Even as the labor market cools, the need for tech talent remains particularly acute. The problem for banks is that they compete not just with other banks, credit unions and financial technology companies for data scientists, software engineers and product designers.
βThe reality is, when we start talking about engineers, designers, product individuals, every company on the face of the planet is hiring those types of talents,β says Nathan Meyer, head of innovation strategy at $545 billion Truist Financial Corp.