Financial services talent partner across banking, trading, and fintech
Selby Jennings is a specialist recruiter placing mid-to-senior talent into financial institutions and fintech companies. The hiring velocity is accelerating with 528 roles posted in the last 30 days across finance, engineering, research, and sales—signaling aggressive scaling on the client side. The tech stack reveals deep fintech penetration: Ethereum, Solidity, kdb+, FIX protocol, and bleeding-edge blockchains (Solana) sit alongside traditional banking infrastructure (Bloomberg, Salesforce), and the organization is adopting containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), indicating clients are modernizing legacy operations.
Notable leadership hires: IT Lead, Head of Custody Product, Head of Product, Head of Compliance, Director of Market Risk & Earnings Analysis
Selby Jennings sources and places talent into financial services firms across investment banking, trading, risk management, quantitative research, wealth management, and fintech. The firm operates across 22 countries with 1,001–5,000 employees based in London. Active hiring spans finance roles (573 positions), engineering (164), research (57), and sales (57), with a seniority mix weighted toward senior practitioners and directors—reflecting demand from institutional clients building and scaling teams in capital markets, compliance, and technology. Current client projects center on financial modeling, M&A execution, portfolio management, risk framework development, and platform modernization.
Client tech spans fintech (Ethereum, Solidity, Solana), capital markets infrastructure (kdb+, FIX, Bloomberg), and cloud platforms (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes). Clients are adopting SAP S/4HANA, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions while retiring R and SQL Server.
Selby Jennings recruits across 22 countries including the UK, US, Singapore, China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Japan, and others across EMEA, APAC, and Americas.
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