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Unlock expert insights to elevate your fintech hiring or career journey. Whether you're building high-performing teams or navigating your next career move, stay ahead with actionable advice on market trends, recruitment best practices, and strategies to attract and retain top talent. Optimize your approach and thrive in fintech with Selby Jennings.

September 20264 min read
The Machine Learning Talent Hedge Funds Are Hiring for Trading St... 

What machine learning talent are hedge funds hiring? Explore demand for NLP, predictive modeling, agentic AI and the skills shaping trading strategies.

September 2026
Europe Financial Services - Trading Technology Compensation Guide... 

Benchmark financial technology compensation across Europe. Compare salary and total compensation for software, infrastructure, data and AI roles.

September 20267 min read
Asia Technology Hiring Market Update: How Demand Is Shifting 

Technology hiring across Asia is concentrating around specialist functions tied to trading, investment performance and data. This market update examines how AI talent is moving closer to investment teams, why low-latency engineering and Market Data expertise remain difficult to source, and how hiring demand differs across Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China and India heading into 2027.

July 20267 min read
5 Skills That Help AI Engineers Stand Out in Financial Services 

Understand the technical and communication skills financial firms assess when hiring AI engineers, plus practical resume, portfolio and interview advice.

July 20263 min read
How AI is Changing the Way Firms Hire Data Talent 

Streamlining your hiring process is sensible, but what if you’re unintentionally screening out the best data engineers?

July 20265 min read
The Shift Towards Specialist Engineering Talent 

Software engineering remains one of the most competitive hiring markets in financial technology, but the profile of the ideal candidate is changing.

July 20264 min read
Infrastructure in Finance: Why You May Already Be Behind The Curv... 

Does the traditional DevOps Engineer even exist anymore? Yes, of course. But if your focus is on hiring people in this specific discipline, you’re potentially missing out on candidates with a much greater range of abilities.

July 20264 min read
Why Financial Services Technology Firms Struggle to Hire AI Talen... 

For financial services technology firms, moving to or opening a branch in France is harder than you imagine. Unless, of course, you understand the deep nuances of the French developer and engineer market.

July 20263 min read
Investment Banking Hiring: Why Engineering Talent is Becoming Har... 

If it feels like the talent pool for engineers is shrinking, you’re not imagining it. Here's what what firms can do to future-proof their business against talent shortages.

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