We Work Remotely for Tech Jobs

What We Work Remotely Is and Who It Is For

We Work Remotely (WWR) is a remote-only job board founded in 2013 by the team behind Basecamp (formerly 37signals), the company that created Ruby on Rails and wrote the book "Remote: Office Not Required." WWR was one of the earliest dedicated remote job boards and has maintained its position through a simple, high-quality model: companies pay $299 per listing, job seekers browse for free.

WWR differentiates itself from competitors like RemoteOK through its brand heritage and the type of companies that post. Basecamp's reputation in the remote work space attracts more established, enterprise-grade employers: companies like Automattic, GitLab, Shopify, Basecamp itself, and other organizations with proven remote cultures. The listings skew toward software engineering, DevOps, design, and product roles, with growing sections for marketing, customer support, and management.

How We Work Remotely Works

Category-Based Navigation

Unlike tag-based boards, WWR organizes listings into defined categories: Programming, Design, DevOps and Sysadmin, Management and Finance, Product, Customer Support, Marketing, Sales, and All Other Remote. This structure makes it easy to scan your functional area without sorting through irrelevant listings. Each category page shows the most recent postings, with a 30-day lifecycle for each listing.

Company Profiles

Employers who post on WWR get a company profile page that aggregates all their current and past listings. For candidates, this is useful for tracking companies that hire remote workers consistently. If a company has posted 15 remote engineering roles over the past two years, that is a stronger signal of genuine remote culture than a single listing on LinkedIn with "remote option" in the description.

Application Flow

WWR does not build candidate profiles or maintain a resume database. Each listing links either to the company's external application page or to an email address. The application flow is entirely between the candidate and the employer, with WWR serving only as the discovery layer. This keeps the platform simple but means there is no tracking, no saved applications, and no matching algorithms.

CTO Perspective

From reviewing how remote-first engineering teams build their hiring pipelines, We Work Remotely occupies a specific and valuable position: it attracts more established companies than RemoteOK, and those companies tend to have more mature remote work practices. When we advise engineering leaders on where to post remote roles, WWR is consistently one of the first recommendations for companies that are past the startup stage.

The quality signal is real. Companies that post on WWR tend to include detailed job descriptions, clear salary ranges (though this is not enforced by the platform), and specific information about their remote work setup. The category structure also helps — a DevOps engineer can go straight to the DevOps section rather than parsing through hundreds of mixed listings.

The limitation is geographic bias. Despite being a "remote" job board, many WWR listings specify US or US/Canada time zones, which effectively limits the candidate pool. European and APAC candidates will find fewer opportunities that are truly globally remote. This is a reflection of the employer base rather than a platform policy, but it is worth knowing before you invest search time.

Pros and Cons

For Hiring Managers

At $299 per listing, WWR is one of the most cost-effective channels for remote engineering and DevOps hiring. The audience is pre-qualified for remote work experience, which reduces the risk of hiring someone who has never worked outside an office. Highlighted and featured listing upgrades are available at higher price points for priority placement.

WWR's category structure means your listing reaches candidates who are actively browsing your function, not just keyword-matching across a generic feed. The company profile feature also builds long-term brand visibility — candidates can see your hiring history and get a sense of your team's growth. For remote-first companies that hire multiple engineering roles per quarter, maintaining a consistent WWR presence is worth the investment.

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