Articles associated with topic: fintech career
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Financial Firms Poaching Technologists from Big Tech, Startups
Fears of a possible recession have led big tech companies to wholeheartedly re-embrace efficiency and productivity, even if it drives some employees out the door. Meanwhile, the crash in cryptocurrency prices h… -
Top 10 Industries Hiring Technologists Right Now
If you’re interested in a tech job in a particular industry, you know that tech skills sometimes aren’t enough—you also need industry-specific knowledge, including certain tools and protocols. Given how long it… -
After the Crypto Crash, Is the Market for Blockchain Jobs Still Strong?
With the recent crypto crash, and its subsequent impact on tech companies such as Coinbase, it’s worth asking whether pursuing a career in crypto-related technologies can still prove lucrative, particularly one… -
What Do Coinbase Layoffs Mean for the Technology Industry?
Coinbase will lay off 1,100 employees, or roughly 18 percent of its workforce. Those layoffs reflect the continuing turbulence in the cryptocurrency market—but should technologists in other industries worry abo… -
SponsoredChanging The Way The World Moves
How Ford’s Technical Specialists Manage a Globalized Workforce The automotive industry is in a state of rapid change. In addition to the expedient move to electrification, auto manufacturers around the world ar… -
Coinbase Technologist Hiring Enters a Deeper Freeze
Two weeks ago, crypto exchange Coinbase indicated it would slow hiring and “reassess” its headcount needs. Now the company is taking even more drastic measures, including a hiring freeze and rescinding some acc… -
Coinbase Slows Hiring as Crypto Market Faces Severe Dips
Given all the turmoil at the moment in the crypto space, perhaps it was inevitable that Coinbase would slow its hiring. It’s a remarkable about-face for the crypto exchange, which was growing at a rapid clip fo… -
Fidelity Is on a Technologist Hiring Spree, Like Other Fintech Companies
Fidelity plans on hiring more than 12,000 new employees by the end of the third quarter, with technologists accounting for 14 percent of that total. The financial-services giant is investing more heavily in cry… -
Robinhood Layoffs Blamed on Rapid Growth, Too Much 'Complexity'
Fintech app Robinhood plans on laying off 9 percent of its staff. According to TechCrunch, Robinhood has 3,400 employees, meaning these reductions will impact roughly 300 of them. “As you know, throughout 2020… -
How Do Software Engineers Want to Change the World for the Better?
For many software engineers, working isn’t just about the money or perks. A sizable percentage have entered tech because they want to make the world a better place. But how do they actually want to change thing… -
What Do Fintech Firms Such as Coinbase Pay Their Software Engineers?
Over the past few years, the fintech industry has attracted technologists interested in not only finance and cryptocurrency, but also cybersecurity, cloud and other disciplines. As an industry, fintech is all a… -
SponsoredWhy Finding Your 'Work-Life Integration' is Better Than 'Work-Life Balance'
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…