🇬🇧London, United Kingdom

Front Office Recruitment in London

London is the world's deepest quant and systematic talent market outside the US. Home to the highest concentration of systematic hedge funds, multi-strategy platforms and HFT firms in Europe, London is where Platinum & Partners is headquartered and where Tabby Kaan has built his network over 20+ years. We place Quant Researchers, Systematic PMs, Quant Developers, HFT Engineers and FPGA Engineers at London's leading systematic funds, prop desks and quantitative asset managers — across the City, Canary Wharf, Mayfair and remote-first platforms.

300+
Placements
£350,000
Avg Package
60+
Top Firms
21 days
To Offer

Markets We Serve in London

City of London (EC2)Canary Wharf (E14)Mayfair (W1)St James'sRemote-First Systematic Funds

Our Clients in London

Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds (quant pods)

Systematic Equity & Stat Arb Hedge Funds

HFT Prop Firms

Electronic Market Makers

Systematic Macro Managers & CTAs

Quantitative Asset Managers

Family Offices building quant capability

Roles We Place in London

Quant Researcher & Alpha Researcher (stat arb, ML, systematic macro)

Signal Developer — factor research, feature engineering, alternative data

Systematic Portfolio Manager (equity, stat arb, macro, volatility)

Quant Developer — C++, Python, KDB+/q, Rust

HFT Engineer & Low Latency C++ Developer

FPGA Engineer (VHDL, Verilog, HLS)

Machine Learning / AI Quant Researcher

Execution Quant & Trading Infrastructure Engineer

Head of Quant Research / Head of Systematic Trading

Quant Risk & Portfolio Construction Specialist

Salary Benchmarks in London

Junior Quant Researcher (0–3 yrs)

£80k–£130k base + £40k–£90k bonus

Mid Quant Researcher (3–6 yrs)

£150k–£280k base + £100k–£270k bonus

Senior Quant Researcher (6+ yrs)

£250k–£450k base + £200k–£750k+ bonus

Systematic PM (live track record)

£150k–£600k base + 10–25% net P&L

Senior Quant Developer (C++)

£180k–£320k base + £90k–£320k bonus

HFT / FPGA Engineer (senior)

£200k–£350k base + significant profit share

*Salaries vary by firm, product, and performance. Elite boutiques and top-tier hedge funds typically pay 10-30% above these ranges.

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