SWE considering switch into FinTech

A recruiter contacted me and said he could get me a position in FinTech for much higher pay (something in the range $250k-300k).  Is this accurate?  I really like building software and am happy to work more than 40hrs.  Does anyone know what the work is like on a technical level?  I'm very interested in performance analysis and optimization but also want to write features as well.t

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