A decade-deep network
Ten-plus years of relationships with the quantitative researchers, traders and ML talent of New York City — including passive candidates who will take our call but not a cold one.
For Employers
The talent your internal team can't reach
The best quant researchers, ML researchers and data scientists aren't applying to postings — they're heads-down, under non-competes, and only move for the right opportunity presented the right way. That's where we come in.
What we deliver
A search partner who already knows the market
Market intelligence
Real-time compensation benchmarks, competitor hiring moves, non-compete dynamics and interview-process intel — so your offer lands and your process moves at market speed.
Confidential mandates
Building a new desk or replacing a lead without tipping the market? We run fully anonymized searches — your name is never attached until you choose.
How it works
The search process
01 / BRIEF
Define the mandate
We dig into the role, the team, the technical bar and the comp structure — and tell you honestly how the market will respond.
02 / SOURCE
Target the market
We map the talent landscape and approach the right people directly — most of whom are not actively looking.
03 / PRESENT
Calibrated shortlist
You see a small number of thoroughly vetted candidates, each pre-briefed, technically screened and genuinely interested.
04 / CLOSE
Offer to onboarding
We manage negotiations, competing offers, non-competes and resignation — through the first day and beyond.
Roles we fill
Typical mandates
- Quantitative Research — alpha research, systematic strategies, portfolio construction across all asset classes.
- Quantitative Trading — systematic and semi-systematic traders, options market making, execution.
- Quantitative Development — research platforms, ML infrastructure, low-latency systems.
- AI / ML Research — LLM pre-training and post-training, agentic systems, applied ML for alpha.
- Data Science — ICs through Heads of Data Science, alternative data, Bayesian modeling.
- Leadership — Head of Quant Research, Head of AI, Head of Data Science and build-outs of new teams.
Engage us
Tell us about the role you can't fill
The harder the search, the more we can help. Every conversation is confidential.
Contact Stabile Search