The short string has the titles and the core skills. Start with it. The full string adds related skills: use it when the short string finds too many profiles. Copy a string as it is, or change the terms in the generator.
Titles and synonyms
C++ Developer, C++ Engineer, C++ Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, Systems Programmer
Paste a string into the LinkedIn search box and open the People results. It finds profiles with one of the titles and the core skills. Set the location with the Locations filter. To get more results, remove a skill.
Short string
("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer") AND C++ AND Linux
Full string
("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer") AND C++ AND Linux AND (STL OR Multithreading OR Embedded OR Qt)
LinkedIn Recruiter
Paste a string into the Keywords field of LinkedIn Recruiter, or split it between the Job titles and Keywords fields as shown. Set the location with the Location filter, not in the string.
Short string
("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer") AND C++ AND Linux
Full string
("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer") AND C++ AND Linux AND (STL OR Multithreading OR Embedded OR Qt)
Recruiter fields for the full string
Job titles field
"C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer"
Keywords field
C++ AND Linux AND (STL OR Multithreading OR Embedded OR Qt)
Google X-ray
Paste a string into Google. It finds public LinkedIn profiles of C++ Developer candidates. Google reads only the first 32 words, so each string shows its word count. To add a city, type it in quotes.
Short string
site:linkedin.com/in -site:business.linkedin.com ("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer") C++ Linux
14 of 32 words
Full string
site:linkedin.com/in -site:business.linkedin.com ("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer") C++ Linux (STL OR Multithreading OR Embedded OR Qt)
18 of 32 words
GitHub X-ray
Paste a string into Google. It finds GitHub profiles of people who list these skills. The words repositories, followers and following keep the results to profiles of people. Many GitHub profiles show no job title, so a city helps more than another title.
Short string
site:github.com "repositories" "followers" "following" -site:github.com/orgs -site:gist.github.com -inurl:tab -inurl:blob -inurl:tree C++ Linux ("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer")
21 of 32 words
Full string
site:github.com "repositories" "followers" "following" -site:github.com/orgs -site:gist.github.com -inurl:tab -inurl:blob -inurl:tree C++ Linux (STL OR Multithreading OR Embedded OR Qt) ("C++ Developer" OR "C++ Engineer" OR "C++ Software Engineer" OR "Embedded Software Engineer")