Talent Acquisition Specialist – HFT & FinTech

# Talent Acquisition Specialist – HFT & FinTech


**Experience:** 2–6 years
**Function:** Talent Acquisition / Executive Search
**Employment Type:** Full-time

## About SYTalent

SYTalent is a specialist executive search firm focused on high-frequency trading (HFT), FinTech, quantitative finance, AI, trading technology and investment leadership. Headquartered in Gurugram, India, we help FinTech, financial services and technology companies hire senior leaders and highly specialised talent across India, Singapore, the UAE, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Our search expertise spans leadership, engineering, product, risk, compliance, quant and trading roles where deep industry knowledge matters.


## About the Role

We are looking for a **Talent Acquisition Specialist – HFT & FinTech** to identify, engage and recruit highly specialised talent across global financial technology markets.

You will work on searches spanning **quantitative research, quantitative trading, software engineering, trading technology, AI/ML, product, risk, compliance and leadership**.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end recruitment and executive search assignments.
- Source and engage **passive candidates** through LinkedIn, research, referrals and specialist networks.
- Build talent pipelines across **HFT, quant finance, FinTech and trading technology**.
- Screen candidates for skills, experience, motivation and role fit.
- Conduct market mapping and talent research across international markets.
- Partner with clients and search consultants to deliver high-quality shortlists.
- Maintain strong candidate relationships and ensure an exceptional candidate experience.
- Manage multiple specialised searches from sourcing through offer closure.

## What We're Looking For

- **3–7 years of experience** in talent acquisition, executive search or specialist recruitment.
- Strong sourcing, LinkedIn and Boolean search skills.
- Experience hiring for **technology, financial services or specialised/niche roles**.
- Excellent candidate assessment and stakeholder communication skills.
- Strong research ability and attention to detail.
- Curiosity about **financial markets, quantitative finance, AI and technology**.
- Ability to work independently in a high-ownership environment.

### Preferred Experience

HFT Quantitative Finance Quant Trading FinTech Trading Technology AI/ML Capital Markets Investment Banking Risk & Compliance

## Why SYTalent?

Work on **high-impact, specialised searches** across the global HFT and FinTech ecosystem, while building expertise in some of the world's most competitive talent markets.

**If you enjoy finding exceptional talent that others cannot find, SYTalent is the place to build your HFT recruiting specialist search career.**

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Skills required for this job:

• AI / ML
• Boolean search
• Candidate assessment
• Capital market
• Compliance risk
• Executive search
• Fintech
• Investment banking
• Quantitative finance
• Research
• Sourcing
• Talent acquisition
• Trading software