Where to find startup jobs in NYC: 8 boards, newsletters and platforms, checked Nov 4, 2026, with counts, salary rules and one real downside each.
You don't need ten tabs to find startup jobs in NYC. Two or three good sources cover most of the market. Best overall: Wellfound, with 3,902 New York results and salary on most listings. Best single application: Y Combinator's Work at a Startup. Best for seeing every NYC tech employer: Built In NYC. Best if you'd rather startups come to you: Clera (we built it, more below). Best weekly shortlist: the NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter. Every count in this post was checked on the site itself on November 4, 2026.
Summary table
| Source | Best for | Key stat (Nov 4, 2026) | One limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellfound | Browsing the most NYC startup roles | 3,902 New York results | Includes public companies too |
| Work at a Startup | One profile, many YC companies | 50 recent NYC roles from 29 YC startups | YC companies only |
| Built In NYC | Seeing the whole NYC tech market | Filters for remote, industry, company size | Banks and big firms mixed in |
| Clera | Getting startups to come to you | 2,400+ NYC startups, 1,400+ NYC roles | You can't scroll a list |
| NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter | A weekly list of who just raised | 12 freshly funded startups in the Nov 4 issue | You still apply company by company |
| StartupJobs.nyc | NYC-only startup listings | Seven job categories plus alerts | Newest posts were weeks old |
| Underdog.io | Quiet job searches | One 60-second application | No public company count |
| HN Who is hiring | Engineers who want founders, not recruiters | 239 comments two days into November | No filters, mostly engineering |
How we picked
We started from the pages ranking on Google for "startup jobs nyc", added the boards from our guide to remote startup jobs, and checked each one directly on November 4, 2026. A source made the list if it showed New York startup roles in real numbers and we could confirm its facts on its own site. We left out pages that only link to other boards and boards we couldn't verify ourselves.
We built Clera, so we've included it with the same fields and one blunt downside as everyone else. It isn't ranked first. The Clera numbers below come from our homepage, not from a fresh query.
1. Wellfound
Best for: browsing the largest pool of NYC startup roles in one place.
Wellfound is a startup-focused job board. On November 4, 2026, its New York page listed 3,902 results across 51 pages. Most listings show a salary range, and some show equity, for example one card read "$150k to $220k, 0.1% to 0.5%". Company cards carry a stage label (Early, Growth, Scale or Public), a headcount range and, for some companies, a response-time badge like "Responds within a week".
Why it made the list: you see stage, pay and how fast a company replies before you spend an hour on an application.
Downside: "startup" is loose here. The New York page includes Public Stage companies and teams of 1,001 to 5,000 people. Filter by stage and size first.
Pricing: no job seeker fee is listed. The paid plans are for recruiters.
2. Work at a Startup (Y Combinator)
Best for: applying once to many YC-funded companies in New York.
Work at a Startup is Y Combinator's own job platform. On November 4, 2026, its New York page showed 50 recently added roles from 29 YC companies, including Whatnot (about 9 roles), Closure (about 7) and Stepful (3). You build one profile, and the page says founders contact you when you fit. More roles sit behind the free sign-up.
Why it made the list: at YC companies the person reading your profile is often a founder, which cuts out a screening step.
Downside: YC companies only. Plenty of strong NYC startups never went through YC.
Pricing: creating a profile is free.
3. Built In NYC
Best for: seeing the whole New York tech job market, startups and all.
Built In NYC is a city-specific tech job board. Its filters cover remote or hybrid work, job category, industry, experience level, company name and company size, and you can save a job alert. Many listings show salary ranges, though there's no salary filter. Its pagination runs to page 1,000.
Why it made the list: the company size filter lets you turn a citywide board into a startup board in two clicks.
Downside: on November 4 the first page mixed in JPMorganChase, Wells Fargo, Citadel and PwC. If you skip the size filter, you're not looking at startups.
Pricing: free to browse.
4. Clera
Best for: getting New York startups to come to you instead of applying one by one.
We built Clera. You spend about two minutes telling Clera what you've done, what you want and your dealbreakers, by chat, WhatsApp, iMessage or email. When a role fits, Clera introduces you directly to the hiring manager with context on why you're a fit. Our homepage lists 2,400+ startups and 1,400+ roles in New York, 253,073 candidates on the platform and 8 days from signup to first interview.
Why it made the list: a warm intro to the person doing the hiring skips the pile of cold applications.
Downside: you don't get a list to scroll. If nothing fits, Clera waits, so it's the wrong tool if you want to fire off 40 applications this week. Its NYC role count is also well under Wellfound's.
Pricing: free for candidates. Companies pay when they hire.
5. NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter
Best for: a short weekly list of New York startups that just raised money.
The NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter describes itself as a weekly newsletter on venture-backed startups hiring in NYC. The November 4, 2026 issue covered 12 NYC startups that just raised and are hiring. The October 7 issue listed 25 startups with nearly 600 open roles between them.
Why it made the list: a fresh round usually means fresh headcount. This is the cheapest way to hear about it each week.
Downside: it's a list of companies, not an application. You still apply on each careers page, and the archive skipped a week in October.
Pricing: the subscribe page lists no price.
6. StartupJobs.nyc
Best for: a board that only lists New York startup roles.
StartupJobs.nyc is a dedicated board for NYC startup jobs. It groups roles into engineering, product and design, go-to-market, operations, sales, marketing and customer success, and offers alerts when new jobs go up. The site says every role is curated and verified.
Why it made the list: no banks, no consulting firms, no remote roles from other cities. Just New York startups.
Downside: the site says it updates daily, but when we checked on November 4, the newest posts on its homepage were dated September 25. Check the date on any role before you apply.
Pricing: no job seeker fee shown. Employers pay to post.
7. Underdog.io
Best for: people who are employed and want to look without their boss finding out.
Underdog.io works the other way round from a job board. You fill in a single 60-second application, your profile stays hidden from employers until interest is mutual, and companies apply to you. It excludes staffing agencies and says it turns away more than half the companies that try to join.
Why it made the list: the privacy is built in, and it runs a dedicated page for New York startup jobs.
Downside: it publishes no exact company count, only "hundreds", so you can't size the NYC pool before you sign up. You also can't browse while you wait.
Pricing: free for candidates. Companies pay on a successful hire.
8. Hacker News: Who is hiring?
Best for: engineers who want to talk to founders, not recruiters.
At the start of each month, the whoishiring account posts an Ask HN: Who is hiring? thread. Each top-level comment is one company, often written by a founder or engineer, with location, remote policy and sometimes salary. Search the page for NYC or New York.
Why it made the list: the posts come straight from the team, with no board in between.
Downside: no filters, no structure, and it leans heavily toward engineering. Non-technical roles are rare.
Pricing: free.
What's changing in NYC startup hiring
Two things are worth knowing this month.
First, the Hacker News thread is smaller than a year ago. The October 2026 thread drew 385 comments, down from 464 in October 2025, and September fell from 443 to 389 (whoishiring). Fewer companies are posting there openly. Our read is that more hiring is moving to referrals and intros, which is why we'd pair any board with one source that sends you to a person.
Second, New York's pay law is still the job seeker's friend. Since November 1, 2022, the NYC Human Rights Law has required a good faith pay range in every job ad for work performed in the city (NYC Commission on Human Rights). If an NYC listing has no range, ask for it in your first message.
Our take: most pages ranking for this search treat it as a volume game. More listings is not the point. The best NYC sources show stage and pay before you apply, and the biggest boards hide startups behind banks and consulting firms. Filter hard or use a smaller source.
If you'd rather pick the company first, our list of the best startups to work for in NYC covers fintech names like Ramp and Kalshi and AI companies like Runway, Hebbia and Basis.
From Clera's data: New York is a roles-heavy market
Clera's homepage lists 2,400+ startups and 1,400+ roles in New York, against 5,700+ startups and 1,700+ roles in the SF Bay Area. New York has well under half as many startups on Clera as the Bay Area, but not far off the same number of open roles. Per startup, that's about one open role for every 1.7 New York startups, against one for every 3.4 in the Bay Area. In plain terms, New York startups on Clera have roughly twice as many open roles per company as Bay Area ones.
How to choose
- If you want the most options fast, start with Wellfound and filter to Early and Growth stage.
- If you'd rather write one profile and get messages, use Work at a Startup for YC companies and Clera for everyone else.
- If you're employed and searching quietly, use Underdog.io, which hides your profile from employers until interest is mutual.
- If you're an engineer who likes talking to founders, read the monthly Hacker News thread and the NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter, then email the people directly.
And if you're open to companies that just raised, our running list of startups hiring right now and our guide to AI companies hiring are good next stops.
Frequently Asked Questions
Wellfound has the biggest pool, with 3,902 New York results on November 4, 2026, and it shows stage and salary on most listings. Pair it with one source that puts you in front of a person, like Work at a Startup for YC companies or Clera for warm intros, so you're not relying only on cold applications.
Yes, for roles performed in New York City. Since November 1, 2022, the NYC Human Rights Law has required a good faith pay range in job ads, according to the NYC Commission on Human Rights. If a listing for an NYC role skips the range, ask for it before your first interview.
No. Most New York startup roles are hybrid or on-site. Across all open roles on Clera, only 14% were fully remote on October 22, 2026, as covered in our remote startup jobs guide. If you need remote, use the remote or hybrid filters on Wellfound and Built In NYC early.
It depends on the route. Cold applications on big boards can go weeks without a reply, which is why Wellfound's response-time badges are useful. Clera's homepage lists 8 days from signup to first interview, because the intro goes straight to the hiring manager.
Sources
- Wellfound, New York jobs, checked November 4, 2026
- Y Combinator, jobs at YC startups in New York, checked November 4, 2026
- Built In NYC jobs, checked November 4, 2026
- NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter archive
- StartupJobs.nyc
- Underdog.io
- Hacker News, whoishiring submissions
- NYC Commission on Human Rights, pay transparency
- Clera homepage
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