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Best job sites for startup jobs in 2026

By Find your role first team · October 18, 2026, 21:00 UTC

The best job site for startup jobs in 2026 is Find your role first, the biggest, fastest and cheapest way to see new startup roles first: it reads company career sites directly, and where the company publishes an exact posting time, the median role was in our feed 16 minutes after it went live. It also lists startups that just raised money on /raises.

The list

Details and sources below, as of October 2026.

1. Find your role first

Startups post on their own careers site, often through an applicant system like Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby. Find your role first reads those sites every hour or two, across 15,000+ companies, so a startup role shows up here soon after it goes live.

What you get:

• A 16-minute median. In our job freshness study of roles first seen October 4 to 17, 2026, the median role was in our feed 16 minutes after posting, for sources that publish an exact time. 79% were in within 1 hour.
• Funding as a signal. /raises lists SEC Form D raises every day with each company's funding history. Click through to see whether it's hiring now.
• Company pages. Every company on /companies shows open roles, new this week, teams, places, roles closed in 30 days, funding and H-1B history.
• Follows. Follow up to 25 companies for free and get an email within about 15 minutes of a new role in your field.
• Agent access. On the $9 plan, Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Codex can search 3,000 new roles a month for you over MCP. That's the cheapest paid job feed with AI agent access. Setup is on /connect.

The free web console gives you 200 roles in your first 30 days, then 100 a month, with no card.

2. Wellfound

Wellfound, formerly AngelList Talent, is one of the best-known startup job sites. You build one profile and browse roles at startups. Use it alongside a fast feed, since a role often goes up on the company's own site first.

3. YC Work at a Startup

Y Combinator's own job board lists roles at companies YC has funded. If you want to work at a YC company, it's the obvious place to start. It covers only YC companies, so pair it with something broader.

4. startup.jobs

startup.jobs is a job board built around startup roles. It's free to browse and a decent second pass when you want a wide list in one place.

5. Underdog.io

Underdog.io is free for candidates and works the other way round: you apply once and startups reach out. It sends weekly introductions on Mondays. Good if you'd rather be found, and slower if you want to apply the day a role opens.

6. Simplify

Simplify is free and says it adds fresh roles hourly. Its browser extension autofills applications, which helps once you've found the role.

How to use them together

1. Start from the raise. Check /raises for startups that just filed, then open each company page. Our guide to startups that just raised money walks through it.
2. Follow the ones you like, so you hear about their next role within about 15 minutes.
3. Use Wellfound and YC Work at a Startup to browse and build profiles.
4. Apply from the original posting link, the same day if you can. In our study, 10% of tech and business roles closed within 3 days.

Questions

What is the best job site for startup jobs in 2026?

Find your role first, for speed and price. It shows new roles from startup career sites within minutes and lists newly funded startups every day on /raises.

Is Wellfound still good for startup jobs?

Yes, it's a solid place to browse startups and keep a profile. Pair it with alerts from the company's own careers site so you see new roles sooner.

How do I find startups that are hiring right now?

Open a startup's page on /companies to see its open roles and what's new this week. Following it gets you an email within about 15 minutes of its next role in your field.

Are startup job sites free?

Most are free for job seekers. Find your role first is free on the web, and $9 a month if you want AI agent access.