How to find tech jobs on Twitter: follow, search, reply

To find tech jobs on Twitter, follow the founders and engineers who hire, search posts for hiring phrases with a date filter, and reply usefully before you ever send a DM. Our own who-to-follow page is a free place to start the following part, because it groups real accounts by what they build.

One warning first. The Help Wanted column in our Classifieds section lists roles such as "Risk Factor Writer" and "Steam Library Sitter". Those are jokes. TechTwitter IO is a satirical paper, and the real openings are on X itself.

Why X still works for tech hiring

Small teams often announce a role on a founder's or engineer's own timeline before it reaches a job board, or instead of one. A post like that gets replies from people the poster already knows, which is the point: on tech Twitter you are trying to become one of those people. A job board gives you a form. A timeline gives you a name, a context and a way to say something useful first.

Step 1: build a feed where jobs show up

Your feed decides what you see, so shape it before you search. Pick the groups on our list closest to the work you want:

• Builders and indie hackers if you like small teams and shipping fast.
• Founders and investors, such as Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, if you want early-stage startups in view.
• Engineers, such as Gergely Orosz of The Pragmatic Engineer, for how engineering teams and the job market actually work.
• Building with AI, such as swyx, who coined "AI engineer", if that is the role you want.

Then like and reply to what you want more of. Our page notes that the For You tab learns from that within a week or two.

Step 2: search for hiring posts

X search finds posts, not just accounts. Open the Latest tab and try queries like these:

Change the date and role words to fit. Save the searches you run weekly.

Step 3: reply before you pitch

Our tips page puts it plainly: reply more than you post at first, because a useful reply under a big account reaches more people than a new account's post. Then post what you are building, with screenshots. People on tech Twitter follow people who ship, and a hiring manager scanning your profile sees work, not a list of claims.

When a role fits, apply through the company's own careers page and mention the post in one line. A short DM can follow if the poster invited them.

Keep a simple note of each post you answered: the link, the person, the date and what you sent. Hiring on X moves at the speed of a timeline, so a role you saw on Monday can be gone by Friday. A quick list also stops you from pitching the same founder twice in one week.

When a job board is the better tool

If you need a large company, a visa sponsor or a structured process with salary bands, a dedicated job board or LinkedIn will serve you better. Twitter is strongest for startups, open source companies and roles that are filled through people.

Keep it light

Job hunting is long. Our free daily paper covers launches, layoffs and feuds on tech Twitter as satire, with puzzles like Connections and Jumble in the Fun & Games section. Read it for a laugh, not for facts: unless a post links to its source, the people and quotes in it are invented. Today's TechTwitter IO takes about as long as a coffee.