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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
There's an abundance of tech talent on the market, especially from Big Tech firms like Meta, which have been making widespread layoffs. Some people who joined these firms from finance have, laid off or otherwise, moved back. One ex-JPMorgan MD has returned, but isn't exactly back where he came from. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kGeorge Apostolov has joined Wells Fargo as its co-head of markets risk technology architecture in New York.
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.co.uk | Alex McMurray
Hedge funds have been aggressively hiring artificial intelligence specialists from firms like Google DeepMind as they build out tools for their traders to use. Now, however, they have a problem; while their demand for AI talent wanes, their applicants have lost interest in everything else. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Fintech by 2 minutes ago 3 minute readFintechCoinbase is hiring for its "based" new platform: Base. Based on what? Based on the blockchain. The platform is intended to be a low-cost option for people to build financial applications. Coinbase isn't just hiring blockchain developers for the team, however; it's offering over $200k salaries to Reddit aficionados. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
It's no secret that technologists in banks have gotten a poor rub of the green in 2025. Many are complaining about being brought into the office five days a week, many more are complaining about a dismal bonus round. One group of technologists, UX/UI developers, have less reason to complain... if they're full-time employees. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kBanks have been aggressively hiring UX staff and building new teams for UX people.
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Citi's transformation isn't moving at a glacial pace, but it isn't moving rapidly either. In the bank's Q1 earnings presentation this week, the bank revealed that it retired 130 applications this quarter, less than half the amount it decommissioned in Q4 2024. CEO Jane Fraser, however, is happy with the progress. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance?
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com.au | Alex McMurray
When interviewing for a student role at Balyasny, you might have a closer link to the hedge fund's founder than you think. The fund recently hired Alessandra Balyasny as a campus recruiting associate in New York. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kIt's not clear whether Alessandra is a relation of Dmitry Balyasny. She claims to be one of eight children, which means she would not be his daughter (Dmitry has six kids).
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1 week ago | 
efinancialcareers.com.au | Alex McMurray
While modern AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic are all the rage, hedge fund Millennium has an appreciation for the classics. It recently hired a Vaibhava Goel, who spent 16 years in IBM's marquee AI team. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1kGoel has joined Millennium as its head of machine learning research, based in New York. He previously worked in IBM's Watson AI research group which built the supercomputer of the same name.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Electronic trading, like other areas of finance, is riding the AI wave, and Jane Street is one of the firms leading the charge. Loren Puchella Fiore, one of the firm's top machine learning engineers for six and a half years, is taking his expertise elsewhere, however. Click here to follow our new WhatsApp channel, and get instant news updates straight to your phone 📱. Fiore has defected to rival HFT Jump Trading, joining its London office as a lead research engineer.
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2 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Not everyone at XTX Markets is earning £14m ($18m), but most seem to be doing well for themselves. Recently released accounts for one of the electronic trading firm's UK entities suggest that the firm has been increasing its average pay and growing its headcount. Click here to follow our new WhatsApp channel, and get instant news updates straight to your phone 📱. XTX Markets has multiple UK entities.
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3 weeks ago | 
efinancialcareers.com | Alex McMurray
Banking is a traditionally masculine industry, but plenty of women survive and thrive within it. It's intriguing, however, that two of the most prestigious names in the industry are also two of the worst for gender pay disparity. Click here to follow our new WhatsApp channel, and get instant news updates straight to your phone 📱. Using the UK Government's gender pay gap reporting tool, we've looked at disparities in both salaries and bonuses.
