Checkout.com has defied concerns about a slowdown in tech recruitment, with the private tech firm increasing its hiring despite the widespread adoption of AI tools. While leading tech companies have reportedly reduced the hiring of junior staff, as AI automates many entry-level tasks, Checkout.com has bucked this trend.
According to a recent analysis of LinkedIn data, new graduates now represent as little as 7% of new hires at major tech firms, down from 25% in 2023 and over 50% before the pandemic.
Checkout’s Chief Operating Officer, Jenny Hadlow, stated, “We are seeing AI’s use cases at every level of the organisation helping every role profile, and I would say the way Checkout is growing as an organisation hasn’t seen any major shifts.”
In 2025, Checkout.com hired hundreds of new employees, increasing its global headcount by 15% to over 2,000. This expansion included opening new hubs in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Sao Paulo. The company has embedded AI throughout its core operations to enhance efficiency, with AI-driven policy reviews reducing due diligence time by 83% and automating 100% of rejected transaction distribution, a task previously performed manually. Additionally, Checkout.com has accelerated its technical output, generating 2.7 million lines of AI-generated code monthly.
The fintech firm reported a return to profitability in 2025, following a 64% increase in total payment volume to $300bn (£222bn). Hadlow noted, “The rate at which we’re having to invest in things like our headcount is less than the growth at which the business is growing, and so that’s what creates the profitability for us.”
Guillaume Pousaz, Checkout.com’s Chief Executive and Founder, remarked, “Our return to profitability and the record-breaking performance of our enterprise clients validate the long-term architectural bet we made from day one: that a single, unified infrastructure would ultimately outmatch patched-together legacy systems.”
