§ 01 · Hiring trends

Fintech

Payments, insurance, wealth, and lending tech.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, Fintech carried 6157 postings from 376 unique companies, with the verdict steady at growth of ~+14% between halves.

Constituent tags
#TagPostingsShare
01Fintech3355
02Wealth Management & Wealthtech2565
03Insurance & Insurtech841
OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings6,157
Unique companies376
Track summary
First-half count2,874
Second-half count3,283
Growth~+14%
Peak weekJan 18 · 465
Verdictsteady
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=6,157
Jan 04Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25Feb 01Feb 08Feb 15Feb 22Mar 01Mar 08Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29Apr 05Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 03May 10May 17
Peak week highlighted in accent. Weekly posting counts, ranked by week.
Key takeaway

Hiring is steady at ~+14% between halves, peaking at Jan 18.

§ 02

Fintech

Backend Development leads at ~21%, followed by Fullstack Development at ~16% and Domain-Specific Development at ~9%. Others account for ~26%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 7 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Backend Development1,314~21%
2Fullstack Development996~16%
3Domain-Specific Development534~9%
4DevOps & Platform Engineering459~7%
5Enterprise Platforms450~7%
6QA & Testing421~7%
7AI & LLM Applications369~6%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)1,583~26%
Key takeaway

Backend Development is the dominant profile at ~21% of Fintech postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

Fintech

Commentary

Fintech runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 10% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.

Key takeaway

Roughly in line with the market at about 10% entry or junior postings.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

Fintech

Fintech hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~90% and Soonicorns at ~5% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
~1%23 cos.Ebitaus · CredHive · MyRemoteTeam Inc.
02Early-Stage Startups
~1%20 cos.Arcana · ArisInfra · super.money
03Funded Startups
~2%37 cos.Applied Systems · Snapmint · Point72
04Soonicorns
~5%44 cos.ModMed · Regnology · Pismo
05Unicorns
~2%9 cos.Indus Valley Partners · Vertafore · insightsoftware
06More Established
~90%229 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~90% of Fintech postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

Fintech

Fintech hiring is led by Bangalore at ~38% of postings. Mumbai region over-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~10% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~38%, with Mumbai region notably over-indexing.