About PlusEight
The real pain with remote work isn't whether a job is remote — it's whether the timezones can actually work together. PlusEight only lists remote jobs where you can keep normal hours and still overlap enough with the team, aimed at engineers, product managers and designers living between UTC+7 and UTC+9.
Where the data comes from
Once a day, a scheduled script pulls the public job APIs that companies on our seed list already expose through Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and SmartRecruiters. Rules then filter for "remote + GMT+8 compatible + software / product / design". There is no manual review — when a rule is wrong, we fix the rule.
We don't bypass logins, don't defeat rate limits, and identify our bot by
User-Agent. Every job's canonical link points back to the company's
original posting. This is a referral aggregator, not an official source. If a
company wants its listings removed, email
hj.handstar@gmail.com and we'll do it.
How the timezone call works
Every job that survives the filter is tagged with why it fits:
- Names APAC explicitly — the posting mentions an APAC country or GMT+7/8/9 by name. These are actively open to your region. Use the "Names APAC explicitly" filter to see only these.
- Open worldwide — the posting says "worldwide" / "any timezone" / describes async work. You're included, just not specifically courted.
- Likely (company policy) — the posting is silent on location, but the company hires globally remote, so overlap is assumed.
Anything mentioning "US only", "EMEA only", "overlap with PST" and similar, or whose title/location names a specific non-APAC place, is dropped. We'd rather miss a good job than send you to one that turns out to be US-only.
Frequently asked questions
What is PlusEight?
PlusEight is a job board that only lists remote software, product and design jobs which overlap with GMT+8 (UTC+8) working hours — the timezone shared by Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Western Australia. It currently tracks about 258 open roles across 30 companies and refreshes daily.
Where do the job listings come from?
A scheduled script pulls the public job-board APIs that companies already expose through Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and SmartRecruiters. Nothing is scraped from behind a login, no rate limits are bypassed, and the bot identifies itself by User-Agent. Every listing links back to the company's original posting via a canonical URL.
How does PlusEight decide a job is GMT+8 friendly?
Every surviving posting is tagged with why it fits: "names APAC explicitly" (mentions an APAC country or GMT+7/8/9 by name — actively open to the region), "open worldwide" (says worldwide / any timezone / async), or "likely" (silent on location, but the company hires globally remote). Anything that names a US, EMEA, Canada or Latin-America-only requirement, asks for overlap with a Western timezone, or whose title or location names a specific non-APAC place, is dropped. The check is deliberately conservative — it would rather miss a good job than list a US-only one.
Is PlusEight free? Do I need an account?
It is free and there are no accounts. You cannot apply through PlusEight — every job links out to the company's own application page. The only thing you can sign up for is the weekly email digest.
How often is it updated?
Once a day. The listing was last refreshed on 2026-11-01. New jobs are marked and also collected into a weekly Sunday email.
Which roles are covered?
Software engineering, product management and product / UX / UI design. Sales, recruiting, support and customer-success roles are filtered out even when their titles contain words like "engineer".
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