Find the Top 1% of Tech Talent on Reddit

The "LinkedIn Fatigue" Crisis

If you are hiring for senior technical roles, you know the pain. You send 100 InMails. Maybe 15 get opened. Maybe 2 get a reply. And usually, the reply is "not interested."

The best engineers have tuned out the noise. They have turned off LinkedIn notifications because they are tired of generic spam from recruiters who don't understand the difference between Java and JavaScript. They aren't looking for jobs on job boards because they don't need to. The jobs usually come to them.

But these same engineers are highly active on Reddit. They spend hours every week in communities like r/rust, r/sysadmin, r/machinelearning, and r/webdev. They aren't there to network. They are there to discuss their craft, solve complex problems, and help their peers.

This is the "Hidden Talent Pool." It is vast, it is highly skilled, and it is almost entirely untouched by traditional recruiters. Leado gives you the key to access it.

Proof of Work vs. Resume Keywords

Traditional recruiting relies on resumes. A resume tells you what a candidate claimsto know. It tells you which buzzwords they know how to type. But it doesn't tell you if they can actually solve problems.

Reddit relies on meritocracy. In a technical subreddit, you can see a candidate's expertise in real-time.

How Leado Automates Sourcing

You cannot spend your entire day reading Reddit threads to find these gems. Leado automates the sourcing of passive candidates by monitoring the conversations that matter.

The "DevRel" Recruiting Strategy

The mistake most recruiters make is spamming. "Hi, I have a job for you." On Reddit, that gets you downvoted.

Leado helps you take a "Developer Relations" (DevRel) approach. Instead of pitching, you engage. The AI drafts a comment that adds value to the conversation first.

For example, if a user writes a brilliant post about database sharding, Leado helps you reply: "This is a fantastic breakdown of sharding. We are actually struggling with a similar issue at [Company] regarding our Postgres clusters. Would love to pick your brain if you're open to a chat."

This isn't a sales pitch. It is a compliment from one engineer to another. It starts a relationship based on mutual respect, which has a significantly higher response rate than a cold job offer.

Who You Can Hire on Reddit

The Cost of Vacancy

How much does it cost your company to leave a Senior Developer role open for 3 months? In lost productivity, delayed features, and team burnout, the cost is often in the tens of thousands of dollars.

Traditional recruiting agencies charge 20-30% of the first year's salary. For a $150k engineer, that is a $45,000 fee.

Leado allows you to bring sourcing in-house for a fraction of the cost. By spending 15 minutes a day engaging with talent on Reddit, you build a pipeline of passive candidates that you own, without paying massive agency placement fees.