
Technical Product Manager (Processing) at Salmon Group (Kazakhstan)
Salmon Group· Kazakhstan·
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
Design and evolve debit card and access card product development, focusing on API design, system integrations, and feature implementation. The role involves managing the full lifecycle from business requests to production release, ensuring scalable tech solutions for issuers and acquirers.
Job description
🌍 Remote | +8 UTC | Core collaboration hours: 12:00–6:00 PM 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:
As Salmon migrates to a licensed card processing model, you'll join the Card Technologies team to own integrations across issuance, management, authorization, and clearing.
What you'll do:
- Join the Card Technologies team as Salmon migrates to a licensed card processing model — a shift that touches issuance, authorization, clearing, and settlement end to end
- Work across the full card processing stack: issuance and personalization bureau integration, card management, authorization, and clearing
- Help stand up new integrations from scratch as part of the licensing migration, working closely with engineering, Finance, and Operations to keep settlement and reconciliation accurate throughout the transition
What you'll own:
- Own the integration between card issuance and the personalization bureau
- Own card management flows end to end
- Own authorization processing integrations
- Own clearing flow integrations
- Partner with Finance and Operations on settlement and reconciliation processes
What makes you a strong fit:
- 3+ years as a System Analyst, ideally in fintech or banking
- Experience with payment services or systems, and understanding of how acquirers, issuers, and payment systems interact
- Solid knowledge of microservice architecture and system design
- Experience with API design and integrations from scratch
- Strong SQL skills
- Experience with incident analysis and resolution in production
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 6:00 PM 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.