LinkedIn alternatives for software engineering jobs (November 2026)

Updated November 10, 2026 · By JobsWithPay

As of November 10, 2026, 12 sites are good choices for this search: Built In, Dice, Hacker News "Who is hiring?", HiringCafe, Indeed, Jobright.ai, JobsWithPay, Levels.fyi Jobs, Simplify, Welcome to the Jungle, Wellfound and Y Combinator Work at a Startup. They differ most in where their jobs come from and in how they show pay: some show only the pay that the employer posts, and some show their own estimates. On JobsWithPay, 44% of 35,175 open software engineering jobs show the posted pay, with a median posted base range of $159K to $220K a year.

The sites side by side

Site	Where the jobs come from	How pay shows	Price for job seekers	Focus
Built In	Built In sells recruitment marketing and employer branding to companies.	Job cards show salary info when the job has it, for example "209K-286K Annually". We did not find a rule that pay is required.	Free. Built In says Match Mode is "100% free, forever".	Tech
Dice	Employers post jobs.	Job cards show pay when the employer gives it, for example "USD 100,001.00 - 140,000.00 per year".	Free profile.	Tech
Hacker News "Who is hiring?"	People at the hiring company. The rules do not allow recruiting firms or job boards.	Only when the poster writes it. The thread rules do not ask for pay.	Free to read.	Tech and startups
HiringCafe	Company websites and applicant tracking systems.	Shows the pay that the employer publishes, with a filter for it.	Free.	All jobs
Indeed	Employer posts and indexed jobs from other sites.	Shows pay when the employer gives it. If it cannot read the pay, Indeed may show an estimated range. Indeed says that 91% of new jobs posted directly on Indeed in the US include salary details.	Free for job seekers.	All jobs
Jobright.ai	200K+ company career sites, LinkedIn, Indeed and other sites.	Not stated.	Free plan and a paid plan.	All jobs, with a new grad job list
JobsWithPay (our site)	Company job boards only (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and company careers sites). No staffing agencies and no copies.	Shows the pay that the company posts, and never an estimate. 44% of 35,175 open software engineering jobs show pay.	Free. You do not need an account to search or apply.	Tech jobs
Levels.fyi Jobs	Not stated on its own pages. Greenhouse says its customers can post free job ads on Levels.fyi.	Shows Levels.fyi total compensation (TC) estimates next to jobs.	Free. Paid one-to-one services such as negotiation coaching.	Tech jobs and pay data
Simplify	Postings from 50+ job boards and company career pages, each day.	Not stated.	Free. Simplify+ costs $39.99 a month.	All jobs, many for students and new grads
Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)	Employers pay (pricing by quote).	Lists salary as one of the things it shows. We did not find a rule that pay is required.	Not stated.	Tech and startups
Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent)	Startups post jobs free. Promoted jobs are paid.	Wellfound says that most job listings show the salary range and equity up front.	Free for candidates.	Startups
Y Combinator Work at a Startup	Startups that Y Combinator funded. Most YC companies use it, but not all.	Job cards show pay ranges, for example "$135K - $200K". We did not find a rule that pay is required.	Free.	YC startups

Which site for which search

If you want	Use
Jobs from company job boards, with posted pay	JobsWithPay, HiringCafe
Startups	Wellfound, Y Combinator Work at a Startup, Hacker News "Who is hiring?"
Tech-only job boards	Built In, Dice, Welcome to the Jungle
AI tools that fill in applications	Simplify, Jobright.ai

Each site, briefly

Built In

A job board and company profile site for tech workers.

Dice

A job board for technology jobs. 5k+ companies hire on Dice; 200k+ jobs posted each month (Dice home page).

Hacker News "Who is hiring?"

A monthly Hacker News thread where people at hiring companies post one comment for each company.

HiringCafe

A free job search engine that collects jobs directly from company websites and applicant tracking systems. 4,415,520 jobs from 141,682 companies (home page).

Indeed

A large general job site with jobs that employers post on Indeed and jobs that Indeed lists from other sites ("indexed jobs"). 685M job seeker profiles; 3.5M+ employers (Indeed's About page).

Jobright.ai

An AI job search tool that matches jobs, fills in applications and changes your résumé for each job. 8,000,000+ jobs (home page).

JobsWithPay (our site)

A free job site for tech jobs that reads each job directly from the job board of the company that hires and checks it again every day. 35,175 open software engineering jobs from 5,903 companies on November 10, 2026.

Levels.fyi Jobs

The job board of Levels.fyi, a pay data site, with Levels.fyi pay estimates on each job. Search more than 1 million salaries (Levels.fyi's About page).

Simplify

An AI job search tool that matches you to jobs, fills in applications and tracks them.

Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)

A job site and company guide that matches job seekers to roles. It took over Otta's job platform. Over 3,500 companies and 70,000+ live jobs (its US home page).

Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent)

A job site for startups, where you keep one profile and talk to founders and engineers directly. 27K+ companies hiring; 10M+ opted-in candidates (Wellfound's About page).

Y Combinator Work at a Startup

Y Combinator's job site for jobs at startups that YC funded. One application goes to many YC companies.

How we checked

On November 10, 2026, we read the pages of each site: its home, pricing, about, help and FAQ pages. Each fact on this page comes from these pages, or, where a site blocked automated reading, from the site’s own text in search results or from its parent company. The sources list says which. “Not stated” means that we did not find the fact on the site’s pages.

The sites are in A to Z order. We did not get money from any site on this list. We make JobsWithPay; its numbers come from our database and change every hour.

Questions

Why look for jobs outside LinkedIn?

On LinkedIn, the same job can show many times, some jobs come from staffing agencies, and many jobs do not show pay. Sites that read company job boards directly show each job one time, with the pay that the company posts.

Is there a free LinkedIn alternative for software engineers?

Yes. JobsWithPay, HiringCafe, Wellfound, Y Combinator Work at a Startup, Built In and Dice are free for job seekers. JobsWithPay has 35,175 open software engineering jobs from 5,903 companies, and 44% show posted pay.

Can I find the same jobs as on LinkedIn?

Many companies post each job on their own job board, and the job can then show on LinkedIn too. JobsWithPay reads the company job boards and checks them again every day, so a new job usually shows within a day.