Internal Recruitment - HFT/Systematic Trading

The Role

Core Responsibilities

• Own technical sourcing across key roles, from taking briefs with leadership through to mapping the market, identifying candidates, managing outreach, and supporting candidates through the process.
• Build strong pipelines across AI, machine learning, quantitative research, low-latency engineering, C++, Java, trading systems, and infrastructure.
• Use a range of sourcing channels, including direct headhunting, LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, research networks, universities, specialist communities, and competitor mapping.
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements, calibrate candidate quality, and provide useful market feedback.
• Track candidates and pipelines properly, including outreach activity, conversion, feedback, bottlenecks, and next steps.
• Help improve our sourcing processes, outreach templates, interview structures, scorecards, candidate notes, and reporting.
• Represent DeepFin to candidates in a way that is credible, selective, and clear about the level of technical ambition here.
• Build long-term relationships with strong candidates, even where the timing is not immediately right.

What We Require

• 4+ years of experience in technical recruitment, talent sourcing, executive search, agency recruitment, or another role involving direct outreach and relationship management.
• Experience recruiting technical candidates, ideally across HFT, systematic trading, hedge funds, AI, machine learning, low-latency engineering, C++, Java, infrastructure, or quantitative research.
• A proactive sourcing mindset. You do not wait for applicants - you map markets, identify strong people, and approach them directly.
• Strong judgement and the ability to understand what makes a technical candidate stand out in a specialist environment.
• Clear, direct communication with candidates, hiring managers, and senior leadership.
• High standards for detail, organisation, process, and follow-through.
• Comfort speaking with highly technical candidates and learning enough about specialist roles to represent them properly.

Helpful, but Not Required

• A background in computer science, software engineering, quantitative research, or another technical field.
• Experience sourcing from HFT firms, systematic trading firms, hedge funds, AI companies, high-growth technology firms, or strong engineering teams.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, GitHub, applicant tracking systems, technical communities, research publications, or university networks.
• Experience building candidate pipelines or sourcing processes from scratch.

Logistics & Working at DeepFin

• Location: London or Jersey.
• Work model: Hybrid.

DeepFin is a small, ambitious firm with high standards. We value people who are direct, thoughtful, hard-working, and serious about building something exceptional.

This role offers meaningful ownership from the start. You will help build the technical hiring function properly and play a direct role in attracting the engineers and researchers who will shape the next stage of DeepFin.