Early access · PhD job matching

Your PhD deserves a real match.
Not another bad recruiter call.

BayBound scans FAANG+ and top startup career pages daily, and alerts you only when there's a deep fit for your research, salary, and life.

Free. No spam. We'll email you when we launch.

No spam. Ever. Alerts only when it actually fits Daily email digests, not noise
The Problem

Recruiters don't understand your specialization. We do.

You've spent 5+ years becoming one of the world's leading experts in a narrow, deep field. The job market treats you like a generic software engineer. BayBound closes that gap — matching your specific expertise to the roles that actually need it.

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Irrelevant recruiter messages "Hi, I saw you have a PhD — would you be interested in a CRUD app role?"
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The job board black hole Sifting through hundreds of listings to find 2 that are remotely relevant to your research area.
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Salary blind spots Research roles vary wildly. Most PhDs accept 30–40% below market because they never found the right opportunities to compare.
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No Bay Area map Which teams at Meta are actually doing your kind of ML? Which YC startups are hiring for your niche? It's all hidden.
How It Works

Tell us once. We watch forever.

Three steps to never missing a role that's right for you again.

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Build your profile

Tell us your research focus, target salary range, work-life balance preferences, and what kinds of problems you want to work on. Takes 5 minutes.

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We scan daily

BayBound integrates with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and career pages across 500+ companies—FAANG, YC startups, research labs—tracking new roles in real-time.

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Get real matches

You get an email only when a role deeply aligns with your expertise, salary expectations, and preferences. No noise. No generic postings.

Coverage

Reaching 500+ companies across hiring platforms

We integrate with major ATS platforms to track openings at thousands of companies—from FAANG to YC startups to research-focused institutions.

Greenhouse ATS Lever Ashby Google Careers Meta Careers Apple Careers Amazon Careers Microsoft Careers Netflix Jobs YC Companies Sequoia Portfolio a16z Portfolio

Coverage includes FAANG+, top-tier startups, research labs, and biotech firms. New platforms added weekly.

We Hear You

The PhD job search is broken. You know it. We know it.

"I spent 3 months applying to ~200 roles. Maybe 15 were actually relevant to my NLP research. The rest were just 'you have a PhD so you must be smart' placements."

PhD Candidate, NLP / Stanford Applied to 200 roles in 2024

"I took a job 40% below what I later found out my peers were making. I had no visibility into what the right market rate was for my specialization."

Research Engineer, Robotics / Berkeley First industry role, 2023

"The best roles are rarely on aggregators. They're posted on career pages and filled within 2 weeks. By the time you find them, they're gone."

Postdoc → Staff Scientist, Biotech / UCSF Now hiring PhDs himself

Your next role is already posted.
You just haven't found it yet.

Join the waitlist. When BayBound launches, you'll be first to set up your profile and start getting matched before anyone else.

Free forever for early members. No spam.