These are the hottest fintech and crypto jobs in India right now

Europe’s largest startup Revolut is setting up its India operations. Revolut offers everything from money transfer and exchange, to stock trading, wealth management, loans, peer-to-peer payments and even cryptocurrency trading.

The startup recently announced former LendingKart and Flipkart exec Paroma Chatterjee as its India chief executive office and said that it is set to hire 300 people for its India office. “Revolut has recruited Heads of Operations and Legal for the country and is leveraging India’s strong talent pool to recruit across multiple functions including HR, Finance, Growth, Marketing, Recruitment, Compliance, Risk and Technology,” the company said.

For all you crypto fans out there, US-based cryptocurrency firm Coinbase is setting up its India operations and is hiring aggressively.The firm has hired Pankaj Gupta, Google Pay’s engineering lead in India and Asia Pacific, as the VP of engineering and site lead for India.

The company is now aggressively hiring in India and has openings for product and engineering roles. “India has world-class tech expertise and some of the brightest minds in the industry. Coinbase plans to tap and develop this local talent. The plan is to hire hundreds of employees, across all levels in Eng, PM & UX (engineering, product management and user experience) within the next 1–2 years to build out a full tech hub,” wrote Gupta on Twitter.

Coinbase isn’t the only crypto firm hiring in India. Amidst the bitcoin boom, Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX had recently doubled its workforce to 65 people. And, it now aims to triple the number by the end of 2021. “WazirX is now actively recruiting top talent for engineering and operations. In addition to blockchain developers, the platform is also on a hunt for professionals well-versed in Python, JavaScript, SQL, MongoDB, and R alongside others,” the company said.

Financial services platform BankBazaar has massive expansion plans for FY22 and it plans to onboard 600 new employees for the same. The company which currently has over 1,000 employees is now recruiting for technology, product, operations and customer service domains for its offices in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai.

Peer-to-peer lending platform LenDenClub is also looking to triple its workforce by the year end. From the current employee base of 60, it hopes to have 180 employees by the end of 2021.

The company is looking to hire vertical leads and managers for branding, digital marketing, sales and distribution, and investment etc. “We are also looking for management trainees to help with business development, alliances, product development and strategy, customer support, and wealth management, along with graduate trainees for software development and market analysis,” the company said.

The $3 billion fintech unicorn Razorpay, which recently raised $160 million, is looking to expand its presence in South East Asia and the startup is in the process of hiring more than 600 employees to fuel its growth plans. The jobs are in the engineering, product, sales, marketing and customer experience teams, across levels.