Financial Services Technology
FinTech Engineer Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next FinTech Engineer opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects FinTech Engineers with banks, FinTech businesses, payment providers and financial institutions building modern financial products and technology platforms across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Banking Technology, Payments, Digital Banking, Java, Python, APIs, cloud platforms or microservices, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current FinTech Engineer Jobs
Explore current FinTech Engineer opportunities available through HOK Consulting.
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If there are currently no suitable FinTech Engineer 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 Engineer Do?
FinTech Engineers design, build and maintain software and technology platforms used by financial services organisations, FinTech businesses and payment providers.
The role can involve developing digital banking products, payment services, financial applications, APIs and distributed systems while meeting demanding requirements around security, resilience, performance and regulatory compliance.
FinTech Engineers often work alongside Software Engineers, Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers and financial services specialists to build technology that supports payments, banking, trading, wealth management and other financial products.
FinTech Engineer Skills & Experience
The exact technical requirements vary between organisations and products, but FinTech Engineer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- FinTech
- Banking Technology
- Payments
- Digital Banking
- Software Engineering
- Java
- Python
- APIs and REST Services
- Microservices
- Event-Driven Architecture
- SQL
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- CI/CD
- RegTech
- Trading Technology
- Capital Markets
- Wealth Management
- Risk Technology
- Financial Crime & Compliance
FinTech Engineers may specialise in payments, digital banking, trading technology, wealth management, RegTech or other financial services platforms, while others work across broader product and engineering environments.
Strong software engineering and problem-solving skills are particularly important alongside an understanding of the security, resilience and regulatory requirements associated with financial technology.
Typical FinTech Engineer Responsibilities
- Designing and developing financial technology applications and services
- Building APIs and integrations between financial systems
- Developing scalable microservices and distributed applications
- Supporting digital banking and payment technology platforms
- Writing reliable, maintainable and well-tested software
- Integrating applications with cloud infrastructure and data services
- Supporting CI/CD and automated software delivery
- Improving application performance, resilience and scalability
- Implementing security controls appropriate to regulated financial environments
- Investigating production issues and improving platform reliability
- Working with product, cloud, data, security and financial services teams
- Supporting technology modernisation across banking and FinTech environments
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 Engineer Salary Expectations
FinTech Engineer salaries vary according to experience, location, engineering specialism, financial services domain and the complexity of the technology environment.
Permanent FinTech Engineer
Around £72,000 per year
Current UK FinTech Engineer salary estimate
Contract FinTech Engineer
Around £544 per day
Broader UK FinTech technology contract benchmark
Senior FinTech Engineers and professionals with specialist payments, banking, cloud, trading technology or highly scalable financial platform experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide. Exact-title contractor data is limited, so the contract figure uses the broader UK market for technology roles requiring FinTech expertise.
FinTech Engineer Career Progression
FinTech Engineering can lead into senior software engineering, architecture, technical leadership and specialist financial technology positions.
Typical FinTech Engineer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
FinTech Engineers may also progress into roles such as:
- Software Engineer
- Payments Technology Specialist
- Cloud Architect
- Platform Engineer
- Software Architect
- Engineering Manager
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your software engineering expertise, specialise in a financial services domain, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider engineering teams and technology strategy.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next FinTech Engineer Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the financial platforms you’ve worked on, the technologies you specialise in and the type of FinTech opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
Financial Services Technology Recruitment
FinTech Engineering 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 Engineers?
HOK Consulting supports banks, FinTech businesses and financial institutions looking for experienced FinTech Engineers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re developing a payments platform, modernising digital banking, building new financial products or scaling a wider technology engineering function, speak to HOK about your requirements.