Nicholas Heath

Co-Head of Trading Technology

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

About

Currently Co-Head of Trading Technology at Paragon Alpha, leading a team focusing on placing elite technologists into our hedge fund client base. Areas of focus include: - Quantitative Development - Software Engineering - Platform Engineering/SRE/DevOps - Data Engineering Working closely with leading Multi-Strategy, L/S Equity, and Quant hedge funds. We specialise in placing technical staff into the middle, back, and front office functions across all engineering disciplines. Currently hiring at Paragon Alpha, a specialist hedge fund recruitment and advisory firm with over 35 years of experience placing the best talent in London, New York, Chicago, Geneva, UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong markets. Please feel free to reach out for a confidential chat: [email protected]

Experience

  • Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business (On-site)
    • Co-Head of Trading Technology
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Principal Consultant
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Westbourne Partners (4 yrs 11 mos)
    • Technology Team Lead
      Jun 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Leading a team placing exceptional technologists into buy side and fintech clients.

    • Technology Consultant
      Sep 2018 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Placing skilled IT professionals, from entry level through to CTO, within the Finance domain for Westbourne Partners.