BackdoorA note from the founders
Why we built Backdoor
Hi, we're Sarvagya and Nikhil. We know what it's like to apply to hundreds of jobs a day across ten different platforms and hear nothing back. It's slow, lonely, and a little soul-crushing.
Our goal is simple: to build the best startup job-hunt agent there is.
If you're serious about working at a startup, we want Backdoor to be the only tool you need - the fastest, sharpest way to find the right opportunity and get in front of the people who actually make the call.
We've been on both sides of it. Sarvagya built job-search tools before this. Nikhil shipped products used around the world, then went looking for a job himself. Backdoor is the tool we wish we'd had.
One thing we learned: startups don't hire like big companies. Big companies run on systems, resume filters, and layers of bureaucracy, so sheer volume can sometimes get you through. Startups are the opposite. A founder actually reads your email, and one well-timed intro can turn into an interview. That's why Backdoor is built only for the startup job hunt.
Three things guide how we build it.
Simple to use
Job hunting is already exhausting. The tool shouldn't add to it. Backdoor lives in your messages, over iMessage, RCS, or SMS, so you just text it the way you'd text a friend. Nothing to download, no new app to learn, no dashboard to check.
On your side
Most job tools quietly make money off you. Recruiters push the roles they're paid to fill. Job boards sell your attention. Coaches sell courses. We didn't want any of that. Backdoor only wins when you win, and that's wired into how it works:
- Intros to startups are free for you. Companies pay to meet you, never the other way around.
- Outreach is $8 a week. Cancel anytime, in one text.
- You approve every email before it's sent, and you can cut off access whenever you want.
- It tells you the truth, even when the odds are long. We don't promise things we can't deliver.
We kept the pricing weekly on purpose. A job hunt is temporary, so the way you pay for it should be too. You only pay while you're actually searching, and the week you land a role, you stop. It keeps us honest: we have to earn it again every week, or you cancel.
Quality over quantity
The internet told you to apply everywhere. That's exactly why your inbox fills up with rejections and founders' inboxes fill up with spam. At a startup, blasting out applications backfires. So Backdoor picks about ten startups a day - each one a real fit for you, each pitch written for that specific company. Fewer shots, far better aim.
Get in through the back door.
That's the whole idea.
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