Specialist search · Global mandates

Quant, AI, and ML talent for firms that compete on milliseconds and intelligence.

Specialist search and contract talent across hedge funds, frontier AI labs, and proprietary trading firms, globally. Lean operation, senior delivery, no generalist filler.

Hedge funds Proprietary trading HFT & market making Machine learning AI engineering Quant research Crypto trading firms Fintech Hedge funds Proprietary trading HFT & market making Machine learning AI engineering Quant research Crypto trading firms Fintech

Three disciplines. One bench deep enough to land them.

P / 01

Quantitative Trading

Senior quant researchers, traders, and portfolio managers across systematic equities, fixed income, futures, and digital assets. Coverage spans pod-shop platforms, single-strategy funds, and proprietary desks.

PM Quant Researcher Systematic Trader
P / 02

Machine Learning & AI Engineering

ML researchers, applied scientists, and infrastructure engineers building production systems where latency, scale, and signal-to-noise are non-negotiable. From frontier AI labs to alpha-generation pipelines.

ML Research Applied ML Infra
P / 03

Contract Talent

Project-based engineering and quantitative capacity for banks and hedge funds globally. Specialists deployed in days, not months. Scaled guarantees and clear delivery scopes.

Project-based Global Day rate

The talent market, mapped.

A continuous read on where the world's top ML and quant talent sits, how it moves, and what it costs across labs, funds, prop shops, and platforms. The intelligence engine behind every mandate we accept.

S / 01 · Coverage

Where they are.

Live mapping of senior researchers, engineers, traders, and portfolio managers across foundation model labs, hedge funds, prop shops, and trading platforms globally.

S / 02 · Movement

Where they're going.

Real-time tracking of team builds, departures, and capacity shifts. Signal on senior moves before they're public. Sourced from a network most search firms can't access.

S / 03 · Compensation

What they cost.

Total comp benchmarks by function, seniority, and geography. Base, bonus, deferred, equity, and PnL mechanics. Refreshed quarterly across the major books.

Signal · Movement Feed
LIVE

Built for the mandate. Not the model.

The market is full of recruiters who phone five candidates and call it a search. We don't compete with them. We compete with the firms doing the hiring, who already know the names worth knowing.

What we sell is the shortlist you couldn't build internally: passive candidates, sub-sector specialists, talent that's never on a job board. Senior delivery on every mandate, scaled guarantees, and an engagement model chosen to fit the seat, not our preference.

Some seats need a retainer to be filled well. Some don't. We'll be straight about which.

100%
Specialist focus
30d*
Avg. shortlist delivery
* Retained searches
Global
Core coverage
1:1
Senior point of contact

Where we spend our time.

S / 01 Quant hedge funds
S / 02 Frontier AI labs
S / 03 Proprietary trading & HFT
S / 04 AI-native startups
S / 05 Crypto trading firms
S / 06 ML infrastructure

Tell us the seat.
We'll find the person.

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Coverage
  • USA
  • EU
  • APAC
Engagement
  • Retained
  • Permanent search
  • Contract
Discretion
All mandates and intelligence held in strictest confidence.