Fullstack QA Engineer (Client App) at Salmon Group (Metro Manila)
Salmon Group· Metro Manila·
Role details
Salmon Group at a glance
A Philippine consumer fintech and licensed neobank offering AI-scored credit, cards, and deposits to underbanked Filipinos.
Salmon is a consumer financial technology company in the Philippines that provides credit lines, installment and cash loans, prepaid cards, and bank deposits to underbanked consumers, using AI credit scoring and a licensed rural bank it acquired.
~$310M ($160M equity + $150M bonds) raised · latest: $100M (April 2026): $60M equity + $40M debt · backed by International Finance Corporation (IFC, World Bank Group), ADQ (Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund), Lunate, Antler VC
Summary
The QA Engineer designs, maintains, and executes test cases for client applications, primarily focusing on manual testing. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve application quality, creating and enhancing test strategies, and reporting on the status of the manual test suite.
Job description
Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines.
7M+ app downloads. 2M+ monthly active users. 7000+ partner stores. US$350M+ raised from top-tier investors.
Here, you get real ownership from day one, high standards, and direct communication. You'll work alongside a team that combines deep local knowledge and experience scaling regulated financial companies from scratch.
If you want to solve complex problems at scale and directly impact how millions of people access and manage money, come build with us.
Southeast Asia's fintech moment starts here.
About the role
You'll own quality across mobile applications and backend services — working directly with engineers and product managers to ship features that reach millions of users.
What you'll do
- Test native iOS and Android applications alongside backend APIs and end-to-end product flows — from credit line to deposits.
- Investigate production issues using logs, crash reports, and traffic analysis tools, and communicate risk clearly to engineers and product managers.
- Define automation strategy: what to automate, at which level, and why — then contribute to building and maintaining that coverage.
What you'll own
- Own end-to-end quality for your product area across mobile and backend.
- Analyze new features from a product, technical, and user-risk perspective before testing begins.
- Design and maintain test coverage for new and existing features.
- Participate in regression scope, release risk assessment, and quality process improvements.
- Use scripts, API clients, and AI-assisted workflows to reduce repetitive manual work.
- Communicate coverage gaps and trade-offs to engineers, product managers, and stakeholders.
What makes you a strong fit
- 3+ years in QA or software testing with strong mobile product experience.
- Solid understanding of mobile-specific behavior: app lifecycle, push notifications, deeplinks, permissions, device matrix, and network conditions.
- Experience testing REST APIs and backend-driven product flows.
- Ability to read and write basic code or scripts in at least one language: Kotlin, Swift, Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar.
- Understanding of automated test structure, flaky tests, test data, and CI test runs.
- Strong bug investigation skills: logs, crash reports, reproduction steps, severity, and root cause hypotheses.
Why work at Salmon Group
- Culture: Emphasizes “dependability,” innovation, and a human touch. Employees describe an agile, open environment where Day One employees shape the company.
- Work model: Mostly office-based at the Taguig City headquarters (Four/NEO Building, Bonifacio Global City). Some field roles (collections, housekeeping) are site-specific.
- Notable perks: Competitive salaries (e.g., PHP 30k-40k/month for junior roles; PHP 15k-25k for field roles). Popular roles include Credit Investigator (PHP 28k/month) and Collection Agent (PHP 16k/month).
- Engineering culture: Strong focus on AI, data analytics, and technology innovation; the CTO and SVP of AI and Data are part of senior management.