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Location: Manila, Philippines
Remote work is possible, preferred time zones GMT+4 to GMT+10
We are Salmon, Asian fintech start-up. We develop financial products with a focus on innovation and flexibility. We are a team of finance professionals and entrepreneurs backed by world-class investors who have the vision and capabilities to provide more inclusive financial services. We are looking for Kotlin Developer in API team. In this role, you will develop reliable and scalable microservices that form the core banking.
We have many challenges that our team has to solve quickly and efficiently. It gives a huge room for development.There are many processes to create or improve, so we are looking for someone with a systems and analytical mindset, who can offer and argue their ideas.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and evolve banking APIs used by mobile applications and internal/external services
Utilize modern technologies — Ktor, jOOQ, coroutines, Arrow, and other Kotlin ecosystem tools — to build robust, scalable, and maintainable backend solutions
Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of public APIs, internal SDKs, and shared frameworks, ensuring standardization, reusability, and high engineering quality across teams
Design and implement high-performance integrations with external platforms and third-party services, focusing on scalability, resilience, and clear contract boundaries
Participate in architecting and scaling core banking and partner platforms, ensuring reliability, observability, and smooth evolution of the system as the business grows.
5+ years of professional software development experience within the JVM ecosystem, with deep familiarity with Kotlin and strong understanding of concurrency models any of following: coroutines, goroutines, actors, futures, async/await, green-threads, etc
Committed to building high-quality, maintainable architectures. Hands-on experience applying architectural approaches such as event-driven, domain-driven design, and solid understanding of foundational engineering principles (OOP, SOLID, ACID, and related concepts)
Solid understanding of distributed systems: CAP theorem trade-offs, eventual consistency, data replication, scalability patterns, and fault tolerance
Practical experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes, preferably in AWS environments. Ability to design, deploy, and maintain cloud-native applications
Strong ownership mindset and willingness to continuously learn, mentor others, and contribute to knowledge-sharing and engineering excellence within the team
Strong interest in building platforms, not just features — designing reusable components, shared services, and internal developer tools that accelerate product teams and reduce long-term complexity
Willingness to work close to business, proactively clarifying requirements, influencing decisions, and translating business needs into technical solutions with measurable impact
Passion for solving complex engineering challenges: data consistency, distributed workflows, performance under load, reliability, observability, and fault tolerance
Analytical mindset and ownership attitude — able to question assumptions, propose improvements, and drive initiatives end-to-end
Hands-on experience with database performance optimization (indexing strategies, query tuning, execution plans, partitioning, etc.)
Interest or experience in Functional Programming concepts (immutability, pure functions, Arrow, or other FP libraries)
Experience in designing and maintaining internal libraries, tooling, or SDKs to improve developer experience and eliminate repeated work across teams
Modern banking services for millions of Filipinos
Cutting-edge solutions based on the best world practices and AI implementation
Licensed neobank aiming to be a unicorn and leading fintech in the fast-growing region of Southeast Asia
A business capable of raising over $200MM from the ADQ (the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi), World Bank Group and other investors despite the challenging market
An environment that allows you to launch new products in 3-4 months
A basis for expanding into new markets all over the world
Passionate international team spanning the globe
Rapid professional growth. Merit (and merit only) rules the day
Reward for performance and long-term success of Salmon
Fast track to grow internationally
New office in Manila, Philippines
Relocation support for eligible candidates
Remote and hybrid options
Medical insurance, health and wellness benefits
Program of events and activities both online and in person
Salmon
Salmon is a licensed neobank with big ambitions - and even bigger opportunities for product creators. We're building modern banking services for millions of Filipinos and expanding across South Asia.
Archived on: 7/27/2026
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