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SHORTLIST · BACKEND ENGINEER · 4/38

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M. Okafor

Senior Backend Engineer · Northwind Labs

TENURE 4 YRS OWNS PAYMENTS SVC OSS · 2.1K STARS OPEN-TO-WORK: NO

Four years at Northwind, owns the payments service. A recent raise and a wave of senior departures suggest the team's in flux. Active on GitHub, where he maintains a well-used open-source rate-limiter (2k+ stars), answers issues carefully, and never posts about looking.

Worth reaching: strong. Senior exodus, plus a real reason this problem would pull him

R. Castellanos · Staff Infra Engineer✓ done

+ 36 more on this shortlistqueued

Triage

Know who's worth your time before you write a word.

BeforeHey scores every candidate against the role you're filling and ranks the list, giving you the fit and the reason in one line, so you start with the names most likely to move, not the whole upload top to bottom.

M. OkaforStrong fit

Senior Backend Engineer · Northwind Labs

Owns the payments service; a senior exodus after the raise means he may be open sooner than his profile shows.

R. CastellanosStrong fit

Staff Infra Engineer · Cardinal Systems

Exactly the infra depth the role needs, but no public sign he's looking, so lead with the problem, not the job.

P. LindqvistWorth a look

Engineering Manager · Aldridge

Strong background, but moved into management last year, so confirm he wants hands-on again before you spend the pitch.

J. WhitfieldLikely no

Frontend Engineer · Tri-Cor

Adjacent stack, not the backend depth this role needs. Skip unless the brief widens.

Sample shortlist. Every name in your upload is scored and ranked, each with the one-line why. A starting read to prioritize, not a hiring call. Anything thin is flagged low-confidence rather than scored with false precision.

Work the list top to bottom and half your outreach goes to people who were never going to move. BeforeHey ranks the whole list first, in one batch, before you send anything.

What you get on every name, before you reach out

VERDICT

Who's worth reaching, and who isn't

Every name scored against your role: strong, worth a look, or likely no, each with the one-line why. Spend your outreach on the people most likely to move, instead of working the list top to bottom.

CONTEXT

The few facts that change your pitch

Role history, recent moves, and the trigger that makes now the right moment, all pulled from public signals and condensed to what actually matters when you reach out.

READ

How this person communicates

A communication-style read on each candidate, so your message lands the way they like to be approached: direct or warm, detail or headline, formal or casual.

DRAFT

A first message that won't get ignored

A ready-to-edit opener that references their actual work, not a template, written in your voice. Edit it, send from your own account, and log what gets replies.

Start with your own list

LinkedIn URLs, names + companies, or a CSV export. The list is yours. We never source contacts for you.
Get the verdict on every name

One batch, every name covered. Come back to a ranked shortlist of who's worth reaching, why, and the drafted opener, instead of thirty open tabs.
It gets sharper every time you send

Send from your own accounts. BeforeHey keeps your history of who you contacted, what you sent, and what got replies, so your outreach gets sharper every week.

You bring the list. No database to buy, no contacts to find. You already know who you want. BeforeHey tells you which of them are worth your outreach and what to say, and never sends anything for you.

Questions recruiters ask us

How does the fit score work?

You tell BeforeHey what the role needs, and it scores each candidate against that from the same public signals behind the brief (experience, trajectory, recent moves), then gives a band (strong fit, worth a look, likely no) with the reason in one line. It's a starting read to help you prioritize, not a hiring decision, and anything thin is flagged low-confidence rather than scored with false precision.

Is this a lead generation or contact database tool?

No. BeforeHey never finds people for you and has no database to search. You upload the list you already have, candidates and clients, and it makes you smart about every name on it.

Does it send messages for me?

Never. It drafts a first message for each person, in your voice, tuned to your offer. You review, edit, and send from your own email or LinkedIn account. Your accounts, your reputation, your control.

What can I upload?

LinkedIn URLs, names + companies, or a CSV export from wherever your list lives. Paste a handful of names or upload a few hundred, and everyone gets researched in one batch.

How does the free trial work?

Click "Start free trial," leave your email, and your invite arrives in your inbox. No card needed to start; the limited-time offer is $59/month for life after your trial, cancel anytime.

Who owns my list and outreach history?

You do. Your list, your notes, and your sent/reply history stay in your account, and we don't sell or share them. The history exists for one reason: so the tool learns what messaging works for you.

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