Regtech and compliance hiring in fintech is not only a compliance department story. On 21 October 2026 Finjobsly shows 157 active roles with compliance, AML, KYC, financial crime, sanctions or regulatory titles at 28 employers, and a second group of hybrid roles that sit between technology and regulation: 24 with privacy in the title, 16 with governance and 8 with model risk. This article shows who is hiring, which skills they list and what the hybrid roles look like.
Key findings
- 157 roles have a compliance, AML, KYC, financial crime, sanctions or regulatory title, at 28 employers.
- Hybrid titles include privacy (24 roles at 10 employers), governance (16 at 10) and model risk (8 at 3). Fraud titles number 70 at 16 employers.
- Skills tags show AML on 175 roles, KYC on 146, Sanctions on 87, Regulatory Reporting on 56 and Credit Risk on 76. Compliance is tagged on about one role in four.
- Median pay midpoint for US risk, compliance and legal roles that state a range is $184,800 (n=85).
Which regtech and compliance roles are open?
The core group is compliance, AML, KYC and financial crime, with 157 titled roles at 28 employers on 21 October 2026. Alongside it sit fraud roles (70 at 16 employers) and security roles (112 at 24 employers). Skills tags show what employers ask for inside these roles, with AML on 175 roles, KYC on 146, Sanctions on 87, Regulatory Reporting on 56 and Risk Management on 284. Browse RegTech jobs for live listings and read the compliance jobs guide.
What are the hybrid roles between technology and regulation?
A smaller group of titles combines technical and regulatory work. Examples in the data include a Group Product Manager for Compliance Automation at Coinbase, a Senior AI Governance Counsel at Adyen, Model Risk Management Lead roles in machine learning at Affirm, a Senior Manager for Data and AI Governance at Mercury, a Staff Software Engineer for Data Governance at Plaid and a Software Engineer for Privacy Engineering at Block. Counting by title keyword, privacy appears in 24 roles at 10 employers, governance in 16 at 10 and model risk in 8 at 3, with Affirm accounting for most model risk roles. These are small numbers, but they show the hybrid profile is a real, if narrow, part of the market.
The reading is that regulation is pulling technical and legal skills together. A candidate who can explain both the regulatory reason and the technical design fits these titles. Read the AI jobs guide for the model-building side.
Who is hiring for compliance and regtech?
Adyen, Coinbase and Stripe each had 13 compliance-style titles in our 20 October count, followed by Block with 12, Qonto with 10, and Kraken and Nubank with 7 each. Stripe, at 776 roles, is the largest employer in the panel, so its place on the list partly reflects size. See the full employer ranking.
What do these roles pay?
Among US roles that state a range, risk, compliance and legal roles have a median midpoint of $184,800 (n=85), against $216,000 for engineering (n=354) and $225,000 for product and design (n=137). Only 1,491 of 4,187 roles (35.6%) state pay. Use the salary benchmark for role-level ranges.
How to position yourself for these roles
- If you come from engineering or data, learn the regulatory reason behind a control, such as sanctions screening or data protection, and show it in your CV.
- If you come from compliance, learn how the systems you review work, including data flows and model basics.
- Target the employers with hybrid titles, including Affirm, Coinbase, Plaid and Mercury.
- Check your CV with the resume analyzer and rehearse with the career coach.
FAQ
How many compliance jobs are there in fintech?
157 roles carry compliance, AML, KYC, financial crime, sanctions or regulatory titles at 28 employers, as of 21 October 2026 on Finjobsly. The Compliance skill tag appears on about 25.9% of all roles.
What are hybrid regtech roles?
Roles that combine technical and regulatory work, such as privacy engineering, data governance, AI governance and model risk management.
Is regtech hiring growing?
We cannot say. Finjobsly began tracking in July 2026, so this is a snapshot and not a trend.
Methodology and data notes
Figures come from the Finjobsly tracked employer panel, with title counts on 21 October 2026 and the employer ranking from 20 October 2026, so small differences are expected. Title groups use keyword matching, and a role can match more than one group. Skills use the tags on each role, where one role can carry several. Pay uses US roles that state a range. Last updated: 21 October 2026. See the methodology page.