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.
What you'll do:
Support and administration of a high-load database (approximately 20,000 transactions per minute)
Performing and maintaining zero-downtime database migrations (seamless migrations).
Proactive identification and resolution of database-related issues and performance bottlenecks
Collaboration with the development team to address tasks related to database architecture and query optimization
Configuration and maintenance of database PostgreSQL infrastructure in AWS (RDS, Aurora), managed through Terraform
Participation in database architecture optimization, performance tuning, bottleneck analysis, and proposing improvements
Handling tasks related to incident and performance management; participation in new projects and services involving databases
Active involvement in the development process: taking initiative to identify issues and propose tasks, not just handling incoming tickets
What makes you a strong fit:
3–5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering (depending on the role)
Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL — query optimization, indexing strategies, replication, and performance troubleshooting
Experience working with large-scale data systems, ETL pipelines, or distributed backend systems
Solid understanding of SQL performance tuning, schema design, and transaction management
Hands-on experience with Linux systems, monitoring tools, and automation scriptingFamiliarity with AWS services (Aurora, RDS, Redshift, kafka debezium connectors) and similar cloud environments
Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Skills Required
- 3-5+ years professional experience in software engineering or data engineering
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL (query optimization, indexing, replication, performance troubleshooting)
- Experience supporting high-load databases (~20,000 transactions per minute) and performing zero-downtime migrations
- Experience with large-scale data systems, ETL pipelines, or distributed backend systems
- Solid understanding of SQL performance tuning, schema design, and transaction management
- Hands-on experience with Linux systems, monitoring tools, and automation scripting
- Familiarity with AWS services including Aurora, RDS, Redshift and Kafka/Debezium connectors
- Experience using Terraform for infrastructure management
- Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
What We Do
Salmon Group Ltd is a financial technology company serving Filipino consumers with modern, inclusive financial services. Its platform combines technology, product design, security, data analytics and customer care to make finance easier to access. Salmon offers consumer-focused products including short-term loans and digital banking services, with the broader mission of improving convenience, affordability and financial inclusion while operating securely around the clock.
