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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's engineering team grows, you'll help keep our high-load PostgreSQL infrastructure reliable, secure, and ready to scale with the business.
What you'll do:
Own a high-load PostgreSQL environment running around 20,000 transactions per minute, where reliability and fast incident response are non-negotiable
Work across a modern AWS data stack (RDS, Aurora) managed through Terraform, alongside engineers who rely on your calls on schema and query design
Partner closely with the development team on database architecture, query optimization, and new database-related projects and services
What you'll own:
Support and administer a high-load PostgreSQL database handling roughly 20,000 transactions per minute
Perform and maintain zero-downtime (seamless) database migrations
Proactively identify and resolve database issues and performance bottlenecks
Configure and maintain PostgreSQL infrastructure in AWS (RDS, Aurora) through Terraform
Drive database architecture optimization, performance tuning, and bottleneck analysis, and propose improvements
Own incident and performance management for databases, and take the initiative to flag issues and propose work — not just handle incoming tickets
What makes you a strong fit:
3–5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering
Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL — query optimization, indexing strategies, replication, and performance troubleshooting
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, plus familiarity with AWS services (Aurora, RDS, Redshift, Kafka Debezium connectors)
Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
What we offer:
Ownership and flexibility
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.
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.
