Financial Services Technology
FinTech Developer Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next FinTech Developer opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects FinTech Developers with banks, payment providers and financial technology businesses building secure, scalable digital products and platforms across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, APIs, microservices, payments or cloud platforms, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current FinTech Developer Jobs
Explore current FinTech Developer opportunities available through HOK Consulting.
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If there are currently no suitable FinTech Developer vacancies listed, upload your CV and tell us what you’re looking for. Our team can contact you when a relevant permanent, contract or interim opportunity becomes available.
What Does a FinTech Developer Do?
FinTech Developers design, build and maintain software used across banking, payments and wider financial services environments.
The role can involve developing customer-facing financial applications, payment services, banking integrations, APIs and backend systems while meeting demanding requirements around security, reliability and performance.
FinTech Developers often work alongside Software Engineers, FinTech Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Data specialists and financial services teams to create technology supporting digital banking, payments, trading, wealth management and other financial products.
FinTech Developer Skills & Experience
The exact technical requirements vary between organisations and products, but FinTech Developer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- FinTech
- Software Development
- Banking Technology
- Payments
- Digital Banking
- Java
- Python
- C# and .NET
- JavaScript and TypeScript
- APIs and REST Services
- Microservices
- SQL
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- Open Banking
- Payments Technology
- Cards & Payment Platforms
- RegTech
FinTech Developers may specialise in payments, digital banking, trading technology, RegTech or other financial platforms, while others work across broader full stack and backend development environments.
Strong software development and problem-solving skills are particularly important alongside an understanding of security, resilience and the regulatory expectations associated with financial services technology.
Typical FinTech Developer Responsibilities
- Developing financial applications, platforms and digital services
- Building APIs and integrations with banking and payment systems
- Developing scalable backend services and microservices
- Supporting digital banking and payment technology platforms
- Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
- Integrating applications with cloud and data services
- Supporting CI/CD and automated deployment processes
- Improving application performance, security and resilience
- Developing software for regulated financial services environments
- Investigating defects and production issues
- Working with product, engineering, cloud, data and security teams
- Supporting the modernisation of legacy financial technology platforms
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation and whether the role focuses on payments, digital banking, trading platforms, RegTech, wealth management or wider financial services technology.
FinTech Developer Salary Expectations
FinTech Developer salaries vary according to experience, location, programming language, financial services specialism and the complexity of the technology environment.
Permanent FinTech Developer
Around £65,000 per year
UK FinTech software engineering benchmark
Contract FinTech Developer
Around £544 per day
Broader UK FinTech technology contract benchmark
Senior FinTech Developers and professionals with specialist payments, banking, cloud, trading technology or high-volume transaction platform experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide. Exact-title FinTech Developer data is limited, so these figures use current FinTech software engineering and wider FinTech technology market benchmarks.
FinTech Developer Career Progression
FinTech Development can lead into senior software engineering, architecture and wider technical leadership positions within financial services technology.
Typical FinTech Developer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
FinTech Developers may also progress into roles such as:
- FinTech Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Payments Engineer
- Payments Technology Specialist
- Software Architect
- Engineering Manager
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your software development expertise, specialise in payments or another financial services domain, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider engineering teams.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next FinTech Developer Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the financial products you’ve developed, the programming languages and technologies you specialise in and the type of FinTech opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
Financial Services Technology Recruitment
FinTech Development forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider Financial Services Technology recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with technology professionals across banking, payments, FinTech, RegTech, trading technology and digital transformation.
Hiring?
Recruiting FinTech Developers?
HOK Consulting supports banks, FinTech businesses and financial institutions looking for experienced FinTech Developers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re building payment services, developing digital banking products, modernising financial platforms or scaling a specialist software engineering team, speak to HOK about your requirements.