Buy-Side Technology & Ai Recruitment Consultant

Trading Technology Recruiter – Base up to £60k + Commission up to 40%

Please note: we have already received a high number of applications; however, less than 20% have recent relevant experience. If you see yourself as a suitable candidate, please do not be put off by application numbers.

This is a 15+ year-old specialist search firm operating across Hedge Funds, Prop Trading Houses, Systematic Funds and Investment Banks. They're 30 people across 9 practice areas – all finance and investment adjacent – and they're consistently ranked top 2 or 3 in the markets they operate in.

Their Trading Technology desk sits within a wider Quant Strats & Trading Tech practice of 10 people, billing circa $3m. The team is lean – just 3 consultants – with their top biller doing $1m personally. They need someone with experience to come in and help drive execution, particularly across US Software Engineering and Infrastructure.

Clients:

• Tier 1 Buy-Side – Hedge Funds, Systematic Funds, Prop Trading Houses
• Placing Quant Developers, Software Engineers, Infrastructure and Data Science professionals
• Strong, long-standing client relationships with weekly hiring calls
• Working across Europe and the US – with a particular gap and opportunity in the US market

The Role?

• Base salary up to £60k + commission up to 40%
• Average fees of £60k / $84k – with top performers billing £600k–£900k+ annually
• No fee splits, no AM fees – you run your own desk
• 1 day WFH for experienced hires
• Office, Central London

Commission Structure (Yearly, Paid on Invoice):

• £50–100k billed: 15%
• £100–200k: 27.5%
• £200–300k: 32.5%
• £300–400k: 37.5%
• £400k+: 40%

What They're Looking For:

• 1–5 years' experience in recruitment
• Ideally Buy-Side Tech, FinTech or Finance Technology background – outside of that, the bar is higher
• Comfortable executing across Quant Development, Software Engineering and Infrastructure

The Sell?

• If you want to be a specialist, not a manager – and earn £250k+ surrounded by people doing the same – this is the firm to do it
• Their top biller did £1.5m in 2025.
• Their average NFI across the business is £396k
• It's not just partners billing big – it's the whole floor, consistently
• No politics, no siloes – just experienced recruiters operating at a high level in a market they know inside out

Interview Process:

• Initial VC with the Practice Lead
• F2F to meet the wider team
• Final stage: business plan presentation + personality/management profiling