Backdoor
Found the quiet job. Still no reply.
BackdoorJobs, a different company with a similar name, points you to posted roles with fewer applicants. Backdoor writes to startup founders for you, often before a role is posted.
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Backdoor
A shorter line is still a line.
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You find a role with few applicants.
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You apply on the career page.
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You copy a template and hope.
Skip the pile. Land in the founder's inbox.
Founders at early startups often read their own email. A short note about why you fit them stands out there in a way a form application rarely does.
A founder's inbox, the week a role goes up.
One short note, about why you fit. Then a reply.
Hey, this is great timing. We're about to open this role.
Free for a quick call Tuesday?
Here's what it feels like instead.
Backdoor does the searching, writing and chasing. You stay in the loop and say yes.
BackdoorReach them before the job is posted
You hear about startups from funding, launch and hiring news, often before a role is posted.
BackdoorIt sounds like you, not a template
Instead of a template to copy, you get a short note about why you fit.
BackdoorFollow-ups happen without you
Backdoor sends the note from your Gmail and follows up in the same thread for you.
Replies come in weeks, not months.
Backdoor only writes to founders you fit, so the ones who answer tend to answer fast. See the research
first founder replies came within two weeks
interviews came within two weeks
replies came after a follow-up Backdoor sent
Among people who got a reply or an interview, May to September 2026.
Give it three weeks.
Out of every 10 people who let Backdoor run for three weeks or more:
And you never have to chase.
4 in 10 founder replies came after a follow-up. Backdoor sends those for you, so you never have to chase.
Start tonight. Wake up to founders who fit you.
Every morning Backdoor picks startups for you and drafts the notes. All you do is reply.
Say hi
On WhatsApp or iMessage. It takes ten seconds.
Send your LinkedIn
Or your resume. Backdoor reads up on you.
Get your first founders
Startups that fit you, with notes ready to send.
Questions, answered.
No. They are two separate companies with similar names and no connection. BackdoorJobs finds posted roles for you to apply to, and Backdoor emails startup founders on your behalf.
If you want to reach founders instead of applying through a career page, Backdoor. More than half the people who gave Backdoor three weeks heard back from a founder.
Yes. Apply to the roles it finds, and let Backdoor write to founders at startups that fit you.
No. Every note waits in your chat until you reply SEND, and then it goes out from your own Gmail. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
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Free to start · No forms · No app
Your next role could be one email away.
Say hi and share your LinkedIn. Backdoor finds the founders, writes the notes and follows up. You just say send.
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