) and by time posted, sort by newest, and open each job on its own page. There are three tracks you can jump to directly: startup jobs, AI jobs and VC jobs. Good for: recent roles at venture-backed companies, filtered to your level.

Broad aggregators

2. LinkedIn Jobs. LinkedIn's job search sits inside the professional network, and its job alerts send you new matches for a saved search. Its real strength is context: you can see who works at the company and who you know there before you apply. Good for: almost every search, and for finding the person to message after you apply.

3. Indeed. Indeed describes itself as the world's number one job site, citing Comscore total visits for March 2026, and it operates in more than 60 countries. In our view its breadth makes it wide but noisy. Good for: coverage, especially for tech roles at non-tech employers such as banks, hospitals and retailers.

Tech-specific boards

4. Dice. A long-running board built for technology professionals, Dice says it lists 70,000+ openings and offers a free profile for job seekers, along with salary tools and career advice. Good for: in our view, IT, infrastructure, security and contract roles.

5. Built In. Built In covers tech and startup jobs across 30+ US metros, including Austin, Boston, Chicago, Seattle and Washington DC, plus a remote section and a tech salary resource. Good for: company research alongside listings, and for searching a specific city's tech scene.

6. Hacker News "Who is hiring?" Each month, a Hacker News account named whoishiring opens a thread where companies post roles as comments. Posts are short and often written by an engineer or founder at the hiring company. Good for: engineering roles at small and technical companies, and for messaging the person who posted.

Startup-focused boards (in brief)

7. Wellfound. Wellfound calls itself a recruiting platform and talent marketplace for startups, says creating a profile and applying is free for candidates, and shows salary and equity ranges on many listings.

8. Work at a Startup (Y Combinator). YC's board lets you apply to jobs at YC-backed startups with a single profile, and founders can contact you directly.

Welcome to the Jungle, which absorbed the startup board Otta (otta.com now redirects there), is a third option focused on company profiles. Startup boards deserve their own comparison, so see our roundup of the best startup job boards. For AI labs and AI-native companies, our list of the best AI job boards covers the specialist sites.

Remote boards

9. We Work Remotely. It describes itself as the largest job board for remote jobs, with categories for programming, design, product, DevOps and more. Some features sit behind an account or subscription, so check what you actually need before paying.

10. Remotive. Remotive lists remote roles it says are curated and vetted. It runs a freemium model: free users see a limited slice of listings, and a paid tier unlocks the full list, early access and custom alerts. Our view: try the free tier first.

11. Remote OK. A remote-only board whose title tag highlights open salaries, with listings across programming, design, sales and more.

A note on remote: these boards draw applicants from everywhere, so expect heavy competition. A hybrid role in a city you can reach can be easier to land, especially early in a career. Our full roundup of remote tech job boards covers more remote sites and how to avoid scams.

Salary-transparent options

No board shows pay on every listing, but some make it easier. Wellfound shows ranges on many startup roles, Remote OK leans into open salaries, and Dice and Built In publish salary tools. Before you negotiate, it helps to compare a posted range with an independent benchmark; the 1752vc salary guide is one place to start for startup, AI and VC roles.

Company career pages (the source)

12. Company career pages and ATS boards. Many tech companies post first on their own careers page, usually hosted by an applicant tracking system. You can search those directly with a search engine:

• site:job-boards.greenhouse.io "data analyst" remote
• site:jobs.lever.co "software engineer" "new grad"
• site:jobs.ashbyhq.com "product manager"

Applying on the company's own page often means your application lands in the system the recruiter actually uses. Good for: your target list of 20 to 40 companies.

Tech job boards compared

Costs are as each site presents them, and they change, so check before you sign up for anything paid.

Where to find tech jobs beyond the boards

Boards show you the posted part of the market. A meaningful share of hiring happens through people, and some roles are filled before a posting goes up at all.

The view from the hiring side explains why. In Gergely Orosz's Pragmatic Engineer roundup of more than 50 hiring managers and job seekers (July 2026), managers described postings drawing 1,000 or more applicants, most of them unqualified, and recent hires that came through their own networks. A board gets you into that pile. A person gets you out of it.

Three habits cover most of that gap. Follow the 20 to 40 companies on your target list so you see team announcements and new funding. Ask people in your target role for 15-minute calls; many will tell you about openings early. And treat every posting as a reason to message someone on the team, not just a form to fill in.

Our guide on how to find hidden jobs goes deeper. If you're aiming at venture firms rather than tech companies, the venture capital job boards guide covers the VC-specific sites.

Ghost jobs and job scams: what to watch for

Two problems sit on every job board.

Ghost jobs are listings for roles a company isn't actively trying to fill. Greenhouse, which runs hiring software for many tech companies, estimated in its 2024 State of Job Hunting report (published December 2024) that 18 to 22 percent of jobs posted on its platform in a given quarter are ghost jobs, and 60 percent of the 2,500 workers it surveyed suspected they had run into one.

You'll also see claims that a third or more of all listings are fake. Most of those trace back to employer or job-seeker surveys rather than posting data, so we'd treat them as signals of frustration rather than a measured rate. The practical fix is the same either way: favor recent postings and confirm the role on the company's own careers page.

Job scams are worse, because they cost money. The FTC reported in March 2025 that reports of job and fake employment agency scams tripled from 2020 to 2024, and reported losses rose from $90 million to $501 million. Its consumer guidance on job scams (updated August 2026) describes the patterns to know:

• You're asked to pay for the job, training or equipment. The FTC states honest employers won't ask you to pay to get a job.
• You get a check and are told to deposit it and send some money back.
• The job is receiving and reshipping packages.
• The offer arrives out of the blue, for a job you never applied to.
• You're asked for personal or payroll details before you've confirmed the job is real.

Two more signs we'd add: an interview held entirely by chat or text, and a recruiter writing from a personal email address.

If something feels off, the FTC suggests contacting your bank or payment provider right away and reporting it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

A simple habit catches most of this: before you share personal information, find the same role on the company's own website and check that the recruiter's email matches the company's domain.

A weekly routine for using tech job boards

Here's an illustrative routine for someone spending about five hours a week on the search.

1. Monday (60 minutes): sweep new postings. Check your saved searches and alerts on LinkedIn and one tech-specific board, then the 1752vc startup track filtered to your level and Past 7 days. Save 10 to 15 roles that match your target.
2. Tuesday (60 minutes): verify and research. Confirm each saved role on the company's own careers page. Drop anything you can't find there or that looks off. Expect to keep about half.
3. Wednesday and Thursday (75 minutes each): apply and reach out. Send five to eight tailored applications through the company's own page, each paired with a short note to someone on the team.
4. Friday (30 minutes): update your tracker. Columns: company, role, posting date, date applied, source board, contact, status, next step. Mark which boards produced replies.
5. Once a month: check the Hacker News thread in the first few days after it opens, and cut any board that hasn't produced a reply in four weeks.

Total: five hours, roughly 20 to 30 applications a month and as many outreach notes, all on recent roles.

Where we land

Our view is that three or four boards, chosen by what you're looking for, beat a dozen checked at random. For most tech searches that means LinkedIn for coverage and contacts, one tech-specific board, one board matched to your situation (startup, remote or AI), and the career pages of your target companies. For how many applications those boards should feed each week, see our guide on how many jobs to apply to per week.

That's one reasonable setup among several. If a board keeps producing replies for you, keep it, whatever any list says.

The bottom line

Job boards are where you find out a door exists. What you do in the next 48 hours often decides whether it opens.

A posting is a lead.

A person on the team is a chance.

Key takeaways

• Tech job boards fall into five useful groups: broad aggregators, tech-specific boards, startup boards, remote boards and company career pages.
• Checking three or four well-chosen boards on a schedule tends to work better than scanning a dozen.
• Confirm every posting on the company's own careers page before you apply or share personal details.
• Greenhouse estimated 18 to 22 percent of postings on its platform are ghost jobs, so favor recent listings.
• The FTC reported job scam losses rose from $90 million in 2020 to $501 million in 2024; don't pay anyone to get a job.

Frequently asked questions

Which websites are best for finding tech jobs?

For most people, a strong mix is LinkedIn for coverage and contacts, Indeed for tech roles at non-tech employers, a tech-specific board such as Dice or Built In, and one board matched to your goal, such as Wellfound for startups or We Work Remotely for remote work. Company career pages round it out.

Where can I find tech jobs that aren't on the big job sites?

Try the monthly Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread, startup boards such as YC's Work at a Startup, and company career pages hosted on Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby, which you can search with site: queries. Many roles are also shared through networks, so short calls with people in your target role can surface openings early.

Are tech job boards free for job seekers?

The main boards in this guide are free to search and apply. Some sell optional upgrades; Remotive, for example, charges for full access, early access and custom alerts. In our view, it makes sense to exhaust the free versions first and pay only if a specific feature clearly saves you time.

How can you tell if a tech job posting is fake?

Warning signs include requests to pay for training or equipment, checks you're told to deposit and partly send back, reshipping "jobs" and offers that arrive out of the blue. The FTC describes these as common job scam patterns; we'd add interviews held only by chat. Confirm the role on the company's own careers page and check that the recruiter's email uses the company's domain.

Is LinkedIn or Indeed better for tech jobs?

They do different jobs. LinkedIn tends to be stronger for tech companies and for finding someone to contact at the employer, while Indeed's wide coverage helps with tech roles at banks, hospitals, retailers and other non-tech employers. Many job seekers use both, with saved searches and alerts on each.

Sources

• Indeed: About Indeed
• Dice: Tech jobs and careers
• Built In: Tech jobs and startup jobs
• Hacker News: Who is hiring? threads
• Wellfound: Startup jobs and recruiting
• Y Combinator: Work at a Startup jobs
• We Work Remotely: Remote jobs
• Remotive: Remote jobs
• The Pragmatic Engineer (Gergely Orosz): Tech jobs market in 2026, part 3, hiring managers and job seekers
• Greenhouse: 2024 State of Job Hunting report
• Federal Trade Commission: New FTC Data Show a Big Jump in Reported Losses to Fraud to $12.5 Billion in 2024
• Federal Trade Commission: Job Scams