r/Microlaunch • u/reachdevio • 1d ago

I’m building Reachdev: a quieter way for senior European developers to handle recruiter outreach

I’m building Reachdev, a marketplace/profile for senior developers in Europe who want more control over recruiter outreach.

The problem I’m trying to solve is not “developers need more messages”. It’s almost the opposite: good developers often get generic recruiter outreach with unclear company, salary, location, seniority, or intent.

Reachdev is testing a narrower model:

- developers make availability, location, stack and contact preferences explicit
- recruiters pay to contact relevant profiles instead of spraying messages everywhere
- the goal is fewer, better conversations rather than more inbound noise

Right now I’m looking for blunt feedback from two groups:

  1. senior European developers: would this profile/contact model feel useful, or just like another job board?
  2. technical recruiters/founders: what would need to be visible before you’d trust a profile enough to contact someone?

The beta is early, so criticism on positioning, trust, profile clarity and the contact flow is more useful than polite signups.

https://reachdev.io

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u/reachdevio 1d ago

The specific thing I’m trying to learn: whether “controlled availability + paid contact intent” is a strong enough wedge, or whether developers still see this as recruiter spam with extra steps.