The easiest remote job alerts come from four places: AyeWatch for a plain-English description of the remote role you want, Indeed with "remote" typed into the location box, LinkedIn's saved-search alerts, and the careers pages of companies that hire remotely. All of them run in a browser or a phone app, with nothing to install on your computer.
Here they are in the order we would set them up.
1. AyeWatch: describe the remote job in a sentence
Remote roles are hard to catch with keywords. One company writes "remote", another writes "distributed", a third says "work from anywhere in Europe". AyeWatch gets around this by reading postings against a description you write yourself.
You can use it two ways:
- A topic, such as "remote customer support jobs at software companies, open to people in the UK, full time".
- A page monitor on a careers page you already check, with a rule like "only tell me about roles marked remote".
Each alert is a short summary of what changed. Push notifications and the in-app feed are on every plan, on web, iOS and Android. Paid plans add email, Slack, Discord and webhooks. There is a free preview with no card, and paid plans start at $9 a month, billed in monitoring credits.
Best for: people who know the kind of remote job they want, or the companies they want it at.
2. Indeed: type "remote" as the location
Indeed's help centre says you can put a city, state, ZIP code or the word "remote" in the location field, run the search, then turn it into an alert by entering your email and choosing Activate. You need to be signed in. Alerts come by email, daily or weekly, and Indeed skips the email when there is nothing new.
Best for: a wide net across many employers, at no cost.
3. LinkedIn: save the search as an alert
LinkedIn lets you turn a job search into an alert. According to its help page, alerts default to daily and can be switched to weekly, and you can get them by email, as a LinkedIn app notification, or both.
Best for: people who already use LinkedIn and want alerts next to their network and messages.
4. Remote-first companies' own careers pages
Some companies hire remotely across the whole team. Their careers pages are the most direct source for their openings. Checking them by hand works for two or three companies; past that, point a page monitor at them (see number 1) so you hear when something new is listed.
Best for: a short list of specific employers.
Quick comparison
| Option | You set it up with | Alerts by | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| AyeWatch | A sentence or a pasted link | Push and feed; email and chat apps on paid plans | Free preview; paid from $9 a month |
| Indeed | Keywords plus "remote" | Email, daily or weekly | Free |
| A saved search | Email, app, or both; daily or weekly | Free with an account | |
| Careers pages | Your bookmarks | You checking | Free |
Tips that cut the noise
- Say where you can work from. "Remote" often means remote within one country or time zone, so put your location limits in the rule.
- Name the contract you want: full time, part time or freelance.
- Review your alerts once a week and drop the ones you never open.
If you just want a broad feed of remote jobs and do not mind sorting it yourself, Indeed and LinkedIn will do that for free. When you want fewer, better-matched alerts, AyeWatch is our pick. The AyeWatch blog has a longer piece on getting your application in early.