Leo Smith
Director at Swordfish Search
Greater Sydney Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolLeo Smith is a Director and seasoned technology recruiter based in Greater Sydney with a long track record in Australian tech and digital recruitment dating back to 2006. He specialises in sourcing senior Software Engineering, Architecture, AI/ML and Technology Leadership talent across stacks including .NET, Node.js, React, Angular and cloud platforms. Having progressed from resourcer to divisional manager and principal consultant, he combines deep market knowledge with hands-on hiring experience inside fast-growth teams like WooliesX and Equifax. Leo runs Swordfish Search and has delivered recruitment consulting across startups and enterprise transformation programs, often filling niche roles such as technical leads and product-focused data hires. He’s pragmatic about matching culture and capability, leveraging relationships built over nearly two decades to accelerate technical hiring cycles. Outside recruiting, his career path shows a rare mix of sales, leadership and technical desk-building that helps him translate engineering needs into effective talent strategies.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
All Saints
Github Skills (10)
angular9
webworker8
javascript8
nodejs8
typescript8
react8
service-worker7
web-performance4
web-framework4
web-developer3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GavinLeoSmith/AGTwitterApp
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
gleosmith/bloxd
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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