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Fintech Careers for Freshers and Experienced Professionals

By JobKarle Editorial Team · Published · 2 min read

What fintech is, the roles inside it, the mix of finance and technology skills needed, and how to enter or switch into a fintech company.

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The short version

Fintech means financial technology: companies that use software to offer payments, lending, investing, insurance and banking services. They need engineers, but also operations, risk, compliance, customer support and product people.

Where fintech works

  • Digital payments and wallets
  • Online lending and buy-now-pay-later
  • Investment and wealth platforms
  • Insurance technology (insurtech)
  • Banking software and infrastructure
  • Accounting, tax and business finance tools

Roles in a fintech company

  • Software, data and security engineers
  • Product managers and designers
  • Risk, fraud and credit analysts
  • Compliance, KYC and operations teams
  • Customer support and success
  • Sales, partnerships and marketing

Skills that stand out

  • Basic finance knowledge plus comfort with technology
  • Data skills: SQL and Excel at minimum
  • Understanding of regulations and why they matter
  • Attention to security and accuracy
  • Adaptability, as products change fast

How to enter

  1. Choose a function: engineering, operations, risk, support or business.
  2. Learn how the products work by using several fintech apps and reading their help pages.
  3. Build a small project or analysis that shows you can combine finance and technology.
  4. Apply for associate and analyst roles, including operations and support.
  5. Use your first role to learn the business and then specialise.

Next step

Register on JobKarle and watch for fintech and BFSI-technology roles.

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