QA Automation Engineer – Payments Platform

About the role

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 hands‑on role combines API and backend testing, automation, production data analysis, defect investigation, and end‑to‑end ownership of release quality.

Key responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 document findings.
• Verify fixes and oversee the release‑testing lifecycle through final quality sign‑off.

Required profile

• 3+ years experience as a QA Engineer, QA Automation Engineer or Software Developer, preferably in 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 supporting production systems and investigating incidents.
• Familiarity with GitLab, GitOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Structured approach to testing and ability to take full ownership of quality‑related tasks.
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher with effective communication skills.

Required skills

• API testing
• Automated test suites
• SQL
• GitLab
• CI/CD pipelines
• Jira
• Confluence

What we offer

• Ownership and flexibility with a four‑year stock option plan.
• Fully remote work with core collaboration hours 12:00–18:00 Manila time.
• Company‑provided tools and equipment.
• Health and time‑off benefits including medical insurance support for you and your family.
• 22 vacation days, Philippine public holidays and 15 sick days.
• Opportunities for learning through internal meetups, external conferences and speaking engagements.
• Company‑sponsored trips to Manila to meet the team in person.
• Potential beach‑house week in Southeast Asia for high‑performing teams.