
Fullstack QA Engineer (OPS Tech) 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
Job description
🌍 Remote | UTC+8 | Core collaboration hours: 13:00–19:00 Manila Time
Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines.
We combine global fintech expertise with deep local market knowledge to make financial services simple, accessible, and useful for millions of people across the region.
7M+ app downloads. 2M+ monthly active users. 7,000+ partner stores. US$310M+ raised from leading global investors.
Manila-based, globally distributed, and hybrid-first — our team spans 45+ countries.
If you want to solve complex problems at scale and 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 ensure stable releases across multiple OPS Tech streams by owning testing quality for complex business processes, integrations, and rapid product changes — through hands-on testing and Kotlin-based API automation.
What you'll do:
- Test web applications in Creatio-based systems
- Run manual and automated testing across APIs, databases, backend services, and integrations
- Extend our existing Kotlin-based automation framework by adding new tests and following established patterns
What you'll own:
- Own end-to-end quality for your product area across Creatio-based solutions
- Validate APIs, backend integrations, business rules, and data consistency
- Analyze new features from product, technical, and user-risk perspectives before testing begins
- Participate in technical reviews, sprint planning, grooming, and requirements discussions to identify risks, clarify acceptance criteria, and shape the testing approach
- Design, maintain, and execute test cases for new and existing features
- Build and maintain API automated tests using the existing Kotlin-based framework
- Analyze logs, database records, and system behavior to identify, reproduce, and document defects
- Work closely with developers, analysts, product managers, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver stable releases and improve testing coverage
What makes you a strong fit:
- 2+ years of experience in QA automation for backend/API-focused systems
- Ability to work with Kotlin and contribute to existing automated test suites
- Strong hands-on experience in manual testing of web applications, APIs, and microservices
- Experience writing and running SQL queries for data validation
- Strong understanding of SDLC/STLC and testing types: smoke, regression, functional, integration
- Ability to analyze requirements, identify risks, and propose a practical testing strategy
Good to have:
- Experience testing CRM or BPM platforms, preferably Creatio
- Experience testing applications at a financial institution
- Experience writing UI automated tests
What we offer
Ownership and flexibility
- Stock option plan — four-year vesting with a 25% cliff after the first year
- Fully remote work with core collaboration hours from 13:00 to 19:00 Manila time (UTC+8)
- Company-provided tools and equipment
Health and time off
- Medical insurance support for you and your family through co-funding or reimbursement, depending on your location and subject to policy limits
- Access to an internal mental health support specialist
- 22 vacation days, Philippine public holidays, and 15 sick days
Growth and team experience
- Opportunities to learn and share your expertise through internal expert meetups, external conferences, speaking opportunities, and industry publications
- Company-sponsored trips to Manila to meet and work with your team in person
- High-performing teams can earn a dedicated beach house week in Southeast Asia
We believe strong teams are built by people with different backgrounds, experiences, and points of view. Salmon is an equal opportunity employer, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential.
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.