Aspen
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Placing software engineers, quantitative researchers, and AI/ML scientists into the firms shaping markets and technology since 2006.
We don't move volume. We move careers that compound — and the firms smart enough to invest in them.
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About Aspen
Aspen Search was founded on a simple observation: the best quantitative researchers and engineers don't apply to jobs. They get one shot every few years to make a move, and they want that conversation to be with someone who actually understands the work — the systems, the strategies, the tradeoffs, and the difference between a fund that will sharpen them and one that will stall them.
That's the bar we hold ourselves to. We've spent nearly two decades inside the hiring rooms of the top systematic firms and the venture-backed teams competing for the same minds. We don't pitch roles. We have honest conversations about where someone should spend the next five years of their career — and we're often the reason it's the right call.
500+
Placements since 2006
$1M-5M
Range of recent offers
19+
Years inside these hiring rooms
At Aspen Search, we don't just fill positions—we build careers and transform companies. We specialize in connecting exceptional engineering and research talent with the world's most innovative quantitative trading firms and venture-backed technology companies.
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Quantitative Research
Quantitative Research
Researchers who own a signal end to end, from first idea to live capital. We know which pods are actually hiring, how each firm structures its research stack, and what a real offer looks like before you ever see one.
- Signal research
- Portfolio construction
- Systematic equities and futures
- PhD and post-doc moves
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Engineering & Infrastructure
Engineering & Infrastructure
The engineers who keep a strategy alive in production: execution, market data, and the platforms researchers build on top of. Most arrive from big tech and want an honest read on what the switch really feels like.
- Low-latency C++
- Execution and order routing
- Market data pipelines
- Research platform teams
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AI & Machine Learning
AI & Machine Learning
Researchers and engineers moving between frontier labs, venture-backed teams, and the funds now bidding for exactly the same people. We can tell you how the compute, the data access, and the equity actually compare.
- Applied AI engineering
- ML and deep learning research
- Training infrastructure
- Founding technical hires
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Leadership & Team Builds
Leadership & Team Builds
Whole functions, not single seats. Some of these searches start with one researcher and end, years later, with a desk, a platform team, and the person running both.
- Heads of research
- Engineering leadership
- New desk buildouts
- Multi-year hiring plans
Who we work with
Clients
Our client relationships have existed for nearly two decades. They're not logos we collected — they're firms we've helped staff through generations of hiring, from a single quant researcher to entire engineering organizations. We work with the firms that pay the top of the market, run the best research environments, and treat hiring as a long game.
Who we work with
Headlands
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Our client relationships have existed for nearly two decades. They're not logos we collected — they're firms we've helped staff through generations of hiring, from a single quant researcher to entire engineering organizations. We work with the firms that pay the top of the market, run the best research environments, and treat hiring as a long game.
Testimonials
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Ben helped me get my dream job. My whole work experience had been in big tech, and I could tell that there is a different style of interviewing, communicating, and culture in quant. They were very hands on with prepping me for the interviews, I always felt prepared and confident because of their support.
They were so on top of things that I found out I was getting an offer the night of my onsite interview.
Most importantly, I believe they are honest and transparent people. For example, I had a health issue come up when my onsite interview had already been booked. They swiftly communicated with the company and rescheduled my onsite. It was the right decision as I got an offer while still prioritizing my health.
Thank you for my life changing opportunity!
Catherine Sun
Senior Software Engineer

Position
Quantitative Developer
Company
Citadel EQR
Who you'll actually work with
Team
Small team. High Signal.
Aspen is run by partners who do the work themselves. No junior researchers cold-DMing candidates, no algorithmic outreach, no spray-and-pray. When you talk to someone at Aspen, you're talking to the person who will run your search from intake to offer.
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