You can of course achieve the same "the top guys at this growing company are sufficiently interested in me for this not to be an HR-lead timewaste" effect with a senior non-recruiter email that's actually honest, more along the lines of
My colleague Bob was impressed by your [personalised details]. I've asked Bob to look for people with X and our stack is based entirely on Y which I understand you're very familiar with. If you're interested in working on Z in future perhaps you and Bob could grab a quick coffee, and if that works out I'd love to have the chance to learn more about [personalised detail] for myself at some point.
My colleague Bob was impressed by your [personalised details]. I've asked Bob to look for people with X and our stack is based entirely on Y which I understand you're very familiar with. If you're interested in working on Z in future perhaps you and Bob could grab a quick coffee, and if that works out I'd love to have the chance to learn more about [personalised detail] for myself at some point.