Katara – A human-only reverse job board built to fight AI recruiter spam

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I'm an engineer<br>I'm an engineerI'm hiringYour career, quietly working in the background<br>Write one profile, then get on with your life. We keep it in front of real hiring teams — even on days you're not job hunting. No applications. No bots. No promises of instant offers.<br>One handwritten profile, always visible<br>Teams find you and bring salary ranges<br>Real humans only. No bot outreach.<br>Go passive anytime — your profile keeps working<br>List yourself — it's freeHow it works<br>no credit card required

Your one-stop hiring platform<br>01ProfilePost your profile once<br>Build a single, comprehensive profile that showcases your skills, experience, and what you're looking for. No more filling out repetitive applications — your profile does the work for you 24/7.

02InboundTeams apply to you<br>Verified teams browse the pool and reach out only when there's a real fit — no cold pitches, no mismatched roles.

03No SpamNo cold applications<br>Say goodbye to the "application black hole". Every conversation on Katara begins with a verified team that has already expressed a direct interest in your specific background.

04SmartCurated matches<br>Our matching engine filters out the noise. We surface opportunities that align with your seniority, location preferences, and career goals so you only spend time on what matters.

Get discovered<br>A fast growing directory of exceptional engineering talent

2 teams pitched youStaff Frontend Engineer<br>ReactTypeScriptNext.js2+

Berlin, GermanyActive

Machine Learning Engineer<br>PythonPyTorchCUDA

Lisbon, PortugalOpen to offers

Backend Engineer<br>GoPostgresKubernetes2+

Lusaka, ZambiaOpen to offers

DevOps Engineer<br>TerraformAWSDocker

Dubai, UAEActive

The Katara difference, in numbers<br>0Applications you'll ever fill out

100%Teams verified before they can message you

1Profile that replaces every application

The old wayThe application grind<br>Endless applications into the void<br>Ghosted after interviews<br>Salary revealed at the very end

With KataraTeams pitch you<br>One profile, discovered by every verified team<br>Conversations start with real interest<br>Salary upfront, always

Two sides, one seamless network<br>For engineersFor teams

Create your profile once and let verified teams come to you with transparent offers.

Reach vetted senior engineers directly — no job posts, no applicant piles.

A workspace, not another dead list.We've all bookmarked great people and lost them in a notes app six months later.<br>Katara gives your team a lightweight Kanban made for hiring. Move engineers through stages together, leave notes your teammates can actually find, and keep warm candidates ready for next quarter's sprint. When the req finally opens, you're already halfway there.

01Shared Pipelines<br>One board, whole team, same truth

02Candidate Tracking<br>Stages, notes, status in one place

03Talent pools<br>Save brilliant people before the role exists

04Sprint-ready hiring<br>Open a req with a bench already warm

And we never cap developer signups on our side. A bigger pool makes everyone's pipeline better — charging per contact would just punish you for being thorough.<br>Set up your team pipeline

Why no AI0% AI. On purpose.<br>We've all had that conversation with a recruiter bot. It knew nothing about us. We built Katara so nobody has to have it again.<br>There's no matching algorithm here. No resume scrapers scraping LinkedIn at 3am. No bots pretending to be interested in your work. Every profile was written by the engineer themselves — and a human on our team read it before it went live.<br>If you're an engineer<br>You wrote your profile, not a prompt<br>No algorithm quietly bins you before a human looks<br>Real hiring managers read every word<br>Nobody fakes enthusiasm at you

If you're hiring<br>What you read is genuine technical depth<br>No keyword-stuffed LLM CVs<br>Your inbox stays quiet until a real person writes<br>Fewer profiles, yes. Better ones, too.

Slow markets don't need more automation. They need honesty — from platforms, and about the market itself.

One price. No placement fees. Ever.<br>Here's the thing about agency fees — they only work if someone gets placed quickly. That shapes the advice you get, whether anyone admits it or not. We charge one flat subscription whether you hire this quarter or next year. So take your time. Build a pool you trust. Come back to it every sprint.<br>No success fees. No small print.<br>Cancel anytime.<br>Yearly billing saves ~20%.<br>See full pricing<br>Traditional agenciesKataraUpfront costRetainers, often £8k+$374–$758/yearPer hire15–25% of first-year salary$0IncentiveClose fast, collect feeHelp you build a pipeline that lastsCandidate accessCurated, gatedFull pool, unlimited signups

Create your profile once and let top teams pitch to you.<br>No applications, no waiting on replies. Build your profile once and let verified teams come to you with real offers.<br>Create your profile

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