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POST
/
v1
/
job
/
change
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.waterfall.io/v1/job/change \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "company_domain": "digitalriver.com",
  "contact_linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe-abc123/"
}
'
{
  "status": "SUCCEEDED",
  "start_date": "2025-03-28T22:44:23.566762+00:00",
  "stop_date": "2025-03-28T22:44:24.052251+00:00",
  "input": {
    "task": {
      "company_domain": "digitalriver.com",
      "company_linkedin": null,
      "professional_email": "jane.doe@digitalriver.com",
      "personal_email": null,
      "contact_linkedin": null,
      "contact_full_name": null,
      "custom_fields": null,
      "job_id": "db1390dd-f2fa-4cb4-a77a-e651e785d12c",
      "context_id": "db1390dd-f2fa-4cb4-a77a-e651e785d12c"
    }
  },
  "output": {
    "job_change_status": "moved",
    "person": {
      "id": "e70fc5a3-55d9-43e5-93ea-b9e8210435da",
      "first_name": "Jane",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "linkedin_id": "jane-doe-abc123",
      "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe-abc123/",
      "about": "Sales professional with a background in SaaS and enterprise software.",
      "location": "San Francisco, California, United States",
      "country": "United States",
      "company_name": "Acme Corp",
      "company_domain": "acme.com",
      "company_linkedin_id": "acme-corp",
      "title": "Head of Sales",
      "seniority": "Director",
      "department": "Sales",
      "experiences": [
        {
          "title": "Head of Sales",
          "location": "San Francisco, CA",
          "company_name": "Acme Corp",
          "company_linkedin_id": "acme-corp",
          "company_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/acme-corp/",
          "company_domain": "acme.com",
          "start_date": "2023-11-01",
          "end_date": null,
          "is_current": true
        },
        {
          "title": "Senior Account Executive",
          "location": "Remote",
          "company_name": "Digital River",
          "company_linkedin_id": "digital-river",
          "company_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-river/",
          "company_domain": "digitalriver.com",
          "start_date": "2019-07-01",
          "end_date": "2023-10-01",
          "is_current": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
Job Change Detection OverviewYou input: Previous company identifier (domain or LinkedIn) + contact identifier (LinkedIn, email, or name)You get: Job change status — moved, left, no_change, or unknown — and a profile snapshot when available
Job Change returns results synchronously — status and output are included directly in the response.

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Supported input combinations

Provide as many fields as you have — more signals increase match accuracy.
CombinationRequired fieldsNotes
Domain + contact LinkedIncompany_domain + contact_linkedinHighest coverage. Recommended.
Domain + professional emailcompany_domain + professional_email—
Domain + personal emailcompany_domain + personal_email—
Company LinkedIn + contact LinkedIncompany_linkedin + contact_linkedin—
Company LinkedIn + professional emailcompany_linkedin + professional_email—
Professional email onlyprofessional_emailMinimum viable input.
company_domain + contact_linkedin yields the highest coverage. When possible, include both.

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Business notes

Add your internal notes here — pricing, use cases, etc.

Authorizations

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x-api-key
string
header
required

To access the API, provide your API key in x-api-key.

Body

application/json

Job Change request payload with company/person identifiers and optional custom_fields.

Request payload for Job Change. Valid input sets include: 1) company_domain + (contact_linkedin, professional_email, personal_email, or contact_full_name) 2) company_linkedin + (contact_linkedin, professional_email, or personal_email) 3) professional_email (optionally with contact_full_name)

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company_domain
string

The domain where you want to find contacts. It can be a plain domain or a full URL; Waterfall automatically extracts the company domain.

Required string length: 2 - 500
Example:

"waterfall.io"

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company_linkedin
string | null

Company LinkedIn URL or ID/handle (for example google from https://www.linkedin.com/company/google/). Recommended input to maximize coverage.

Maximum string length: 500
Example:

"waterfall-io"

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professional_email
string<email> | null

Professional or personal email address.

Maximum string length: 254
Example:

"john.doe@waterfall.io"

​
personal_email
string<email> | null

Professional or personal email address.

Maximum string length: 254
Example:

"john.doe@gmail.com"

​
contact_linkedin
string | null

Company LinkedIn URL or ID/handle (for example google from https://www.linkedin.com/company/google/). Recommended input to maximize coverage.

Maximum string length: 500
Example:

"waterfall-io"

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contact_full_name
string | null

Full name of the contact. Providing first_name and last_name is preferable when both are available.

Maximum string length: 250
Example:

"John Doe"

​
custom_fields
object

Any custom key-value pairs echoed back in the Prospector Finder output (useful for correlating internal source metadata).

Example:
{
  "tenantId": "0e9d26b7-cdb5-4d95-b248-59ac389d2e8a",
  "workflowId": "ProspectFromWaterfall:23ed5bc8-a976-4ee0-b644-f0eb2db6e3ad:c268355e-a256-4593-a216-009a2463cee4",
  "waterfallRequestId": "1b49c542-f47a-406b-a95f-a1859d1461af"
}

Response

Job Change result returned successfully.

Job Change response with job state, input, and optional output.

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status
enum<string>
required

The status of the job.

Available options:
RUNNING,
SUCCEEDED,
FAILED,
TIMED_OUT,
ABORTED
Example:

"RUNNING"

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start_date
string<date-time>
required

A date time in ISO 8601 format.

Example:

"2025-02-05T15:46:35.771Z"

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input
object
required
Example:
{
  "task": {
    "company_domain": "scale.com",
    "company_linkedin": null,
    "professional_email": null,
    "personal_email": null,
    "contact_linkedin": null,
    "contact_full_name": "Connor Heggie",
    "custom_fields": null,
    "job_id": "56d6add5-0bdd-4834-9b9b-390c08df31e9",
    "context_id": "56d6add5-0bdd-4834-9b9b-390c08df31e9"
  }
}
​
stop_date
string<date-time>

A date time in ISO 8601 format.

Example:

"2025-02-05T15:46:35.771Z"

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output
object

Job Change output payload.

Example:
{
  "job_change_status": "unknown",
  "person": {}
}