About Remote OK
Remote OK is a job board where companies pay to post remote jobs in programming, design, sales, support and other fields. Its homepage says job posts reach more than 14.9 million remote workers, a figure the site reports about itself.Source [4]
Levels built it in early 2015 to address what he saw as a discovery problem: mainstream job boards had no proper remote category. It began by pulling remote listings from other boards and merged with Nomad Jobs, his 2014 remote job board.Source [2]Source [1]
He has described the site as running from a single PHP file with no frameworks apart from jQuery. In April 2021 he reported it generated $101,101 in a month, mostly from job posts and partly from ads.Source [5]
Beyond job listings it offers a public Remote Jobs API and JSON feed, a resume builder and referral links to nomad health insurance and payroll services.Source [4]Source [1]
What happened
Pieter Levels launched Remote OK in 2015 as a daily aggregator of remote jobs pulled from other job boards, as part of his 12 startups in 12 months challenge, and it reached number one on Product Hunt. It later merged with his earlier Nomad Jobs board to become its own paid job board. It moved from remoteok.io to remoteok.com and is still operating.Source [1]Source [2]
Timeline
- 2024-09Listed at $29K per month in Levels's revenue snapshot.Source [6]
- 2021-09Released spoof layouts that showed job listings disguised as Microsoft Word, Google Docs and VSCode.Source [1]
- 2021-04Levels reported $101,101 in revenue for the month.Source [5]
- 2019-05With Nomad List passed a $1 million annual revenue run rate, per Levels.Source [3]
- 2018Launched the Remote Jobs API.Source [1]
- 2015-04Reached number one on Product Hunt at launch.Source [2]
- 2015-02Launched as a remote job aggregator during the 12 startups in 12 months challenge.Source [1]Source [2]
Products and brands
- Remote job board: Paid remote job listings by category, region and benefits.Source [4]
- Remote Jobs API: Public feed of job listings for developers.Source [4]Source [1]
- Resume builder: Tool for job seekers to build a resume.Source [4]
Leadership
| Pieter Levels | FounderSource [1]Source [7] | Since 2015 |
Funding and financials
- Revenue (self-reported, Apr 2021)
- $101,101 in one monthSource [5]
- Revenue (self-reported on X and levels.io, Sept 2024)
- $29K per monthSource [6]
People on Founded, and where they went next
| Person | Here | Also built |
|---|---|---|
| Pieter Levels | Founder2015 to now | fly.pieter.comActivePhoto AIActiveAvatar AI (AvatarAI.me)MergedInterior AIActiveRebaseShut downHoodmapsActiveNomads.com (formerly Nomad List)Active |
Links
Sources
- List of all my projects ever, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2026-09-23. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
- How I built Remote | OK and launched it to #1 on Product Hunt, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2015-04-02. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
- It took 4 years to reach $1m annual revenue with Nomad List and Remote OK, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2019-05-30. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
- Remote Jobs in Programming, Design, Sales and more, Remote OK. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
- Remote OK is a single PHP file generating $101,101 this month, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2021-04-12. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
- I hit a new $420,000/mo revenue record thanks to the Lex Fridman podcast, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2024-09-22. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
- @levelsio (Pieter Levels) llms.txt, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2026-10-01. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.