Backdoor
200 US startup engineering roles paying $150k+.
The sheet is free, take it. Or let Backdoor pick the startups that fit you and email their founders for you.
Free to start. No card needed. The sheet opens in Google Sheets, no signup.
The list gets you the names. Be the one who hears back.
Most people send every startup the same copy-pasted email. Backdoor makes yours the one worth answering.
A founder's inbox, any given morning
Hey, loved this note.
Deliverability is our biggest headache right now and we're hiring for exactly that. Free for a quick call Thursday?
Neha
How Backdoor gets you the reply
Picks startups that fit
The ones that match your background, on this list and off it.
Finds the founder
The person who decides, at their own address.
Writes why you fit
Short, specific and in your voice. You approve every email.
Follows up for you
In the same thread until they reply, then texts you.
Free to start. No card needed.
Every 20 minutes, a founder writes back.
Questions, answered.
Yes. No signup, no card, no email. The button at the top of this page opens the Google Sheet.
200 full-time engineering roles at 145 Y Combinator startups in the US, checked on 10 November 2026: the role, where it is, the experience it asks for, the advertised salary, the hiring contact named on the posting, the visa policy and how long ago it was posted, with links to the role and the company.
Experienced engineers. Every role asks for 3 or more years and advertises at least $150k. Most are in San Francisco or New York, and 28 mention remote.
48 of the 200 say they will sponsor, and 5 more say US citizenship or a visa is not required. The rest ask for US work authorisation. The sheet marks each one, as the company states it.
No. Open it from this page. Text Backdoor if you want it to find the startups that fit you and write to their founders for you.
It asks for your LinkedIn, researches your background, picks startups that fit you every morning and drafts emails to their founders. You approve every one.
Anyone aiming for a pre-seed to Series C startup, where one good email to a founder can become an interview. If you want to mass-apply to big companies, it isn't for you.
Yes. Backdoor is built by Nikhil Sheoran and Sarvagya Kulshreshtha, and more than 26,000 people have used it. Every first email waits for your SEND, and follow-ups go only in the threads you approved. It all goes out from your own Gmail, so you can see every email. You can delete your data in one tap.
Job boards put you in a pile. Backdoor writes straight to the founder, often before a role is posted, about why you fit them.
No. Every new email waits for your SEND. Follow-ups only continue threads you approved, and you can cancel them anytime.
Backdoor connects to your Gmail so it can send the emails you approve and tell you when a founder replies. Connecting it is optional, and the privacy policy has the details.
Yes, when the email is about why you fit them. 58% of people who send their first 10 emails with Backdoor hear back from a founder within two weeks. Last month founders sent more than 2,200 replies. Founders at early startups read their own inbox.
Follow-ups stop, you get a text right away, and the full reply lands in your inbox.
Yes. Tell Backdoor your status once. It looks for startups that can hire you, and your emails mention it only where it helps, like OPT needing no sponsorship. It can't promise sponsorship. That is the startup's call.
Chat, profile research, career advice, resume help and a demo search are free. You pay only for outreach, the emails Backdoor writes to founders and sends from your Gmail, from $29 a month.
A talent agent on your side. Backdoor researches your background, helps with your resume, and keeps you in its talent pool: when one of our partner startups fits you, the team introduces you by hand. You pay only if you want Backdoor to email founders for you.
No, nothing can. It handles the research, emails and follow-ups. The interview is still you.