[Hiring] QA Automation Engineer @Salmon Group

Role Description

You’ll strengthen test coverage and release quality across Salmon’s platform, helping protect the reliability of high-volume payment systems and complex integrations. This is a hands-on role combining API and backend testing, automation, production data analysis, defect investigation, and end-to-end ownership of release quality.

What you’ll do:

• Test backend services, APIs, microservices, payment flows, and system integrations.
• Design and execute manual and automated tests for new functionality, regression scenarios, and production releases.
• Work with real production data, logs, and database records to validate system behavior and investigate issues.

What you’ll own:

• Design, maintain, and execute test cases, validation checks, test plans, and regression scenarios.
• Build and maintain automated test suites where automation provides practical value.
• Plan and execute testing for new features, APIs, and system integrations.
• Validate business rules, transaction flows, data consistency, and service-to-service communication.
• Analyze defects and production incidents, identify root-cause patterns, and clearly document findings.
• Verify fixes and oversee the release-testing lifecycle through final quality sign-off.
• Monitor product behavior after release and support the investigation and resolution of production issues.
• Maintain clear, structured testing documentation in Jira and Confluence.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, operations, and support teams to improve product quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, or Software Developer, ideally within fintech or banking.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Strong experience with API testing, backend validation, and system integrations.
• Good understanding of microservice architecture and common integration patterns.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
• Experience with regression, integration, end-to-end, and release testing.
• Experience supporting production systems and investigating incidents.
• Familiarity with GitLab, GitOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher, with effective written and verbal communication skills.
• A structured approach to testing and the ability to take full ownership of quality-related tasks.

Requirements

• Understanding of how acquirers, issuers, and payment systems operate.
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering processes and regulatory principles.
• Hands-on experience testing antifraud systems, including rule engines or scoring models.
• Understanding of fraud risk signals and transaction-scoring concepts.
• Knowledge of core banking systems and principles.
• Experience with performance and load-testing tools.
• Previous experience testing applications at a financial institution.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.