How to build a niche job board in Bubble

A niche job board in Bubble is built by creating two main data types (Job and Company), a submission flow where companies can post jobs, and a filtering/search UI where job seekers browse them. The core idea is: structure your database cleanly, use repeating groups to show jobs, add filters with constraints, and protect everything with Privacy Rules. That’s the whole engine.

Core Structure

Create two data types: Job and Company. A Job stores fields like title, description, salary range, location, job type, and a link to the Company. A Company stores name, logo, website, and the User who owns it. This lets each job be connected to a real account and keeps your database clean.

• Job (title: text, description: text, location: text, job\_type: text, company: Company)
• Company (name: text, website: text, owner: User)

Posting Flow

Create a form for employers. On submit, use a Create a new thing action and set company = Current User's Company. If a user needs a company profile first, send them to a simple form that creates a Company linked to Current User.

• Use a backend workflow if you need delayed features like “auto-expire after 30 days”.

Displaying and Filtering Jobs

Place a Repeating Group and set its Type of content to Job. The data source is Search for Jobs with constraints based on your filters. For example, connect a dropdown (job type) to the repeating group by adding a constraint: job\_type = Dropdown Job Type’s value. Bubble updates instantly.

• Add keyword search using a searchbox connected to a field like title or description.
• For niche boards, add a tag field (list of texts) and filter using contains keyword.

Job Details Page

Use a page with type Job. When users click a job in the repeating group, send them to this page and pass Current cell’s Job. Display each field. This keeps URLs unique and SEO-friendly.

Privacy Rules

Go to Privacy tab and create rules so only the owning user can edit their Company or Job. For example, in Job privacy: When current user is This Job's company’s owner → allow editing.

Optional Payments

If you want paid job posts, use Stripe’s checkout session via Bubble’s Stripe plugin. Charge first, then create the job only when payment is successful using the plugin’s “result of checkout” object.

// Example backend workflow pseudo-step: auto-expire job
// Trigger: Scheduled date field "expires_at"
Make changes to thing (Job)
status = "expired"

This setup is enough to launch a clean, functioning niche job board with real structure and scalability.