Find software engineers (recruiting)
You are sourcing backend or full stack engineers for an open role and want candidates, not recruiters or students.
("software engineer" OR "software developer" OR "backend engineer" OR "full stack engineer") AND (Python OR Java OR Go OR Node) NOT (recruiter OR "talent acquisition" OR intern OR student) The first group covers the title variants engineers actually use, so one search catches people who describe the same job differently. The AND group narrows results to relevant stacks, while the NOT group strips out recruiters and students whose profiles mention the same keywords.
Variations
Wider net
("software engineer" OR "software developer" OR programmer) NOT (recruiter OR "talent acquisition") Senior only
("senior software engineer" OR "staff engineer" OR "principal engineer" OR "tech lead") AND (Python OR Java OR Go) NOT (recruiter OR intern)Paste into LinkedIn's main search bar, then filter by People. Operators must stay uppercase; the copies above already are.
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