Meet The Team

Nathan Darnell

Hi, I’m Nathan, the Founder and Managing Director of Source Control.
I established Source Control to fuse my two passions within Financial Trading & Technical Recruitment after identifying a niche in the market around Low Latency & Distributed Systems hiring within the global Trading Technology sphere.

I am a seasoned Technology Recruiter benefiting from over 10 years of dedicated technical headhunting experience, I have worked with businesses of all different shapes and sizes from start-ups, SME’s and global enterprise clients and understand first hand the difficulties hiring within a niche landscape and how best to attract top level talent that is individually suited to meet clients’ expectations.

Throughout my career I have proven to be an accomplished consultant and leader, being consecutively recognised as the year-on-year top achiever in previous roles and having been personally shortlisted for nomination as“2019 Permanent Recruitment Consultant of the Year” at the nationwide recruitment IRP Awards

The roles i cover

- Head of Engineering

- CTO

- Lead Engineer

- Front Office Engineer

- Senior Developer

- Staff Engineer

- Low Latency Engineer (JVM)

- Software Engineer

My Process

I take a methodical approach to recruitment. Firstly, I ensure I have booked a meeting with any client (new or old) to ensure I properly understand their hiring needs and consult with them to ensure hiring expectations are in line with market conditions and we have built a solid “candidate profile” to take to market. Once I begin a search campaign I methodically search and headhunt within my existing network, database, competitors and various other tools such as LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter in addition to other online platforms to identify the right talent in the market before approaching them across various different means to engage with them and assess if the opportunity suits their needs and have synergy with the role requirements.

My approach is not pushy, more consultative, my role is to pair great people with great organisations, but I understand that everyone is unique, has different needs and isn’t always going to be a great match. I aim to foster long term relationships with any prospective client or candidate to fully understand their needs and offer consultation wherever required, this is not limited to just the job I am working but I aim to add value in every instance by offering concise information about market conditions, salary benchmarking, industry news/trends, topical technical information and give the best advice I have available regarding hiring strategies and interview tips.

Case Study

I engaged with Blockchain.com in mid-2021 at a time where they needed to scale up their operations within Low-latency engineering beyond the bandwidth available through their internal talent team. Having not partnered with agencies before they needed to ensure their talent function benefited from using external support more than hindered from a time perspective. I quickly established some constructive SLA’s based around delivery and hiring feedback, I took the time to understand their hiring needs and struggles before going to market to deliver the talent required. As a result of this, we were able to quickly build a cohesive partnership that resulted in over 30 placements within a 12 month period, quickly establishing ourselves as their “go-to” hiring partner for technical hires across the business.

testimonials

I worked with Nathan and Source Control when hiring for a number of engineering roles in my team. He delivered a high number of excellent candidates promptly and consistently throughout the process and was leagues above the competition. He took the time to thoroughly understand the role requirements and gave great communication every step of the way. All round stand out recruiter. I will be using him again for future role

Ben Hargreaves

Team Leader

Nathan was great to work with - he worked hard finding us candidates for a very niche role and was great at hearing feedback about the types of candidates we were keen to see. Would recommend working with Nathan as he will go the extra mile for you. Nathan worked with me to find my next role. I found him very transparent about the process involved, and clear in managing expectations around the time frame involved and the role we were looking at. He was responsive to queries and took the initiative to resolve issues himself and ensure everything was progressing smoothly. ‍I would be very happy to work with him again, not just because he found me a role, but because the friendly and straightforward nature of the way he works makes it easy and pleasant to work with.

Stacey Williams

Head of Talent

Nathan has great insight in the recruitment process! I full recommend working with him!Nathan has great insight in the recruitment process! I full recommend working with him!

Michal Zajda

Protocol Engineer

Nathan has been excellent with his way of expressing and being exact to the point . I am pleased to work with him for my new opportunity and extremely thankful for his support and constant updates throughout this process . It is greatly appreciated and i am happy to continue to work with you in future

Avinash Bobba

Senior Engineer

Nathan worked with me to find my next role. I found him very transparent about the process involved, clear in managing expectations around time frame involved and the role we were looking at. Responsive to queries and took the initiative to resolve issues himself and make sure everything was progressing smoothly. I would be very happy to work with him again, not just because he found me a role, but because the friendly and straightforward nature of the way he works makes it easy and pleasant to work with.Nathan worked with me to find my next role. I found him very transparent about the process involved, clear in managing expectations around time frame involved and the role we were looking at. Responsive to queries and took the initiative to resolve issues himself and make sure everything was progressing smoothly. I would be very happy to work with him again, not just because he found me a role, but because the friendly and straightforward nature of the way he works makes it easy and pleasant to work with.

Imran Chaudhry

Staff Engineer

We started working with Nathan at a time when we were scaling up rapidly, and needed assistance in ramping up hiring at a faster rate than we could grow our internal team to handle. Having not worked with agencies in the past, the company was concerned about seeing a drop in quality - but Nathan made sure that this wasn't the case. He has delivered consistent quality, and has proven to be an effective and valuable partner to us. He is honest and candid in the information that he provides, and this helps us to make better informed decisions. Having been very selective in our choice of partners, I'm pleased to say that we made a good decision with Source Control - and would recommend him to anyone looking for external support in their Engineering hiring.We started working with Nathan at a time when we were scaling up rapidly, and needed assistance in ramping up hiring at a faster rate than we could grow our internal team to handle. Having not worked with agencies in the past, the company was concerned about seeing a drop in quality - but Nathan made sure that this wasn't the case. He has delivered consistent quality, and has proven to be an effective and valuable partner to us. He is honest and candid in the information that he provides, and this helps us to make better informed decisions. Having been very selective in our choice of partners, I'm pleased to say that we made a good decision with Source Control - and would recommend him to anyone looking for external support in their Engineering hiring.

William Collins

Head of Talent

Nathan Darnell

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Nathan Darnell

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