Never apply to a job again.
Create a stealth profile, state your compensation floor, and let verified European and Japanese engineering teams pitch you with transparent terms.
Set your terms once
Specify your minimum salary floor, preferred timezone offset (UTC-1 to UTC+3, or Tokyo UTC+9), and whether you work via B2B contract or local payroll.
Go into stealth mode
Your current employer and agency recruiters are automatically blocked. Your identity stays masked until you explicitly choose to unlock a conversation.
Get pitched by technical founders
No automated recruiter spam. Teams must state their tech stack, architectural challenge, and compensation band in the very first message.
Your current employer will never know you're looking.
Unlike LinkedIn where changing your status alerts third-party scrapers, Katara gives you complete anonymity. Hide your profile from your current employer's domain, conceal your name until an intro is accepted, and toggle your visibility off with one click.
Built around engineer dignity, not recruiter quotas.
100% free forever
We never take a percentage of your salary or charge you for profile discovery. Engineers never pay.
Mandatory upfront salary bands
Recruiters cannot send messages saying 'compensation is competitive'. Every pitch includes exact numbers.
Direct founder & CTO inboxes
Skip initial HR screening calls. You speak directly with the engineering leaders building the product.
Zero inbound application noise
No 4-page applicant tracking system forms. No cover letters. When you update your search status to Exploring, the work comes to you.
Ready to let great engineering teams find you?
Join verified software engineers across Europe and Japan who skip applications entirely.