Dave Smith
Lead QA at MOLO
Hexham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Smith is a Lead QA and early technical hire with 15 years of experience scaling SportPursuit from a small team to 300+ employees, evolving from junior developer to tech management. A founder-turned-operator, he combines hands-on engineering and quality leadership with a keen eye for product-market fit informed by his Luna Submarine startup experience. Active as a small-cheque angel investor and syndicate lead, he’s backed over 50 startups—including early bets on Monzo, Mercury and Replit—and shares dealflow selectively. Based in Hexham, England, he blends practical engineering chops, startup founding lessons, and board-level advising to help companies grow reliably. Not obvious from his title: he captured institutional-level conviction early, investing in Facebook at IPO, Tesla and Ethereum, which informs his risk-calibrated approach to tech and product decisions.
15 years of coding experience
BSc, Neuroscience (briefly), BSc, Neuroscience (briefly) at The University of Manchester
English, French, German, Swahili, Russian
Github Skills (40)
javascript10
bootstrap10
css10
sass10
php-mysql10
mobile-first10
responsive10
html10
gocardless9
php-api9
javascript-framework9
boilerplate9
client-library8
api8
css-library8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SportPursuit/credativ-addons
Feb 2016 - Dec 2021
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 45 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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