Engineering Manager for Payments

Salmon is a next-generation fintech company with a clear mission: to reshape the banking landscape in the Philippines and demonstrate that people deserve better financial services.

Founded by visionary leaders Pavel Fedorov, George Chesakov, and Raffy Montemayor, Salmon is more than just a fast-growing technology company – we’re a bank with over 60 years of heritage. In 2024, we proudly transformed the Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa (Laguna), Inc. into Salmon Bank (Rural Bank) Inc.

With over 1 million Filipinos already trusting Salmon, we are continuously expanding our offerings and aiming to become a true financial super app for millions more.

Why Salmon?

• Exponential Growth: In 2025, we more than doubled our deposits, loans, and net income.
• Loved by Users: Our app is rated 4.8★, with 92% of users recommending us to friends and family.
• Top-Tier Team: Work alongside experts from fintech, banking, startups, and global companies.
• Innovation: We are at the intersection of finance and technology, shaping the future with bold ideas every day.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Payments Infrastructure domain.

This is a high-impact leadership role focused on the engineering systems that move money. You will be responsible for ensuring our payment infrastructure remains reliable, scalable, and financially correct under real-world conditions.

You will operate in an environment where failures are inevitable, external integrations are unreliable, and financial correctness is mission-critical. Working closely with Product, Banking, Operations, Compliance, Risk, and Finance teams, you will drive engineering excellence while maintaining clear ownership of delivery, architecture, and operational quality.

This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and operational ownership of critical financial infrastructure.

Your Future Tasks:

• Lead and grow multiple engineering teams within the Payments domain
• Own engineering delivery across payments infrastructure and platform capabilities
• Own reliability and uptime of systems responsible for money movement
• Be accountable for financial correctness at the systems level (e.g. consistency, reconciliation, failure handling)
• Drive architectural consistency and long-term evolution of payment systems
• Establish engineering standards for scalability, observability, testing, and resilience
• Improve operational maturity, incident management, and production excellence
• Partner closely with Banking, Compliance, Risk, and Finance teams on regulatory and operational requirements
• Collaborate with Product on prioritization and execution, while maintaining clear engineering ownership
• Build a strong engineering culture with high ownership and accountability
• Mentor engineering leads and senior engineers
• Drive hiring and scaling of the organization as the payments business grows
• Balance speed of execution with system reliability, correctness, and compliance constraints

Teams You'll Work With:

Reconciliation

Financial control systems focused on:

• End-to-end reconciliation across card and non-card payments
• Detection of discrepancies and inconsistencies
• Auditability and operational transparency

Future Domains

As Salmon continues to scale, additional domains such as Merchant Billing and Embedded Financial Services will be developed and expanded.

What We Expect:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years managing engineering teams in fintech or high-scale distributed systems
• Strong experience with payments, banking infrastructure, acquiring, remittance, wallets, or financial platforms
• Proven track record leading teams operating mission-critical systems
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and transactional architectures
• Experience building systems with high availability and reliability requirements
• Ability to design systems that handle failure, retries, and eventual consistency
• Familiarity with regulated environments and financial compliance requirements
• Strong engineering management fundamentals: delivery, team development, hiring, and performance management
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong communication and leadership skills

Bonus Points if You Have:

• Experience with merchant acquiring or payment orchestration
• Experience integrating with Core Banking systems
• Background in reconciliation, ledgering, or financial operations platforms
• Experience scaling fintech infrastructure in fast-growing environments
• Familiarity with PCI-DSS, AML/KYC, or financial audit requirements

What Success Looks Like

• Payment systems remain reliable under failure and external dependency issues
• Systems handling money movement are correct, observable, and auditable
• Financial discrepancies are minimized and detected early through strong engineering controls
• Systems degrade gracefully instead of failing silently
• Engineering teams deliver predictably with strong ownership
• Architecture evolves consistently across payment domains
• The organization can scale new payment products without compromising stability or compliance

Why It’s Great to Work with Us:

• We create modern banking services for millions of Filipinos.
• We implement cutting-edge solutions, leveraging world-class practices and AI technologies.
• As a licensed neobank, we aim to become a unicorn and the leading fintech in Southeast Asia.
• We’ve successfully raised over $60MM from ADQ (Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund), World Bank Group, and other investors, even in challenging market conditions.
• We offer an environment where you can launch new products in 3-4 months and expand into new markets globally.

What We Offer:

• Work with a passionate international team.
• Rapid professional growth – We reward merit and provide opportunities for international expansion.
• Performance-based rewards and recognition for your contribution to Salmon’s long-term success.
• Relocation support for eligible candidates.
• New office in Manila, Philippines.
• Remote and hybrid work options.
• Medical insurance and health & wellness benefits.
• A vibrant events program, with both online and in-person activities.

Ready to Make an Impact? If you’re excited about the opportunity to shape the future of banking, apply today and join us in building innovative solutions that will change the landscape of finance.