One job

GET /v1/jobs/{id}

Returns one job, including closed ones (status: "closed" with closed_at). An unknown or malformed id is a 404. Ids are Backspin’s own, bsj_ followed by lowercase letters and digits, and never change.

The job record

Every field is in the API reference. Illustrative values:

{
  "id": "bsj_8f3k2m9q",
  "status": "open",
  "title": "Fire Alarm Technician",
  "company": { "name": "Pye-Barker Fire & Safety", "domain": "pyebarkerfs.com" },
  "description_html": "<p>…</p>",
  "apply_url": "https://pyebarkerfire.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PB_V2/job/…",
  "locations": [
    { "text": "Denver, CO", "city": "Denver", "region": "CO", "country": "US" }
  ],
  "workplace": { "value": "onsite", "from": "ats" },
  "employment_type": { "value": "full_time", "from": "ats" },
  "pay": {
    "min": 32, "max": 42, "currency": "USD", "period": "hour",
    "from": "ats", "period_from": "ats", "text": null
  },
  "flags": { "commission_only": false, "door_to_door": false, "retail_sales": false },
  "department": "Service",
  "seniority": null,
  "categories": ["electrical"],
  "metros": ["denver"],
  "posted_at": "2026-10-28T14:02:00Z",
  "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T18:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T06:00:00Z",
  "closed_at": null,
  "source": { "platform": "workday", "job_id": "JR113627" }
}

How to read it

from says where a value came from: ats (the employer’s own field), title, location, description, or amount (a pay period judged from the size of the amounts).
Unknown is null. workplace, employment_type and pay are always objects; when nothing is known their members are null.
Pay comes whole from one side, never mixed. When it was read from the description, text is the exact text it came from.
flags are true when the job’s own text says so. false means not stated, not stated otherwise.
apply_url is the employer’s job page. Boards link out; Backspin never takes applications.
description_html is the employer’s HTML as published. Sanitize it before you render it.
updated_at moves only when the listing itself changes.
company.domain is filled once Backspin knows it; most are empty today.