How To Find Jobs on Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby Job Boards
Most companies publish openings on job boards run by their applicant tracking system. Here is how to search Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday boards directly, and how to apply through them.
Key takeaways
- Applicant tracking system (ATS) boards are the original source of most tech and many other job listings.
- Each ATS uses a recognisable web address, so you can search its boards with site: queries in a search engine.
- Search engine results can be incomplete or out of date; always check the listing on the board itself.
- Sites that read ATS boards directly show new roles without you having to know every company first.
When a company opens a role, it usually creates the listing in its applicant tracking system (ATS). The ATS publishes it on the company’s job board, and job sites copy it from there. Searching these boards directly means you see listings at the source, with the complete description and the real application form, often before they spread to other sites.
What an ATS job board is
An applicant tracking system is the software employers use to post jobs, receive applications and manage hiring. Each company that uses one gets a public job board, either on the ATS’s own domain or embedded in the company’s careers page. Widely used systems include Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, SmartRecruiters, Workable and Recruitee.
Because the board is connected to the company’s hiring process, it is the most reliable place to check whether a role is still open.
Recognise the board addresses
Each system uses a recognisable pattern in its web addresses. These are the most common ones at the time of writing:
| System | Typical board address |
|---|---|
| Greenhouse | boards.greenhouse.io/company or job-boards.greenhouse.io/company |
| Lever | jobs.lever.co/company |
| Ashby | jobs.ashbyhq.com/company |
| Workday | company.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com (the number varies) |
| SmartRecruiters | jobs.smartrecruiters.com/company |
| Workable | apply.workable.com/company |
Companies occasionally move from one system to another. When that happens, old board links stop working even though the company is still hiring, so if a bookmarked board suddenly shows no roles, check the company’s main careers page before assuming it has stopped hiring.
Many companies place the board inside their own careers page, so the address you see may be the company’s domain. The application form usually reveals the system.
How to tell which system a company uses
Open any of the company’s job listings and click through to the application form. The address bar usually shows the system’s domain, and many forms carry a small "Powered by" note at the bottom. Knowing the system helps you search similar companies and tells you what the application will involve: Workday, for example, usually asks you to create an account for each employer.
Search the boards with site: queries
Most search engines support the site: operator, which limits results to one domain. Combine it with a role and remote wording:
- site:jobs.lever.co "remote" "data analyst"
- site:jobs.ashbyhq.com "product designer" remote
- site:boards.greenhouse.io "customer success" "remote"
Refine with location terms ("EMEA", "Europe", "Canada") or skills ("Python", "Salesforce"). Use the search engine’s date filter where available to favour recent pages.
Know the limits
Search engines do not index every board, and they can show listings that have already closed. Treat results as leads: open each one and confirm on the board that the role is still listed. If the board shows "job not found", the role has closed even if the search result still appears.
Search them all at once
Searching board by board works when you know which companies you want. To discover employers, use a site that reads ATS boards directly. JobsRemoteList collects listings straight from employers’ Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and other boards, checks them against the source and removes them when they close. You can browse by system, for example jobs from Greenhouse boards, Lever boards or Ashby boards, or search all of them on the jobs page.
Use the boards to research companies
A company’s board tells you more than a single listing does:
- How many roles are open and in which teams, which hints at where the company is growing.
- Where it hires, from the locations listed across all roles.
- How it writes about remote work, which often appears in a standard section of every listing.
- Salary practices, if it publishes ranges on some or all roles.
Add promising companies to your shortlist and check their boards weekly. Our guide to finding companies hiring remotely shows how to manage that list.
Apply well through an ATS
Applications submitted through these systems are read by people, but the system shapes what they see first. A few practical points:
- Use a simple resume layout with real text and standard headings, so the system extracts your details correctly. Check any fields it fills automatically.
- Answer screening questions carefully. Questions about location, work authorisation and salary are often used to filter applications.
- Add links to your portfolio, code or writing in the fields provided.
- Do not apply to many roles at the same company at once. Recruiters can see all your applications; two or three well-matched ones look focused, ten look indiscriminate.
Workday applications usually require creating an account per employer and re-entering details. Keep a document with your work history ready to copy from.
What happens after you apply
Your application enters the employer’s system, where a recruiter or hiring manager reviews it. Some forms include "knockout" questions, for example about location or work authorisation, and an answer that does not meet the requirement may move your application out of consideration automatically. Some systems also offer search and ranking features that help recruiters sort large numbers of applications.
A common belief is that these systems reject most resumes before a person sees them. In practice, the bigger risks are simpler: a resume the system cannot read properly, answers that fail a hard requirement, or an application among hundreds that a busy recruiter never reaches. Clear formatting, accurate answers and applying early address all three.
Following up
The system rarely tells you who is reviewing your application. If you want to follow up, find the recruiter or hiring manager for that team through the company’s website or a professional network, and send one short message after about two weeks.
A ten-minute routine
- Run three saved site: searches for your role and remote wording.
- Open new results and confirm each listing on the board.
- Check the boards of the companies on your shortlist.
- Add new matches to your tracker and plan applications for the week.
Combine this with an aggregated search and alerts, and you will see most relevant roles soon after they open. For the bigger picture, read how to find remote jobs without LinkedIn and the complete guide to finding a remote job.