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We are Search Technology

Search Technology was founded with the mission to become renowned for operating with an extraordinary level of accuracy and precision in its approach. We are proud to represent a portfolio of world-leading clients and have a longstanding track record placing the top percentile of researchers, technologists and product managers spanning the key markets we operate: DeepTech, Artificial Intelligence & Hedge Fund / Prop Trading technology. Our clients share a common desire and that’s to hire the world’s smartest technologists who are commercially minded and capable of pushing the boundaries.

We are a team of highly experienced recruiters who have worked together for years and offer a wealth of experience. We are driven to perfect the art of headhunting whilst nurturing meaningful relationships and offering our clients and candidates expert advice, guidance, and market intelligence. We are deeply passionate about helping individuals find career-defining opportunities and helping our clients uncover talent who are not actively on the market.

We exclusively hire recruiters who are deeply curious people and embody our core values of Accuracy, Learning and Continuous Improvement, Integrity and Humility.

Our Services

Contingent Partnership

We take on new clients selectively, ensuring every search we commit to gets the focus, rigour, and level of service it deserves. For organisations that need a more flexible approach, we offer contingent recruitment on a case-by-case basis, backed by the same market insight, candidate access, and high standards that define our work.

Retained Partnership

Over time, we’ve proven ourselves to be an exceptionally valuable partner to the companies we support. As our clients have seen or heard about the quality of our work, the depth of our understanding, and the consistency of our delivery, they’ve increasingly wanted more of our attention and time. That demand from clients is what organically led us to a retained model - not as a sales tactic, but as a direct response to the trust and reliance we had already built.

Today, our retained search offering is designed for clients that want a genuinely embedded partner: one that understands the nuance of building early teams, can operate with speed and precision, and remains closely involved throughout the hiring journey. We specialise in hard-to-fill, high-impact roles, including C/VP-level, Founding Engineering & ML Research as well and other critical technical hires, where getting the fit right matters as much as getting it done quickly.

Client Testimonials

Dean has done a great job working with us to help build out our team. We work with a very small and select group of recruiters, and Dean has been key to us.

Eiso Kant

CTO & Co-Founder, Poolside

It's an absolute pleasure working so closely with Kane on all things hiring-related. Kane possesses a fantastic ability to understand any job specification fully, and has huge flexibility and patience with varying recruitment processes. Kane is also effortless when it comes to top notch communication, being approachable and down to earth whilst offering a first class recruitment service. He is open to feedback and always strives to dig deep to fully understand the essentials we require in candidate profiles. He ensures that everyone is on the same page and his market expertise are second to none. He has often advised me on approaches and different ways of thinking. Kane provides essential insights into the tech market and works tirelessly to ensure candidates are well looked after and well prepared. He has forged a strong partnership with us and it is one that is highly valued and trusted.

Sophie Stevens

Head of Talent, Unlikely AI

I had of pleasure of working with Oliver on different quant researcher roles, and I couldn't be happier with his approach. He is highly knowledgeable about the space, proactive and detail oriented. What stood out the most from other agencies was his constant updates and close communication throughout the entire process.

Dina Shokanova

Head of Recruitment, Pinely

Zak (and the team at Search Technology) have established themselves as our key tech and product recruitment partner. Over the past couple of years Zak has demonstrated that we can fully trust him and the team to understand where we are as a business, our open roles and represent these authentically to potential candidates. In doing so, Zak is able to send a few well-aligned candidates over numerous more speculative cv's and always maintains good communication and candidate experience. I look forward to continuing to work with him.

Amy Darlow

VP People and Talent, Seldon AI

Dean brought me the two most interesting positions out of any other recruiter who contacted me. He saw me through the interview and offer negotiation/acceptance processes with attentiveness and a friendly manner. Dean also helped accelerate the interview process by communicating with the company on my behalf before I had to have a medical procedure done. Would definitely recommend working with him!

Allyson Pemberton

Unlikely AI, Ex-Google Software Engineer

I've worked with Zak a couple of times throughout my career, both as a candidate and as a hiring manager. Zak and the team made sure to find high quality candidates for me, and support them through the interview process very professionally. If you haven't worked with Zak or Search Technology before, I'd highly recommend that you do so, whether searching for your next role or searching for candidates.

Dan Mackenzie

Product Manager, Google, Ex-Altruistiq, Ex-F1 Engineer

Zak is a great partner for recruitment needs. He was able to identify key hires for the business and match strong profiles for the respective roles. His communication style is direct and effective. I highly recommend Zak as the go to person for your recruitment needs.

Harjah Singh

Founder & CP, Shares

From the client’s perspective, we're very pleased with Oliver's work. We’ve been working together for a year, & he has consistently provided some of the best services we’ve experienced from a recruitment agency. Oliver is always on top of his game, sharing the best candidates with us, offering timely feedback, supporting both his candidates & us along the way. He has introduced the most interesting candidates in the industry. We've hired one of our senior researchers with Oliver's help & recently offered one of the top-performers from a Tier-1 firm. Additionally, Oliver has visited our office in Amsterdam, met our team in person & he had multiple calls with our shareholders & hiring managers. This has allowed him to gain a thorough understanding of our company’s culture, atmosphere, & requirements that we have. If you’re considering working with him, I firmly believe he will provide exceptional service as a recruiter, support you throughout the entire process, & help build a long-lasting professional relationship.

Dina Shokanova

Senior Recruiter responsible for research hires, Pinely Trading

Search Tech has a real knack for rooting out excellent talent. I've worked with them to fill a number of roles and the calibre of candidates provided is always excellent - arguably too good sometimes, it makes it very difficult to pick between them! On top of that Kane is a lovely guy and good judge of character - when he tells me about the candidates he's found I know I can trust his judgement about their fit for my team

Dr Alex Woodham

CTO, Net Purpose

Tony came to me with an outstanding opportunity and guided me throughout the entire interview process. He is a friendly and understanding person and helped me to perform at my best at every step. I was always informed of exactly where the process was and the whole process was carried out very swiftly. Appreciate the effort he put in to helping me find a great new job, thanks Tony!

Faizaan Sakib

Software Engineer, PolyAI

I really enjoyed working with Kane and would do so again both as a candidate or trying to fill a role. I felt he was being very transparent throughout, really made an effort to understand what would constitute a good fit and accordingly provided highly relevant suggestions.

Dr Alexander Schmolck

Modeldrive, Ex, Smarkets, ThoughtMachine & Google

Search Technology has been an excellent talent partner to us as we scale, helping us to meet our ambitious technical hiring targets. Search technology has consistently provided well prepared, high calibre candidates that match our talent needs.

Andrew Good

Talent Acquisition Manager, Vortexa

Meet the Team

Kane Fallon Managing Director

Kane has spent the last 14 years recruiting some of the world’s best engineers for a portfolio of clients spanning Deep-Tech, AI and technology-driven hedge...

Kane Fallon

Dean Morgan Director

Originally from Australia, Dean made the bold jump to London to focus on transforming the tech world by creating standout teams unmatched in their expertise...

Dean Morgan

Zak Shutkever Director

After graduating with a First Class Law Degree, Zak chose to follow his true passion—technology and innovation. Fascinated by the latest developments in both hardware...

Zak Shutkever

Oliver Silver Director

Oliver has numerous years of experience working with leading prop trading firms, systematic hedge funds and top AI labs. More specifically, he focuses on providing...

Oliver Silver

Danielle Auvache Finance & Operations Manager

Danielle joined Search Technology in 2020 and has since become an integral part of our ever-growing team as Office Manager, ensuring the day-to-day operations of...

Danielle Auvache

Tony Christian Principal Consultant

Tony entered the world of recruitment over ten years ago and has since built a career around connecting exceptional talent with opportunity. He takes pride...

Tony Christian

Luchele Mendes Principal Consultant

Luchele specializes in AI Research and Machine Learning hiring for top-tier startups building foundational technologies. With nine years of experience, she works closely with Frontier...

Luchele Mendes

Tom Murphy Principal Consultant

Tom is a specialist in sourcing and placing top-tier professionals across some of the most dynamic and competitive sectors in finance and technology. With deep...

Tom Murphy

Ali Reza F. Senior Consultant

Ali holds a Master’s in Clinical Neuroscience from King’s College London and a First in Biomedical Science – an academic path that sparked a lasting fascination...

Ali Reza F.

Shay Sparg Marketing & Operations Coordinator

Shay joined Search Technology as a Team Assistant in 2024, initially focusing on data entry alongside a PA-style role supporting the consultants. She has since...

Shay Sparg

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