specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: The Muse
providerId: themuse
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Job Openings
- Jobs
- Careers
- Recruiting
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of consuming The Muse public API. There is no metered usage fee
  for the public API - it is free at both the anonymous (500 requests/hour) and
  registered (3,600 requests/hour) access levels. The only "cost" dimension for
  a consumer is request budget against the hourly rate limit and the engineering
  cost of caching and pagination. Any commercial or higher-volume arrangement is
  negotiated directly with The Muse and would introduce a contract-based cost.
notes: >-
  Because the API is free, there is no vendor invoice to reconcile for standard
  use. Manage "spend" as request-rate budget: cache job and company data, page
  efficiently, and register an api_key to raise the ceiling. Verify any
  commercial terms with The Muse (api@themuse.com) during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2/terms
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: The Muse
serviceCategory: Careers and Recruiting Data
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free
  billingFrequency: None
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
meters:
- name: api_requests
  description: Requests made against the hourly rate limit; free but capped per window.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - application
  - endpoint
- name: rate_limit_window
  description: Hourly rate-limit window consumption (500 anonymous / 3,600 registered).
  unit: requests
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - application
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track requests per endpoint and per hour against the X-RateLimit-Limit ceiling for each application key.
- name: Allocation
  description: Use a distinct api_key per application or team so request budget maps to the consuming workload.
- name: Optimization
  description: Cache job and company results, respect the 20-per-page pagination, and register an api_key to lift the ceiling from 500 to 3,600 requests/hour before considering a commercial arrangement.
- name: Accountability
  description: Monitor 403 rate-limit responses and reset windows; escalate to a commercial agreement with The Muse only when free limits are consistently exceeded.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com