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Executive search
Focused search for senior specialists and leaders where technical depth, discretion and market context matter.
- Critical senior appointments
- Confidential market engagement
- Candidate assessment and calibration
Specialist quantitative talent advisory
Build the team behind your next edge.
AlphaMaker helps quantitative trading firms identify, assess and secure senior talent across research, trading, engineering and leadership.
Headquartered in Shenzhen
Global search capability
Consultant-reviewed recommendations
Talent intelligenceAI talent intelligence
AITalent intelligence
ContextAnalysisHuman review
01Research
02Trading
03Engineering
04Leadership
Market-inspired visualization · AI-assisted search
Market makers
Proprietary trading firms
Hedge funds
Systematic investment teams
Where we create value
The talent challenges that shape a firm’s trajectory.
We support consequential appointments, new team formation and cross-border growth with specialist market context and precise execution.
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Strategic team build
From the first strategic hire to a functional local team, we help define, sequence and execute the build.
- Role architecture and sequencing
- New-market talent mapping
- Multi-office hiring coordination
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Talent market intelligence
Structured views of relevant talent pools, career movement and hiring feasibility before and during a search.
- Market and competitor mapping
- Role-specific talent landscapes
- Search strategy insight
Functional coverage
Specialist context across the quantitative organization.
We look beyond job titles to understand the strategy, technology and team environment behind each role.
Quantitative research
Alpha research · Statistical arbitrage · Machine learning · Portfolio management
Systematic trading
Market making · High- to low-frequency trading · Algorithmic execution · Trading leadership
Trading technology
C++ · Python · FPGA · Low-latency systems · Trading infrastructure
Leadership & business functions
Technical leadership · Risk · Finance · Human resources · Business development
AlphaMaker talent intelligence
From talent data to a decision-ready shortlist.
Our growing global quantitative talent database, AI-assisted analysis and consultant judgement make specialist search faster, more precise and more responsive.
Global talent universeStructured profiles
AI
ALPHAMAKER INTELLIGENCE
Signals into perspective.
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Mandate context
Strategy · Technology · Team structure
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Profile signals
Research depth · Engineering expertise · Market experience
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AI-assisted prioritization
Relevant experience. Meaningful connections.
Consultant validationIntelligence informs.
People decide.
People decide.
An evolving intelligence workflow
Global talent mapping
Building an automated sourcing database for senior quantitative professionals across key international markets.
Global Chinese quant network
Progressively deepening visibility and relationships across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
AI-assisted mandate matching
Role-specific criteria guide analysis of structured profiles, helping surface and prioritize relevant talent quickly.
Living data, human validation
Market context evolves continuously. Every recommendation is reviewed and curated by an AlphaMaker consultant.
01Client mandate
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02Profile analysis
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03Talent prioritization
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04Consultant review
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05Curated shortlist
Global reach
Global perspective.
Market-specific execution.
Headquartered in Shenzhen, AlphaMaker supports quantitative talent mandates across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific through a coordinated cross-border search model.
Greater China & Asia-Pacific
North America
Europe
Selected experience · United States
Building an initial U.S. team for a proprietary trading firm.
AlphaMaker supported the development of an initial U.S. team and extended local hiring support to additional offices.
Role definition
Market mapping
Targeted engagement
Cross-office delivery
Our search process
A disciplined search, accelerated by intelligence.
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Align
Clarify the strategy, team structure and role mandate.
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Map
Define the market and build a focused talent landscape.
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Analyze
Prioritize profiles against role-specific criteria.
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Engage
Lead discreet, informed candidate conversations.
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Deliver
Present a curated shortlist and coordinate the process.
About AlphaMaker
Focused on the people behind quantitative performance.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shenzhen, AlphaMaker is a specialist quantitative talent advisory. We work with trading and investment organizations that require deep market context, discreet execution and a global view of specialist talent.
2016Founded
ShenzhenHeadquarters
GlobalSearch capability
Start a conversation
The right team starts with a precise brief.
Tell us what you are building. We will help define the search, map the relevant market and identify the talent most likely to make an impact.