Yes, you can find developers who have worked on SOC 2-compliant fintech apps through platforms like Trio, which screens for candidates who have contributed to audit-ready environments, not just developers who are aware the standard exists. That distinction matters more than it might seem.
Developers with genuine SOC 2 exposure have typically owned specific parts of the compliance picture: logging infrastructure, role-based access controls, or incident response runbooks. They understand how engineering decisions map to the Trust Services Criteria because they have had to justify those decisions to auditors.
In interviews, ask whether candidates have been part of an audit cycle and what their specific role was. Owning a particular control carries a meaningfully different weight than working at a company that achieved certification. Ask them how SOC 2 requirements shaped their architectural decisions day to day. Developers who have internalized compliance tend to think about it during design, not just in the weeks before an audit.