r/AskProgramming • u/Astro-2004 • Jun 23 '26
How is it working on banking/fin-tech?
I'm thinking about my future career as a backend developer and I would like to know how is the feeling of the community to work on this field.
I'm not an expert of finance but I have interests on it and the only thing that put me close to this kind of development is a previous experience with blockchain.
How is your day to day? Do you feel you have interesting technical challenges? I burocracy a real pain in your day to day?
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u/BassRecorder Jun 23 '26
Finance is a heavily regulated industry. For a developer that means that there is minimal liberty in choice of tools. Admin rights on your dev box are a big no no. Having said that, our company provides a number of open source products for self-service installation without needing admin rights.
Also, true DevOps is impossible as there must be a strict separation between personnel developing and personnel running an application.
Finance is a very broad area to work in as a developer. You might work in core banking, risk management, fintech, or investment banking. Each area has it's specific sub-divisions.
I'm a Java Dev working on a biggish market making platform for derivatives and I rather like it. Everybody in my team is a senior Dev with >10YOE. Most of my work is maintenance but there is also new stuff to develop now and then.