Why the best roles never get listed
When a founder needs a trusted operator, they don't always open a formal req. They write a short post — "hiring for my Founder's Office, DM me" — to their own network. It gets dozens of replies within hours, they hire from the DMs, and the post scrolls out of view by the weekend.
These roles never touch a job board, an ATS, or an aggregator. If you weren't following that founder at the right moment, you never knew the seat existed.
Why you can't just scrape them
You might think a tool could scrape these posts automatically. In practice you can't — at least not sustainably. LinkedIn's terms don't permit scraping the feed, and their systems block it fast. The only reliable way to surface these roles is for a person to read the feed like a human, every day.
That's the honest, unglamorous work behind a genuinely useful board of feed-only jobs.
How Lightpost catches them
Every morning, a person reads hundreds of hiring posts, confirms which roles are still open, and records the founder's name and the way to reach them. Each one is dated so you know it's fresh.
On the board, these show as Feed only — roles you won't find on any other site — with a direct way to message the poster instead of dropping a CV into a form.
How to apply to a hiring-post role
Speed and specificity win. Message the founder directly, reference something specific about their company, and lead with what you'd do in your first weeks. Keep it short. You're often one of the first few to reply, which is the whole advantage.
Frequently asked questions
Is it legal to share these jobs?
Lightpost surfaces publicly posted roles and points you to the original poster to apply. We don't scrape private data; a person curates public hiring posts.
How fresh are feed-only listings?
Every listing shows when it was last verified, and dead ones are removed nightly. Feed-only roles move fast, so we date them clearly.
Why pay for this?
Because these roles are genuinely hard to find and disappear quickly. The paid tier unlocks the feed-only jobs and the daily drop so you never miss one.