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Engineering · Head of Engineering

Find any Head of Engineering's verified email — and write like an engineer, not a marketer.

Engineering leaders archive vague pitches in milliseconds. The emails that work cite a real metric (deploy frequency, MTTR, p95 latency) and propose a measurable improvement.

~86%

Email hit rate

4.6×

Reply lift, metric-led

74k

Eng leaders worldwide

$29

Flat, unlimited

Why 'developer productivity' pitches die

Engineering leaders have seen every productivity pitch ever written. They want concrete metrics, integration paths, and an honest description of trade-offs.

The winning email names a DORA metric, a specific incident pattern, or a CI bottleneck — and proposes a measurable lift.

The 5 methods, ranked by hit rate

Method 01 · Best~86%

B2B finder + verifier

HuntMeLeads, Apollo, Clearbit. ~86% verified hit.

Method 02 · GitHub commits

Public commit author emails

Many leaders commit with work email.

Method 03 · Conference speakers

Speaker bio pages

Often list direct contact.

Method 04 · LinkedIn About

Public contact in bio

Common for staff+ engineers.

Method 05 · Fallback~75%

first.last@domain

Standard at most B2B SaaS Series B+.

Reply rate by pitch angle

Aggregated from 1,420 sent emails to verified engineering leaders.
AngleReply rateBest for
Deploy frequency benchmark11.2%Series B+ SaaS
MTTR / on-call reduction10.5%Scale-up
CI minutes optimization9.8%All stages
p95 latency teardown8.4%Consumer / API
'Developer productivity'0.5%Never — instant archive

The 80-word email an engineering leader replies to

Name the metric, the system, and a concrete lift number.
compose · cold email
Subject:
CI minutes — 38% reduction pattern at [Peer Co]
Body:
[First] — [Peer Co] cut CI minutes ~38% by parallelizing their Jest suite differently. Saved them ~$11k/mo on [CI provider].

Saw [Company] uses [stack] from the [job posting / GitHub Action]. Likely a similar pattern.

Want the 2-page write-up? No call needed.
— [Name], [Credential]

HuntMeLeads vs typical engineering-leader finder stack

FeatureHuntMeLeadsTypical alternative
Verified email~86% hit55–70% per credit
PricingFlat $29 unlimited$0.10–$0.50 per credit
Tech stack enrichmentBuilt-inAdd-on
Direct dialIncluded where publicAdd-on credit
Sender + warmupIncludedSeparate tool
Free planForever-free7-day trial

What kills an engineering pitch

Marketing voice

Sound like an engineer or be ignored.

No metric

Vague claims get archived.

Calendar-first CTA

Engineers hate calls. Offer the write-up.

Friday sends

Release lock. Tues/Wed convert best.

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