At a Glance
- Tasks: Identify elite Software Engineers and Quantitative Trading professionals for top US hedge funds.
- Company: Join a leading recruitment firm specialising in financial services.
- Benefits: High commission potential, learn from industry experts, and no corporate red tape.
- Other info: Work in a boutique environment focused on quality over quantity.
- Why this job: Build genuine expertise in a high-value recruitment market with limitless earning potential.
- Qualifications: Recent graduate or early career, competitive, ambitious, and detail-oriented.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
The world's best quantitative trading firms don't hire through job boards. They hire exceptional people, and they rely on specialist search partners to find them. This opportunity puts you at the centre of one of the most competitive talent markets in the world, identifying elite Software Engineers and Quantitative Trading professionals from companies such as Meta, Google and leading financial institutions, before introducing them to the world's top US hedge funds.
This is a strategic search role where success comes from research, intelligence and building relationships, not high-volume recruiting.
The Market
- Quant Trading & Software Engineering into US buy-side hedge funds.
- 70% of candidates sourced from world-class technology companies.
- 30% from competing hedge funds and financial institutions.
- Typical deal cycle of 6 weeks to 6 months.
- Average placement fee: 2025: $240,000; 2026: $300,000; Largest fee in 2026: $1,000,000.
Why This Opportunity?
- No business development - a pure 180/270 search role.
- Work with candidates earning compensation packages into eight figures.
- Up to 70% commission.
- Learn directly from seven-figure billers.
- Boutique environment with high standards, no politics and no corporate red tape.
- Build genuine market expertise in one of the highest-value recruitment markets in the world.
Who You Are
- Graduate or early in your career.
- Competitive, ambitious and commercially minded.
- Naturally curious with exceptional attention to detail.
- Motivated by becoming an expert rather than simply filling jobs.
- Looking for a career where performance is rewarded without limits.
If you want to build a career working with exceptional talent, advising the world's leading hedge funds and operating in a market where individual placements regularly generate six and seven-figure fees, we'd love to hear from you.
Trainnee Recruitment Consultant - Financial Services in London employer: TRM Recruitment
Join a leading recruitment firm that thrives on excellence and innovation in the competitive world of quantitative trading and software engineering. With a boutique environment that fosters genuine expertise, you will benefit from high commission rates and direct mentorship from top billers, all while enjoying a culture free from corporate red tape. This is an exceptional opportunity for ambitious graduates to build a rewarding career in a dynamic market, where your success is directly tied to your performance and dedication.
