Lookahead

Every recruiter tells you they're different.
Let us show you.

We are a technical recruitment agency helping Australia's best engineers find companies who care about building great software.

Unlike traditional recruiters, our team comes from technical backgrounds. We understand the challenges of building software, scaling engineering teams, and identifying real technical talent.

We're building with AI to create the future of technical recruiting from the bottom up.

Founded in 2012, but only just getting started.

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We're good at hiring

We specialise in placing the technical roles that are hardest to hire for and most critical to get right — engineers, data specialists, product leaders and executives who don't just fill a seat but genuinely change what a team can do.

  • AI, ML & Data

    Data engineers, machine learning specialists and AI practitioners for teams serious about building with data.

  • Software Engineering

    From junior to principal, front-end to back-end — engineers who care about the craft, not just the code.

  • Executive & Leadership

    CTOs, VPs, Engineering Managers and technical leaders who can build and scale great teams.

  • Design & Product

    Product managers, designers and technical PMs who bridge the gap between engineering and the people using it.

Values aren't values until they cost you something. Here are the 5 we live by.

Play the long game

We build lasting relationships, and have a number of people who have worked with us for over a decade. We're invested in your success, acting as partners rather than vendors.

Kyle Jackson

Technical Recruiter

Two Lookahead recruiters working together at a laptop

Cultivate Community

We support Australian developer communities, showing up authentically and helping organisers.

Fiona Chan

Partner & Technical Recruiter

Quality over quantity

We do less, but we do it better, and with more focus.

Debbie Teakle

Technical Recruiter

Say the hard thing

We're trusted advisors who give clear feedback, especially when it's uncomfortable. See value #1 - Play the long game.

Sarah Jacob

Partner & Technical Recruiter

Empower each other

We learn together and share candidates, tools, and techniques. We're always experimenting to find better ways to work, knowing great ideas can come from anywhere.

Steve Gilles

Founder & Technical Recruiter

Building AI engineering teams while building with AI ourselves.

We've built our own candidate preparation platform that improves outreach response rates, saves our clients time, and makes us a leader in candidate experience.

We have our own ATS that enriches our database of 40,000+ candidates, and helps us remember the great people we know, so our recruiters get to be human where it counts.

This all means faster hires, well prepared candidates, interviewer coaching you can't get anywhere else, and placements that actually stick around.

Our recruiters ship code, and we have senior engineers who make sure our stack is well architected and secure.

A process that works

  1. 01

    Understanding the opportunity

    We take time to understand the role, the team and what makes it worth joining — because the best candidates have options and need a reason to say yes.

  2. 02

    Auditing the hiring process

    We take an objective look at your interview process to strike the right balance between thorough and fast — and help remove the bias that costs you great candidates.

  3. 03

    Creating compelling outreach material

    Every candidate we approach gets a personalised briefing through our own candidate prep platform — the company, the role, the people and an honest note from your Lookahead recruiter.

  4. 04

    In-depth research and outreach

    We know who's looking before they're looking — through years of community relationships, a deep candidate database and sourcing tools that go well beyond the job boards.

  5. 05

    Continuous feedback and insights

    We keep you informed throughout the process — sharing market intelligence, candidate feedback and salary benchmarking to help you tailor the offer and stay competitive.

  6. 06

    Ongoing support

    Placement isn't the end. We check in at one week, one month, three months and six months to make sure the hire is working for everyone.

Let's find the right fit.

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