Using Google site search is a great way! For example - site:lever.co “Software Engineer, Machine Learning” OR “Machine Learning Engineer”. This is helped me search for a lot of jobs that weren’t advertised.

You can do this similarly for greenhouse.io, ashbyhq.com, myworkdayjobs.com, breezy.hr, workable.com, dover.io, ats.rippling.com, icims.com and other popular ATS websites.

In the last 12 years of employment I've pretty much received all my jobs through the friends, friends of friends, and former colleagues network. There was one job which I actually applied for on their website and had a standard interview process for, but I had former colleagues already working there, so I include that.

I am in Game Development so it is a much smaller community than the overall tech industry and you're more likely to know people in different companies as people slowly disperse after completing a project.

I think as you get older you kind of have to find jobs in this way, relying on your network and reputation, rather than doing a fresh cold application each time.

I miss StackOverflow jobs – it showed that jobs were probably published there because someone technical advocated for the platform.

Find a job you find interesting and have a compelling value add. Find that job’s hiring manager on LinkedIn/Other Social. DM the hiring manager and start a conversation. Has worked for me multiple times. You cut the line (or black box) and start to build rapport instantly.

If someone reaches out to me unless they have a very unique skillset - no “full stack developer” and “I got my last job because I can invert a btree on the white board” are not special skill sets.

I’m going to refer them to the ATS.

That’s why I said you need to have a distinct value add. If you’re a generic X-level engineer, going to be harder to stand out.

LinkedIn is a place to show your social status.