FinTech & Financial Services Recruiting for Teams Moving Money and Moving Fast
Contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement talent who understand both the technology and the regulation.
Whether you're a payments startup racing a roadmap or a hundred-year-old bank modernizing a core system, you're fishing in the same talent pool. And it's crowded. You're competing against big banks with bigger budgets and big tech with bigger equity, and the regulators don't care that you're short-staffed. Catch finds financial people who get it: the ones who can ship fast without breaking the things that absolutely cannot break. From Software Engineers to Product Managers to Risk and Compliance leaders, we deliver interview-ready professionals who fit your team, your stage, and your culture.
Three Ways to Get the People You Need
Different problems, different solutions. Here's how financial teams actually use us.
Contract Staffing
When you need capacity, not headcount.
The core conversion deadline moved up, the exam is in eight weeks, and hiring approvals are frozen until the next board meeting. Catch puts vetted financial technology professionals on your team fast, on our payroll, with the flexibility to scale as priorities shift.
Vetted talent with real fintech and financial services experience
Co-employment protection, we handle W2, payroll, and compliance
Flex your team up or down as the roadmap changes
Local presence with a national footprint
Meaningful reduction in time-to-hire
Direct Placement
When the seat needs a long-term owner.
Some hires can't be temporary. A VP of Engineering, a Chief Compliance Officer, a Head of Product. For those, we run the full search: position-specific sourcing, pre-screening, qualification, and selection, then stay in it as your partner all the way through offer and close.
Talent attraction and engagement strategy built for your stage
Position-specific sourcing and long-term pipeline development
Pre-screen, qualify, and select, so you only meet real contenders
Interviewing strategy and development
A strategic partner and liaison through the close, not a resume vending machine
Contract-To-Hire
When you want to test the waters.
The role matters and the budget's approved, but a bad senior engineer or compliance lead hire costs you a quarter you can't get back. Bring someone on contract, watch them work inside your stack and your controls, and convert when you're confident. Both sides get a real look first.
Try before you commit, and so do they
Lower risk on business-critical technical and regulatory roles
Clean, straightforward conversion terms
Candidates get a genuine feel for your culture and your environment
Financial Services & FinTech Roles We Fill
Financial services isn't one talent market. It's engineers, quants, underwriters, compliance pros, and go-to-market people who all have to speak the same language. Here's where our recruiters have real depth and a network to match.
Software Engineering: Backend Engineer, Full-Stack Engineer, Front-End Engineer, Mobile Engineer (iOS/Android), Staff/Principal Engineer, Engineering Manager
Data & Analytics: Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, BI Developer, Data Architect
Payments & Core Banking: Payments Engineer, Core Banking Integration Specialist, Card Platform Engineer, Ledger Engineer, ACH and Wire Operations Analyst
Risk, Fraud & Financial Crime: Fraud Analyst, AML Analyst, BSA Officer, Risk Manager, Transaction Monitoring Analyst, Financial Crimes Investigator
Compliance & RegTech: Compliance Manager, Compliance Analyst, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Audit Manager, Policy and Controls Lead
Cybersecurity & InfoSec: Security Engineer, Application Security Engineer, IAM Engineer, GRC Analyst, SOC Analyst, CISO
Quantitative & Financial Engineering: Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Developer, Financial Engineer, Pricing Analyst, Model Validation Analyst
Product Management: Product Manager, Senior Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, Product Owner, Group PM, VP of Product
Design & User Experience: Product Designer, UX Designer, UI Designer, UX Researcher, Design Systems Lead
Quality Engineering: QA Engineer, SDET, Automation Engineer, Performance Engineer, Test Lead
Implementation & Client Success: Implementation Consultant, Solutions Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Client Success Manager, Onboarding Specialist
Revenue & Go-to-Market: Account Executive, Enterprise Sales, Sales Engineer, Partnerships Manager, Revenue Operations, Demand Generation
Banking & Lending Technology: Loan Origination Systems Analyst, Digital Banking Product Manager, Servicing Platform Engineer, Credit Systems Analyst, Core Conversion Lead
Wealth & Asset Management Technology: Portfolio Management Systems Analyst, Advisor Platform Product Manager, Trading Systems Engineer, Custody and Clearing Analyst, Performance Reporting Specialist
Platform, Cloud & DevOps: DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure/GCP), Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer
Finance, Accounting & Treasury: Controller, FP&A Analyst, Revenue Accountant, Treasury Analyst, Reconciliation Specialist
Insurance & InsurTech: Policy Administration Analyst, Claims Systems Engineer, Underwriting Technology Lead, Actuarial Analyst, Insurance Product Manager
Why Financial Companies Keep Calling Us Back
TALENT
Fully-vetted, offer-ready candidates of the highest quality. In financial services that means we've verified the technical depth, pressure-tested how they've handled regulated environments, and confirmed they've worked at your scale and stage. A brilliant engineer who's never shipped inside a compliance framework is a different hire than one who has. We know the difference. We don't forward resumes, we send people who are ready to say yes.
TIME
Your team is shipping product, closing books, and answering to regulators. Screening 300 applications isn't the job. Financial searches burn time because the best people aren't applying, they're heads-down somewhere good. Reaching them takes relationships you've been building for years, and that's our problem to solve, not yours. We free up your time and resources so you can get back to the work that moves the business.
TEAM
A tenured crew with deep industry knowledge and real relationships. Our recruiters can talk through a payments architecture, understand why a consumer fintech PM isn't the same as a core banking PM, and know which licenses and certifications actually matter versus which are just alphabet soup. You get people who've been doing this a while, not a rotating cast of order-takers.
Who We Are
Catch Talent is a high-touch recruiting agency that delivers end-to-end talent acquisition solutions to growing technology, financial services, healthcare, digital and creative, professional services, and government contracting companies.
Headquartered in Charleston, SC, we specialize in the full talent attraction lifecycle: sourcing and recruiting qualified candidates who are interview-ready, culturally-aligned, and ready to make an immediate impact.
Financial services sits at the intersection of two things we've done for years: technology recruiting and regulated-industry hiring. We've helped payments platforms, lenders, banks, insurance carriers, wealth and asset management firms, and venture-backed startups build teams through funding rounds, core conversions, product launches, and the occasional all-hands-on-deck sprint. That work built the network, and the network is what you're hiring.
Built on relationships. Focused on people. That’s how we work.
How Can Catch Help You and Your Team?
Tell us what you're building and who you need on it. Whether it's one hard-to-fill Staff Engineer seat or an entire compliance function from scratch, we'd love to hear about it. Fill out the short form and we'll be in touch quickly, with actual humans.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The whole org chart. Engineering, data, platform, and security on the technical side. Product, design, and QA on the build side. Risk, fraud, AML, and compliance on the regulatory side. Plus the domain roles specific to payments, lending, insurance, and wealth, and the go-to-market and finance people who turn a good product into a real company.
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Both, and the difference matters. A Series B payments company and a regional bank modernizing its core need very different people, even when the job title looks identical. We calibrate the search to your stage, your tech environment, and your risk tolerance rather than running the same playbook at everyone.
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Faster than a job post and a hope. Because we work from an existing network instead of starting cold, most searches produce a qualified slate quickly. Actual timing depends on the role, the market, and how narrow the requirements are. Tell us the position and we'll give you a straight answer on what's realistic before you commit to anything.
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Contract means the professional works on your team but sits on our payroll, ideal for surges, conversions, exams, and defined-scope projects. Contract-to-hire is the same setup with a built-in path to convert them once you're confident. Direct placement means we run a full search and they join you as a permanent employee from day one.
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Both. Catch is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC and we know the Southeast market deeply, but we recruit and place nationally, including for remote and hybrid teams. Local presence, national footprint. If you're hiring in a market we haven't worked yet, tell us and we'll be honest about what we can do.
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We go past the resume. That means digging into the actual systems and architecture they've worked in, understanding the scale and stage of their previous employers, and pressure-testing how they've operated under regulatory scrutiny. For risk, compliance, and licensed roles, we verify credentials and regulatory exposure. Then we check that they fit your culture, not just your requisition.
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That's one of our favorite problems. We've supported companies through funding rounds, core conversions, product launches, and rapid scaling, and we adapt the engagement as your needs change. Sometimes that's a single strategic hire, sometimes it's a blended contract-and-direct approach to stand up an entire function. We'll build the plan with you.
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It depends on the engagement model and the role. Contract staffing is billed at an hourly rate that includes wages, burden, and our fee. Direct placement is a fee based on the hire. There's no cost to have the first conversation, and we'll walk you through the numbers before anything gets signed.
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We stand behind our placements. Direct placement engagements include a guarantee period, and on contract engagements we can swap talent if the fit isn't right. The specifics get spelled out in your agreement, and we'd rather over-communicate on this upfront than surprise anyone later.
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Yes. Financial services hiring carries requirements most industries don't, from enhanced background screening to specific regulatory clearances depending on the role and charter. For contract placements, Catch is the employer of record and handles onboarding, screening, and compliance to your standards. Tell us your requirements and we'll build them into the process.