Source candidates without the guesswork.

Why sourcing is still broken

Recruiting teams spend a disproportionate amount of time on one task: finding a way to contact the candidate. You identify the right person on LinkedIn, confirm they match the role, and then hit a wall because you cannot reach them outside the platform.

InMail response rates are low. LinkedIn connection requests get ignored. The candidates you actually want to hire are the ones who are hardest to reach through conventional channels.

Most sourcing tools offer email databases that were built from scraping and pattern matching. The problem is that candidates change jobs frequently. An email that worked six months ago may bounce today. And a bounced recruiting email is a wasted opportunity you cannot get back.

Real-time resolution, not stale lookups

emailfinder.dev does not store a database of candidate emails. Every lookup is performed live against the recipient mail server. When you request an email, we verify in real-time that the mailbox exists and accepts messages.

This matters for recruiting because candidate data changes constantly. People switch companies, get promoted, move to new domains. A live lookup ensures you are always reaching the person at their current address.

If we cannot verify the email, we return nothing and you are not charged. There are no confidence scores to guess at, no maybe results to filter through.

LinkedIn to email in one request

The most natural recruiting workflow starts on LinkedIn. You find a candidate, review their profile, and decide to reach out. The LinkedIn Lookup endpoint takes the profile URL and returns a verified email along with the person's full name, current job title, and company.

This gives you everything you need to write a personalized outreach email without switching between tools or manually searching for contact information.

Mapping teams at target companies

When you are hiring for multiple roles at once, or when you want to build a talent pipeline at specific companies, the Company Emails endpoint is useful. Pass a company domain and get up to 20 verified email addresses.

This is particularly effective for agency recruiters working on retained searches, or internal talent teams building pools of candidates at competitor companies or target accounts.

Finding candidates by name and company

Sometimes you have a referral or a name from a conference badge, but no email. The Person Email endpoint resolves a verified address from a name and company domain. Pass the candidate's name and their employer's domain, and get a deliverable email back.

This works well for passive sourcing, where you identify candidates through industry events, publications, or internal referrals and need a direct way to reach them.

Plugging into your ATS and workflow

The API is designed for integration. Simple GET requests, Bearer token auth, JSON responses. You can connect it to your ATS, sourcing tool, or internal recruiting platform with minimal development effort.

With 1,000 requests per minute, you can run bulk enrichment jobs across candidate lists. Credits are only charged for verified results, so you can run lookups aggressively without worrying about wasting budget on bad data.