Everyone knows about LinkedIn... but what else is out there?

LinkedIn is one of the easiest places to apply to many software engineering jobs quickly, but how many responses can you actually get with no recruiter contacts or anything to differentiate your profile from thousands of others? Probably not that many regardless of your qualifications and seniority.

Aside from applying through LinkedIn or directly applying through company websites, there are many other ways to get noticed by many companies at once and make your job search more efficient. Here are just a few of the tech-oriented job hunting platforms and job boards that offer a streamlined service and a change of pace from LinkedIn.

Best for Startups

If you're interested in startups and mid-sized companies, look into Underdog.io and Triplebyte for getting in touch with many of them at once. In fact, on both platforms, many companies will reach out to you first by nature of how their process works.

Underdog.io's Process

  1. Sign up and submit an application with a resume and Linkedin.
  2. If your application is approved by reviewers, you are immediately placed into the next round. Rounds take place every two weeks.
  3. During the round, you are given access to the profiles of all the companies on Underdog. You will also be contacted through email by any companies that are interested in you. A noteworthy aspect is the analytics that become available to you.
  4. You can easily respond "Not Interested" to companies that contact you with a click of a button in the email you used to sign up. Otherwise, you can continue communicating with the company through your inbox as normal.
  5. After the round is over, your profile is deactivated on Underdog and Underdog will ask for feedback on companies and your experience on the platform.

Underdog's system works great because if your profile is strong in certain skills, you'll have 6-12 companies contacting you all within two weeks. You won't need to do anything other than construct your initial Underdog profile.

This makes job hunting much lower effort in terms of sending applications and getting past resume screens. It also consolidates all your job interviews into a condensed timeframe.

Top startup jobs and candidates in NYC and San Francisco | Underdog.io

Triplebyte Process

  1. Sign up and take a multiple choice technical quiz.
  2. Once approved, you are allowed access to the Triplebyte platform, and you can contact companies through it.
  3. Triplebyte will match you to companies with roles that suit your skillset and experience level.