About

Defined Calculus is a highly specialized talent acquisition firm, focused on 3 technical verticals within the investment finance & quantitative trading space, operating primarily in the United States as well as the United Kingdom.

What Makes Us Different?

Client Perspective

We are specialists at filling challenging technical roles.
We don’t advertise jobs on behalf of clients. We’re a highly skilled and experienced head-hunting firm. Beyond our existing network, we proactively source talent using both traditional methods and some of the latest technical resources.
Presenting and selling opportunities to candidates. 10+ years of direct feedback indicates we follow a more rigorous and detailed approach than the competition. When recruiting in the most complex and competitive job market worldwide, it’s the details that really matter when striving for results.
Clients consistently tell us the screening-notes we provide alongside candidate submissions, are more detailed and informative than any other agency they’ve worked with.
Quality over quantity when submitting candidates.

Candidate Perspective

Most candidates tell us we’re more focused on the overall ‘candidate-experience’ than any other agency they’ve worked with.
Without exception, we always request feedback from clients after applications and interviews. Especially in the case of rejections, this provides the candidate with clarity and helps to some degree moving forward.
Guidance on resume content and job search strategies. For those with less experience, right through to executive-level professionals who’ve been absent from the market for many years, such guidance and direction can be the difference between starting an interview process, and rejection.
If we don’t have a suitable role for specific reasons, we’ll tell you. We won’t send your resume to a company without your permission.
Relationship driven approach. We don’t view candidates as numbers or commodities. We focus on building relationships now and for the future.

Company Foundation

In late 2017 in New York and with significant industry-support, The Founder – Allister Duncan, realized an opportunity to create a talent acquisition firm bridging the gap between core Data Science & Software Engineering. But over time the business model naturally evolved to focus on 3 technical verticals, specifically within the investment finance & quantitative trading space.

The initial ideology was to break free of all the negative stereotypes associated with agency recruitment, running a business clients could not only rely on for results but trust to represent them professionally in the market. Operating with core values and guiding principles remains fundamental to the success of Defined Calculus today.

We understand the importance of listening intently, asking meaningful questions, attention-to-detail, radical transparency, respecting others and operating with integrity.

With a methodical business strategy in place, we’re here to make a difference over time.

Core Values

Operating with Radical Transparency

Demonstrating Respect & Humility

Upholding Ethics & Integrity

Relationship Driven Approach

Determined Focus on Results

Maintaining Work-Life Balance

Core Values & Guiding Principles

Operating With Radical Transparency – We’re entirely transparent about the geographical markets we operate in, the technical verticals where we have a specialization, our track record of results and recruiting process, the relationships we have, how we present opportunities to the talent-market, and how we introduce candidates to employers. Essentially, unless something is confidential or cannot be shared for specific reasons, we maintain full visibility for all sides throughout the hiring cycle. This is how it should be for everyone involved.
Demonstrating Respect & Humility – We treat others how we wish to be treated, in all forms. Despite experience and results, we’re learning on the job all the time, especially from those working in the field, whether you are an individual contributor or hiring manager.

Upholding Ethics & Integrity – Candidates: if we don’t have a suitable role for you, we’ll say so. We don’t claim to have relationships with companies or people when we don’t, and your resume will never be sent without your permission. Employers: we are grateful for the opportunity to represent you in the talent-market and endeavour to do so professionally, maintaining high standards and operating with transparency. We’ll recruit a role only when instructed and always gain a candidate’s permission to represent them.
Relationship Driven Approach – From the first point of contact, we treat each interaction as one that may lead to a long-term relationship. Communication doesn’t always have to be transactional.
Determined Focus on Results – No recruiting firm fills every search they work on, but when operating under the right conditions for both sides, we deliver exceptional results, or at the very least add great candidates to the top of the funnel.
Maintaining Work-Life Balance – We work hard and apply ourselves, so we can live life to a fuller extent! Nothing Is more important than our health and personal relationships.

Core Values & Guiding Principles

Operating With Radical Transparency – We’re entirely transparent about the markets we operate in, the technical disciplines where we have true specialization, our track record of results and unique recruiting process, the relationships we have, how we present opportunities to the talent-market and introduce candidates to employers. Essentially, unless something is confidential or cannot be shared for specific reasons, we maintain full visibility for all sides throughout the hiring lifecycle. This is how it should be for everyone.
Demonstrating Respect & Humility – we treat others how we wish to be treated, in all forms. Despite experience and results, we’re learning on the job all the time, especially from those working in the field, whether you are an individual contributor or hiring manager.
Upholding Ethics & Integrity – Candidates: if we don’t have a suitable role for you, we’ll say so. We don’t claim to have relationships with companies or people when we don’t, and your resume will never be sent without your permission. Employers: we are grateful for the opportunity to represent you in the talent-market and endeavour to do so professionally, maintaining high standards and operating with transparency. We’ll recruit a role only when instructed, always gain a candidate’s permission to represent them and follow the internal HR process every time.
Relationship Driven Approach – From the first point of contact, we treat each interaction as one that may lead to a long-term relationship.
Determined Focus on Results – No firm fills every search they work on, but when operating under the right conditions for both sides, we deliver exceptional results, or at the very least add great candidates to the pipeline.

Defined Calculus is a highly specialized talent acquisition firm exclusively focused on Data Science & Engineering, Quantitative Research & Development and C-Level Data appointments, positioned as industry-agnostic and operating primarily in the United States, as well as the United Kingdom. We offer contingent and retained services for employers, alongside valuable market intelligence derived from a decade in this space.

What makes us different? Years of feedback indicates we follow a more rigorous and detailed approach than all the competition. When recruiting in arguably the most complex and technical job market in the world, it’s the details that really matter when striving for results.

The name Defined Calculus, loosely translated as interpreting the mathematical study of continuous change, seemed pertinent in the company’s foundational year, as to this day we all try to comprehend the Data Science & Engineering evolution worldwide, that continues to gather momentum all the time. The company was created to connect with the people who are driving change and all of those who collectively form part of this exciting space.

With significant industry-support, our ongoing mission is to provide an exceptional professional service for employers and candidates alike, with a determined focus on results. We understand the importance of listening intently, asking meaningful questions, attention-to-detail, radical transparency, respecting others and operating with integrity.

In a space where many claim to be experts, we cut through the noise by displaying genuine depth of market intelligence across specific technical fields and many industries. More importantly, we can speak about past results and the specific process followed to achieve them. This includes working with innovative start-ups, to Fortune 100 companies, and those in between. With a methodical business strategy in place, we’re here to make a difference over time.

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What Makes Us Different?

Client Perspective

Candidate Perspective

Company Foundation

Core Values

Operating with Radical Transparency

Demonstrating Respect & Humility

Upholding Ethics & Integrity

Relationship Driven Approach

Determined Focus on Results

Maintaining Work-Life Balance

Core Values & Guiding Principles

Core Values & Guiding Principles

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