Expert talent advisory and delivery for the growing artificial intelligence, technology, data science, quantitative finance and digital assets sectors.
Founded in 2010, Durlston Partners specialise in connecting elite talent with the world’s top AI/ML firms, Hedge Funds, HFTs, Digital Assets, and FinTechs.
With offices in London, New York, and Dubai, we operate globally, delivering strategic hiring solutions across the industry.
Our Expertise
AI & Machine Learning
Pioneering recruitment in AI-driven firms since 2015, we’ve built foundational teams for leading machine learning research labs, hedge funds, and tech startups.
Hedge Funds & Quant Trading
We partner with systematic and discretionary funds to build world-class teams, covering quant research, trading, and engineering across all asset classes.
High-Frequency & Algorithmic Trading
We work with the fastest trading firms globally, hiring specialists in low-latency engineering, market-making, and execution research.
Crypto & Digital Assets
As early movers in the crypto space (2016), we helped build the founding teams of today’s largest institutions. We continue to support the industry’s top trading firms, exchanges, and DeFi platforms.
FinTech & Private Equity
From scaling startups to established institutions, we provide access to exceptional software engineers, quant developers, and data scientists who drive innovation in financial markets.
Why Durlston Partners?
Our network spans top-tier quant talent, AI researchers, and engineers – professionals who don’t engage with job boards or LinkedIn.
Whether you’re building a trading team, ML research lab, or scaling a fintech, we deliver talent that gives you a competitive edge.
For market insights, talent trends, or hiring advice, get in touch: [email protected]
Clients
Our selected portfolio of clients are global leaders in innovation across artificial intelligence & machine learning, quant trading, data science and digital assets.
We love building businesses from the ground up, whether it’s a bootstrap tech start up or a future multi-billion-dollar hedge fund and we have done this over and over again for the past 12 years.
We nurture and organically grow talent or hire experts in each field, with deep networks who can deliver on any budget and timeline so our clients can focus on building their businesses.
Adding Value Since 2010
Proven mapping and head-hunting techniques
Knowledge of the latest technology trends and an insight into the future of those trends
Market information and advice on annual compensation trends
Full transparency at each stage of the search cycle
If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them.