Tech Talents - Financial World Wants You!

The tech world is experiencing downsizing, but there are always opportunities elsewhere.

🟩 CFPB Looking For Technologists

CFPB currently is hiring talents with skills in Data Science & Strategy, Software

Engineering, Product Management, Design & UX.

These technologists will work on projects such as:

• Perform technical investigative research

• Analyze models regarding discriminatory bias

• Research how big techs harvest and monetize consumer data

Without the proper skill sets, it is hard to regulate the tech-heavy financial world.

🟧 Goldman Sachs Eyes Innovation

Goldman Sachs recently hired Jared Cohen from Alphabet, who founded the incubator program Jigsaw at the tech giant.

Cohen and co-chief information officer George Lee will head a new group named “Office of Applied Innovation”.

The mandate is to “identify and advance commercial opportunities for the firm that are 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚”, according to CEO David Soloman.

🟦 Citi’s Tech Hiring Plan

Citi previously announced the plan to hire 4,000 tech staff to digitalize its institutional clients’ experience. 1,000 of the new hires will join the market technology division.

Sources:

CFPB

CNBC

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