Advanced LinkedIn X-Ray Search: 25 Battle-Tested Patterns

LinkedIn’s UI can be limiting (and rate‑limited). When you need speed, Google X‑Ray search lets you query public LinkedIn profiles with precision. Below are practical patterns you can copy, tweak, and run today to reach the right people faster.

New to LinkedIn Boolean search? Read our LinkedIn Boolean search guide for a quick refresher on operators and templates.

X-Ray Basics

• Target public profiles only: site:linkedin.com/in/
• Exclude company pages & jobs: -site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company
• Add geography where relevant: ("London" OR "UK" OR "United Kingdom")

Example skeleton:

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("Senior" OR "Lead") (Engineer OR Developer) (Python OR Java)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Titles: Seniority and Role Variations

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("Senior" OR "Lead" OR "Staff" OR "Principal")
("Software Engineer" OR "Developer" OR "Backend Engineer" OR "Full Stack")
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Stacks and Skills (AND/OR combos)

site:linkedin.com/in/ (React OR "React.js") (TypeScript OR "TS") (Next.js)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Cloud & DevOps

site:linkedin.com/in/ (AWS OR GCP OR Azure) (Terraform OR Pulumi) (Kubernetes OR K8s)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Data & AI

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("Data Scientist" OR "ML Engineer") (TensorFlow OR PyTorch)
(MLOps OR "model deployment")
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Finance & Ops

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("FP&A" OR "Financial Planning") ("Budgeting" OR "Forecasting")
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Location Targeting (flexible)

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("London" OR "Manchester" OR "Birmingham") (UK OR "United Kingdom")
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Education and Certifications

site:linkedin.com/in/ (CISSP OR CISM OR CCSP) ("Security Analyst" OR "SOC Analyst")
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Anti-Noise Filters

site:linkedin.com/in/ (Engineer OR Developer)
-"looking for" -"open to work" -hiring -recruiter -agency
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

5 Copy‑Ready Templates by Role

1) Backend Engineer (EU Remote)

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("Backend Engineer" OR "Software Engineer")
(Java OR Kotlin OR Go) (PostgreSQL OR MySQL) (AWS OR GCP)
(Remote OR Europe OR EU)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

2) React/TypeScript Frontend

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("Frontend Developer" OR "UI Engineer")
(React OR "React.js") (TypeScript OR TS) (Redux OR Zustand)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

3) DevOps / Platform

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("DevOps Engineer" OR "Platform Engineer")
(Kubernetes OR K8s) (Terraform OR Pulumi) (AWS OR GCP OR Azure)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

4) Data Scientist (NLP)

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("Data Scientist" OR "ML Engineer")
(NLP OR "natural language processing") (Transformers OR BERT OR LLM)
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

5) Cybersecurity Analyst (SOC)

site:linkedin.com/in/ ("SOC Analyst" OR "Security Analyst")
(SIEM OR Splunk OR Sentinel) (Incident OR "Incident Response")
-site:linkedin.com/jobs -site:linkedin.com/company

Tips to increase response rate

• Personalize outreach with a quick observation from their profile.
• Reference a recent project/stack you found in search terms.
• Keep the first message short; offer a clear next step.

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FAQ

• Do I need LinkedIn Recruiter? No—these X‑Ray patterns target public profiles.
• How do I add geography? Append a city/country group like (London OR UK).
• Can I exclude titles? Yes: add -title:"Junior" -title:"Intern" in your string.

Related

• LinkedIn Boolean Search Tool
• LinkedIn Boolean Search Basics