
Staff Quality Engineer (MSME) at Salmon Group (Remote)
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: 12:00–19:00 Manila Time Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines. 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 our mobile apps, web applications and backend services for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). You'll work directly with engineers and product managers to ship features that businesses depend on to run their operations every day.
What you'll do
- Work directly with Developers and Product Managers across the release cycle, testing features before they reach customers making real financial decisions.
- Test the business mobile app and its underlying APIs, catching issues across browsers, devices, and environments.
- Write and maintain detailed test cases, and help the team lay the groundwork for automated testing.
What you'll own
- Design, execute, and maintain manual test cases for the business mobile app.
- Run end-to-end and regression testing across releases and product updates.
- Test APIs directly (e.g. via Postman) and validate behavior beyond the UI.
- Debug issues using browser DevTools and communicate findings clearly to developers.
- Cover testing across browsers and devices to catch environment-specific bugs.
- Write and maintain automated tests in Kotlin as coverage expands.
- Contribute to integrating tests into CI/CD workflows as the team builds toward automation.
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
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 12:00 to 19:00 Manila time (UTC+8)
- Company-provided tools and equipment
Health and time off
- Medical insurance for you and your family, starting day one
- 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, and industry publications
- Regular offsites, sports, and team events across Southeast Asia
- 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.