I Built a Niche AI/ML Job Board in 48 Hours — Stack, Code & Live Revenue Model

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I Built a Niche AI/ML Job Board in 48 Hours — Here's the Exact Stack

I just launched aijobsboard.oblivionlabz.net — a fully autonomous AI/ML remote jobs board that auto-aggregates listings, serves job seekers for free, and charges employers to feature listings.

The Business Model

Job seekers: Free. Always.
Employers: $99-$299 to feature/pin a listing (via Stripe Checkout)
Zero manual work: Jobs auto-populate from APIs every 30 minutes

Proven model: a similar niche board made $21k in its first 4.5 months of 2025.

The Tech Stack

Next.js 14 (App Router)
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Stripe (Checkout + Webhooks)
Vercel (hosting)
Cloudflare DNS

How Jobs Auto-Populate

I pull from 3 free sources with zero scraping — all RSS/JSON feeds:

const SOURCES = [
  'https://remoteok.com/api?tag=ai',
  'https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs?category=software-dev&limit=50',
  'https://jobicy.com/?feed=job_feed&job_category=dev&job_types=full-time'
]

No scraping. No paid APIs. Free to consume.

The Stripe Flow

Employer hits /post-job
Fills out company, title, URL, listing type
Redirects to Stripe Checkout ($99 or $299)
On success, webhook fires and job gets featured

export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const event = stripe.webhooks.constructEvent(
    body, sig, process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET!
  )
  if (event.type === 'checkout.session.completed') {
    // Store featured job, send confirmation
  }
}