Payments is the most requested skill in fintech hiring. It is tagged on 1,966 of the 4,187 active roles tracked by Finjobsly, or 47.0%, as of 20 October 2026. This report uses Finjobsly job market data across 36 tracked employers to show who is hiring for payments work, which roles carry the skill and what they pay.
Key findings
- Payments appears as a skill on 1,966 of 4,187 active roles (47.0%), ahead of Compliance (1,086 roles), Go (980), Python (700) and SQL (611).
- 93 roles have payments in the job title. Stripe has 27, Adyen 13, Tide 8, Coinbase 7, Affirm 6 and Checkout.com 6.
- 25 payments-titled roles in USD disclose pay, with an average advertised range of 155,150 to 203,824 dollars.
- Stripe has 776 active roles overall, 18.5% of the panel, so payments skill counts reflect one very large employer as well as the wider market.
How many fintech jobs involve payments?
Two measures matter here. The skills tag shows that 1,966 roles (47.0%) involve payments in some way, which includes engineering, product, sales, operations and risk roles at payments companies. The stricter title measure shows 93 roles where payments is part of the job title itself. The gap between the two is the point. Payments knowledge is a baseline expectation across a very large share of fintech roles, but dedicated payments job titles are a small group.
Which companies hire the most payments talent?
Stripe leads on both measures, with 27 payments-titled roles and the largest overall headcount in the panel. Adyen follows with 13 payments-titled roles, then Tide (8), Coinbase (7), Affirm (6) and Checkout.com (6). Across all roles, the largest employers by active openings are Stripe (776), Toast (337), Brex (263), Adyen (240), Coinbase (226), Affirm (218), Block (217), Checkout.com (171), Ramp (169) and Robinhood (155).
Because Stripe is so large, read skills shares with that in mind. See the full payments jobs listings and the employer directory.
What do payments jobs pay?
Pay disclosure is limited, with 1,491 of 4,187 roles (35.6%) stating a range. Among the 25 USD payments-titled roles that do, the average advertised range runs from about 155,150 to 203,824 dollars. That sits below the engineering median midpoint of 216,000 dollars (n=354) across the whole panel, but the two groups are not like for like. Treat the payments figure as indicative, since 25 roles is a small sample. For role-level ranges, use the salary benchmark.
Which payments roles are open?
Payments work shows up in every job family. Across the panel, engineering is 25.5% of roles (1,066), sales 21.8% (914), product and design 404, data and machine learning 399, and risk, compliance and legal 307. Because the payments skill is on nearly half of all roles, a candidate with payments knowledge is relevant to most of these teams. Compliance is the next most common skill at 1,086 roles, and fraud appears on 390 roles, which shows how closely payments hiring overlaps with risk work. Read the compliance jobs guide for that side of the market.
How to get a payments job in fintech
- Learn the basics of card networks, acquiring, settlement and chargebacks, then show how you applied them.
- Add SQL and Python to your CV, since they appear on 611 and 700 roles.
- Target the employers with payments-titled roles first, starting with Stripe, Adyen, Tide, Coinbase, Affirm and Checkout.com.
- Check your CV with the resume analyzer and prepare with the career coach.
Where are payments roles based?
Payments roles are not tied to one city. The city pages show where the volume sits, with 844 roles in New York, 711 in San Francisco, 358 in London, 52 in Atlanta and 31 in Miami, all counted by location text. Read the guides for New York, San Francisco and London, or browse all cities.
FAQ
What share of fintech jobs involve payments?
47.0% of active roles on Finjobsly carry the payments skill tag, which is 1,966 of 4,187 roles as of 20 October 2026.
Which company has the most payments jobs?
Stripe has the most payments-titled roles with 27, followed by Adyen with 13.
Do payments jobs require coding?
Not always. Engineering is 25.5% of roles, so most payments-related openings are in sales, operations, product, risk and support.
Methodology and data notes
Figures come from the Finjobsly tracked employer panel, which held 4,187 active roles at 36 employers on 20 October 2026. Skill shares use the skills tags on each role, where one role can carry several, and title counts use keyword matching on job titles. Pay figures use only roles that state a range. The panel covers the employers we track and not the whole market, and Stripe alone is 18.5% of roles. Last updated: 20 October 2026. See the methodology page and the Fintech Hiring Index.