Your Dallas fintech recruitment specialists
Nexus IT Group recruits fintech professionals for Dallas-Fort Worth employers: banking and payments engineers, risk and compliance technologists, quantitative developers, data and platform engineers along with the CTOs and heads of engineering who run regulated products. We place contract, contract-to-hire and permanent staff across the sectors that make Dallas a banking, wealth-management and payments hub before anything else, from Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments at the Solana campus in Westlake to JPMorgan Chase and Capital One at Legacy West in Plano, Texas Capital Bancshares in Uptown Dallas and MoneyGram downtown.
Our Dallas candidate network has been built over years of searches for banks, wealth managers, payment companies and mortgage lenders across the metro, out through Plano and Frisco to the market infrastructure firms building the city's newest stock exchange. Every search runs outbound to passive engineers, with three calls before you see anyone and a shortlist within 4 days, the same fintech recruiting process we run for clients nationwide. Candidates are screened on the banking, payments or risk systems they have actually shipped, so the first interview is about fit rather than verification.
Companies that staff their fintech roles with Nexus IT Group
Nexus IT Group will quickly staff your open Dallas fintech roles with high-quality committed candidates
81%
of our successful candidates are submitted within one week
92%
of our candidates will accept your offer
96%
of our candidates are employed with your firm after 12 months
Where Dallas hires fintech talent
Four sectors carry most of the demand, and the banking and wealth-management campuses dominate the others, because Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Chase, Capital One and USAA all run some of the largest engineering and operations campuses in the metro.
Banking and wealth-management campuses
The out-of-state banks and brokers that built regional campuses across the metro, led by Charles Schwab's 1.16 million square foot campus in Westlake, which houses more than 5,000 employees.
- Charles Schwab
- Fidelity Investments
- JPMorgan Chase
- Capital One
- USAA
Mortgage, consumer lending and municipal finance
Dallas-headquartered Hilltop Holdings and its bank, broker-dealer and mortgage subsidiaries sit alongside Mr. Cooper Group, the Coppell-based mortgage servicer that Rocket Companies acquired for $14.2 billion in a deal that closed in October 2025.
- Hilltop Holdings
- PlainsCapital Bank
- PrimeLending
- HilltopSecurities
- Mr. Cooper Group
Payments, custody and banking technology platforms
Apex Fintech Solutions runs more than $276 billion in assets under custody and 41 million brokerage accounts as of 30 June 2026 from its Dallas headquarters, next to the Plano-based digital banking platform Alkami and the Dallas-headquartered money transfer network MoneyGram.
- Apex Fintech Solutions
- Alkami Technology
- MoneyGram
Regional banking and market infrastructure
Texas Capital Bancshares reported total assets of $33.9 billion at the end of its second quarter of 2026, and the new Texas Stock Exchange is due to start trading from downtown Dallas on 6 July 2026, backed by Charles Schwab, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.
- Texas Capital Bancshares
- Goldman Sachs
- Texas Stock Exchange
What fintech roles pay in Dallas
| Role | Low | Median | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI/ML Engineer | $152,800 | $194,700 | $220,300 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
| Data Scientist | $138,800 | $175,300 | $208,100 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
| Market Risk Analyst | $96,000 | $116,000 | $137,400 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
| Credit Risk Analyst | $93,500 | $114,000 | $134,000 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
| Compliance Analyst | $90,900 | $115,100 | $130,200 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
| Fraud Investigator | $74,100 | $91,800 | $108,600 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
| Financial Analyst | $74,400 | $91,200 | $105,200 | Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide |
Figures are for the Dallas-Fort Worth metro in 2026. Every row is the Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide's starting salary band by experience level, shown as the band for a candidate new to the role, one with moderate experience and one with extensive experience. Treat these as ranges, not a benchmark to offer against.
What shapes a Dallas fintech search right now
The Texas Stock Exchange is trading
The Texas Stock Exchange won SEC approval in September 2025, began trading on 6 July 2026 and now runs live from Travis Street in Dallas, issuing trader alerts and taking primary listings. Texas Capital Bank lists new exchange traded funds there on 16 September 2026, and the exchange is backed by Charles Schwab, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Citadel Securities. A working exchange needs listing, market data, surveillance and connectivity engineers in Dallas, and so do the members connecting to it.
Big tech sets the local pay ceiling
Amazon is the highest paying employer for a software engineer in Dallas, at an average total compensation of $253,500. Robert Half puts an AI and machine learning engineer here between $152,800 and $220,300, with a median of $194,700. A bank or fintech hiring senior engineering talent is bidding against those numbers, so the brief has to lead with scope and ownership rather than base pay alone.
Texas Capital Bancshares posted double-digit profit growth
Texas Capital Bancshares reported second quarter 2026 net income available to common stockholders of $80.6 million, up 10% year over year, with total assets of $33.9 billion at 30 June 2026, up from $31.9 billion a year earlier. The bank remains headquartered in Uptown Dallas and pointed to loan growth as a driver. Balance-sheet growth at that pace tends to show up first in credit, risk and compliance hiring rather than in front-office roles.
Dallas works from the office
Dallas office occupancy reached 64.9% in the week to 2 September 2026, up 3.1 points on the week before and higher than every large metro except Austin. New York ran at 53.9% and San Francisco at 45.4% over the same week. A Dallas search can assume a largely in-office candidate pool, which changes how a hybrid or remote role has to be pitched here.
Searches we have completed for Dallas employers
Security Analyst
A not-for-profit credit union that offers a full suite of financial products and services for individuals and businesses. An Information Security II position was open for 3+ months when CommunityAmerica approached nexus IT group seeking assistance
They had 3 other recruiting vendors on the position for 3 months
Kept receiving under-qualified candidates and poor culture fits from other vendors.
Screened 50+ candidates
Submitted top 2 candidates within 1 week
Each candidate had spent 10+ years at current employer
Both candidates completed 3 rounds of the interview process
An offer was made and accepted 3 weeks after project initiation
MarTech Consultant
A leading data analytics partner powered by mind+machine, that helps clients get the most out of their core processes. Due to client demand our client was seeking a Digital Martech specialist with experience in adobe sutie analytics( Adobe analytics, Launch, Audience Manager, AEP, Adobe target), web analytics, and marketing analytics. Because of our previous expertise in the Digita Marketing space we were able to quickly cold call and put an outreach campaign together that allowed us to get in front of 451 candidates. We picked our top 4 candidates and were able to get an offer to 1 candidate within a one and a half weeks.
Sr Full Stack Engineer
One of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance tasked us with identifying several Full Stack Engineer’s for their growing team. The Full Stack Engineer’s are working on several the key technology initiatives leveraging cutting edge data, cloud and integration technologies. Working within the Technology solution team, they are involved in designing and developing end to end applications. Our software development recruiters vetted 572 candidates and our client hired 8 of the 15 Full Stack Engineers that we submitted.
Full Stack Engineer
A digital agency with a unique blend of strategic, media, creative and technical services tasked nexus IT group to find a Full Stack Engineer quickly. They had originally hired someone through a referral but that ultimately didn’t work out and this left them in a pinch. The Full Stack Engineer needed to have agency experience along with Martek, Pardot, Salesforce, and Marketo. It was important that this person could develop and launch large websites from scratch. Our software development recruiters sourced 76 candidates resulting in just 1 submitted candidate and that candidate being hired.
Software Engineer
A 3 year old startup who is transforming insurance buying by providing a digital insurance engine and world-class underwriting capabilities tasked nexus IT group with hiring a few mid-level Software Engineer. The challenge is that the client wasn’t looking for a developer who just follows orders and writes code, instead, they wanted a developer who would participate in grooming requirements and then follow those requirements to craft solutions of his/her own design. Unfortunatley, their salary range was not competitive with the market so we had to source 1,501 candidates to find someone who doesn’t require sponsorship, willing to work within the salary range, and someone who was a entrepreneural. We ended up filling the role within about 4 weeks of receiving the req.
DevOps Engineer
Our client is a digital insurance company, powering partners around the world to drive business growth and customer value with insurance. Our client asked us to help them find several DevOps Engineers with Azure experience. The ideal candidate will help build and scale a SaaS startup using repeatable processes. The biggest challenge was sifting through the hundreds of candidates that required sponsorship to work in the US. Our client was not willing to sponsor for this role so our DevOps staffing team used creative sourcing strategies to get infront of the right candidates. We ended up hiring 3 DevOps Engineers and sourced 232 candidates.
VP, Head of Data Engineering
A 3 year old startup who is transforming insurance buying by providing a digital insurance engine and world-class underwriting capabilities tasked Nexus IT group to identify, vet, and hire a Head of Data Engineering for the data engineering group. Our data scientist recruiters quicly got on this executive level search. Diversity sourcing and hiring was very important for this client so the team focused on diversity sourcing. We ended up sourcing 176 candidates, submitted six candidates and the client ended up hiring one candidate.
Cloud Security Architect
A large financial services and wealth management firm tasked our cloud recruiters to assist them in finding a VP level Cloud Security Architect. This person was hired to define data security, help define Azure cloud strategy, and set standards based on insuranced regulations. Our cloud recruiters quickly sourced 249 candidates for this role and narrowed the candidate pool to our top 15. The cloud recruiting team ended up submitting 6 candidates, giving our client several options to choose from.
Four ways to staff a Dallas fintech team from a retained CTO search to contract build capacity
Executive Search (Retained)
We run retained searches for fintech leadership in Dallas, including CTO, VP of Engineering, Head of Platform and the risk and compliance technology leaders that regulated banks and lenders require. Investors and boards frequently sit in on these processes, whether the company is a bank at Legacy West in Plano or a payments platform downtown, so the shortlist has to survive a board conversation as well as a technical one. Our retained placements hold a 96% candidate retention rate.
Direct Hire
Fintech engineers in Dallas are courted heavily by the banks at Legacy West and Solana and rarely answer adverts, so our recruiters work outbound into banking, payments, mortgage and market-infrastructure candidates depending on what the role actually touches. We deliver a vetted shortlist within 4 days of taking the requirement, with every candidate screened on the systems they have actually shipped rather than what a resume claims. That approach holds across the Uptown, Legacy West and downtown Dallas job markets alike.
Contract Staffing
Regulatory deadlines, market launches and quarterly growth arrive with dates attached and often need capacity rather than headcount, as Texas Capital Bancshares' rise to $33.9 billion in total assets and the Texas Stock Exchange's 6 July 2026 launch both show. We serve as both the recruiter and the W2 employer for the contract term, which keeps co-employment risk off your side and gives you a clean way to convert the engineer if the work becomes permanent. Our contract placements hold a 94.3% quality of hire ratio.
Recruitment as a Service
A Dallas fintech scaling after a funding round, or a bank building out a new compliance function, is usually hiring across engineering, data and product at the same time, which is where per-placement fees stop making sense. Our Recruitment as a Service subscription handles candidate marketing, sourcing, screening and delivery for the whole plan, leaving your Dallas engineers the technical assessment. We generate an engaged pipeline for a named fintech role in under 7 days.
What our fintech clients have said about working with Nexus IT Group
The great thing about nexus IT group is that it has a smaller family feel, but they are able to deliver IT candidates better than the largest IT staffing suppliers that we work with. They have delivered high quality cybersecurity professionals for several years to our firm.
I’ve been in Talent Acquisition for 15 years and have used many IT staffing firms over the years. I highly recommend Nick and nexus IT group over any other IT staffing services. nexus’ commitment to quality and delivery is top tier. They take the time to understand your needs, provide thorough screening, and make sure that candidates have a positive on-boarding experience.
Working with nexus IT group has made my job much easier. Having a recruiting firm who specializes in IT and within my industry, and who understands our specific culture and hiring needs has been instrumental in our talent acquisition talent strategy.
Capital One has used nexus IT group’s recruitment services for a number of IT positions at varying levels, over the past 4 years. We’ve had a high success rate working with nexus IT group which is a testament to the caliber of their work and their internal sourcing and vetting practices.
I’ve dealt with a lot of hiring firms in my 18 years in the investment banking profession, and the majority of them have been awful to mediocre at best. Dealing with Nexus IT Group, on the other hand, was a breath of fresh air. After only one one opening, I was blown away by the quality and quantity of resumes I received. Nexus IT Group pays close attention to my demands and requirements. As a result, the individuals who were referred to me were excellent fits for our open positions. I appreciate the personal and professional expertise you offer to the process.
SAIC provides government services to several federal agencies across the US. We needed to recruit several new cybersecurity talent for our growing practice area. Travis quickly understood our business and the requirements of each cybersecurity need. nexus IT group showed patience, flexibility, and expertise in the search process. If you’re looking for good cybersecurity recruiters then you can’t go wrong with nexus IT group.
It is hard to put into words what nexus IT group has done for our organization. nexus IT group knows exactly what we look for and they get the right candidates 99% of the time. Anyone looking to hire tech talent would be lucky to have nexus IT group on their side. They have great work ethic, responsive, and a wide array of market knowledge.
We’ve enlisted the help of a number of IT recruiting firms in the past. Nexus IT Group has contributed to the success of many great hires by working professionally, diligently, and efficiently. We contacted Nexus IT Group after being introduced to them, and we were instantly impressed by their promptness and ability to focus on our needs. We received 3 resumes the same day and 3 more the next day, and we were able to hire four people in less than a week. We added an additional individual through Nexus IT Group a few weeks later as a result of vast network, service and professionalism. I highly recommend working with Nexus IT Group.
Frequently asked questions about fintech recruiting in Dallas
It starts with a discovery call to define the role, the stack, the regulatory context and the onsite expectation. From there our recruiters run an outbound campaign to passive engineers in the Dallas-Fort Worth market and hold three calls with each candidate before you see them, then deliver a shortlist of two or three. We stay in touch with every placed candidate for two years, and we travel for retained leadership searches.
Mostly the banks and wealth managers with campuses in Westlake, Plano and Uptown Dallas, the payments and custody platforms downtown, the mortgage and consumer lending groups and the market infrastructure firms building the city's new stock exchange. Those are the employers running platforms large enough to need specialist engineers, which is where an outside recruiter earns its fee. We also take searches from smaller Dallas fintechs hiring their first payments or compliance engineer.
It depends on the role and on how far the compensation sits from the market. A payments engineer or data engineer search typically produces a shortlist within a week, while a quantitative developer or CTO search takes longer. Current Dallas salary bands are a reasonable first check on whether a budget is in range, and where we have an active pipeline we can deliver candidates the day the contract is signed.
Both, and the mix follows the work. Contract and contract-to-hire is common for regulatory builds, market launches and balance-sheet growth at Dallas banks and lenders, while permanent placement and retained search cover the standing engineering and product teams. We are the W2 employer for the length of any contract, so the engineer can be converted later if the work proves ongoing.
Ask how many fintech roles they filled in the last twelve months and what their twelve-month retention is, then ask whether the recruiter on your search has placed the same role before. Our own figures are 96% of placed candidates still employed after twelve months and a 92% offer acceptance rate. A recruiter who cannot answer those questions for Dallas specifically is guessing at the market.