QA Automation Engineer (Core banking)

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:
You'll strengthen QA coverage across Salmon's Core banking systems — tariffs, deposits, B2B payments — through hands-on testing and Kotlin-based API automation.
What you'll do:

• Test core banking systems spanning tariffs, deposits, B2B payments, and other backend financial flows.

• Run manual and automated testing across APIs, databases, backend services, and integrations.

• Extend our existing Kotlin-based automation framework, adding new tests by following established patterns.

What you'll own:

• Design, maintain, and execute test cases for new functionality and regression scenarios across core banking systems.

• Validate APIs, backend integrations, business rules, calculations, transaction flows, and data consistency.

• Analyze logs, database records, and system behavior to identify, reproduce, and document defects.

• Build and maintain API automated tests using the existing Kotlin-based framework.

• Partner with developers, analysts, product, and DevOps to investigate defects and improve test coverage.

• Contribute to test documentation, regression coverage, and quality processes as the product scope grows.

What makes you a strong fit:

• 3+ years of experience in QA automation on backend/API-focused systems.

• Strong hands-on experience with manual API and backend testing.

• Experience with integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of backend systems.

• Experience writing and running SQL queries for data validation.

• Ability to work with Kotlin and contribute to existing automated test suites.

• Experience testing financial systems, payment systems, or other transactional products.

Good to have:

• Experience with core banking, deposits, tariffs, fees, billing, payments, or lending products.

• Experience maintaining API automation in Kotlin or Java.

• Experience testing applications at financial institutions.

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.