Backdoor
Hundreds submitted for you, and no callbacks.
Scale.jobs has people fill in applications for you. Backdoor skips the application and writes a short note to the startup founder, sent from your Gmail.
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Backdoor
Someone else applying still puts you in line.
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Assistants submit form after form.
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Each one joins the applicant stack.
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The callbacks don't come.
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
Backdoor spots startups from funding and launch news, often before they post the role.
BackdoorA founder reads it, not a filter
Your note goes to the founder who decides, not into an applicant system.
BackdoorNothing goes out without your yes
Nothing is sent in your name until you read it and reply SEND.
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.
It takes applying off your hands. If applications aren't getting callbacks, a direct note to a founder is a different way in.
For startup jobs, Backdoor. It finds the founder's email, drafts a note about why you fit and follows up in the same thread.
No. Backdoor drafts each note, and you approve it by replying SEND on WhatsApp or iMessage. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
Many do. 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks.
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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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