LinkedIn Profile Search

Find the right people — by title, skill, school, or signal.

Search 900M+ LinkedIn profiles directly. Combine title, company, school, function, seniority, and open-to-work filters to narrow millions of results down to the dozens worth reaching. Dead profiles cut; the rest ranked by match to your brief.

3 ways to find people on LinkedIn

Title + company search

Find specific roles at specific companies — 'Head of Growth at Series A fintechs in London.' Combines exact title matching with company and geography filters.

Skill + experience search

Target people by skill endorsements, years of experience, and career trajectory. Useful for recruiting niche roles or sales prospecting based on tech stack signals.

School + alumni search

Find alumni of specific universities or programs — powerful for recruitment, alumni marketing, and relationship-based outreach.

Filters that narrow millions to dozens

Title keywords

Exact-phrase or fuzzy title matching. Combine multiple titles ('Head of Growth' OR 'VP Marketing' OR 'CMO') in a single search.

Seniority

Entry, Mid, Senior, Manager, Director, VP, C-Suite. Crucial for recruiters avoiding individual contributors or salespeople avoiding non-decision-makers.

Function

Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Operations, HR, and more — LinkedIn's native function taxonomy so you don't waste budget on misfits.

Industry & company

Filter by current employer, past employers, company size, or specific industries. Great for finding ex-Big-Tech founders or people who worked at competitors.

Geography & relocation

Current location, past locations, or open-to-relocate signal. Tight geography for local sales, loose geography for remote roles.

Open-to-work signal

LinkedIn's #OpenToWork flag surfaces candidates actively looking. Layer with skill + seniority filters for focused recruitment outreach.

Who uses LinkedIn profile search

Recruiters sourcing for specific roles

Find backend engineers with 5+ years of Go experience in Berlin. Combine title, skill, seniority, and location filters. Open-to-work flag optional but boosts response rates.

Sales teams selling to people (not just companies)

Targeting 'Head of RevOps' at 100-500 person SaaS companies? Skip the company search — go directly to the people and score by role + tenure + company signals.

Alumni and community outreach

Reach alumni of a specific school or program for fundraising, mentorship, or community building. Combine school filter with industry and geography for targeted lists.

Competitor talent mapping

Who works at a competitor in a given function? Surface the full org chart by function and seniority. Useful for competitive intel and talent poaching.

Lode Leads vs ZoomInfo vs Recruiter

FeatureLode LeadsZoomInfoRecruiter
Coverage900M+ LinkedIn profilesContact DB with limited refreshRecruiter seat searches
Open-to-work filterNativeNot availableCheck each profile
Skill + experience filterCombined in one searchSeparate fieldsScroll each profile
RankingDead profiles cut, rest rankedNoneNone
TransparencyDisqualified list with reasonsSilent filteringN/A
ExportSheets, Excel, CSVCSVCopy-paste
Cost per 100 profiles~40 credits (~$4)$20–$50Hours of work

How LinkedIn profile search works

1

Describe the person you want

'Marketing VPs at Series B SaaS companies in Europe, open to work, who have 'growth' or 'demand gen' in their title history.' Plain language, not boolean.

2

Profile pull with filter layering

LodeLeads scrapes LinkedIn's people graph against your title, function, seniority, and location filters — then enriches each profile with company context and open-to-work signals.

3

Off-brief profiles cut, rest ranked

Profiles outside your seniority, function, or geography filters are cut before delivery. What arrives is ranked by match strength — best-fit first.

4

Export and start outreach

Ranked list to Sheets, Excel, or CSV — name, title, company, location, skills, open-to-work flag, and a personalized outreach angle per profile.

See a real profile search campaign

Watch a demand-gen team pull SaaS CMOs globally — filtered by company stage, title, and function — all ranked and ready for outbound.

View the SaaS CMO campaign

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