Python Developer

Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines. The company has 7M+ app downloads, 2M+ monthly active users, 7,000+ partner stores, and has raised US$310M+ from leading global investors. The team is Manila-based, globally distributed, and hybrid-first, spanning 45+ countries. About the role: You'll join the Python Development team to design and build new backend services, expanding engineering capacity so Salmon can launch strategically important new service lines. What you'll do: — Design and build new backend services in a microservice, event-driven environment, with reliability as the primary constraint. — Coordinate architecture and integrations with the Core and RBB teams to keep cross-team delivery consistent. — Contribute to the delivery of a major new service line, such as collections or cross-matching graphs, as business priorities take shape. What you'll own: — Own key components in the existing architecture and take on new service domains as they come up. — Design service architecture and choose communication patterns between services. — Instrument services with metrics for monitoring and alerting, and cover them with unit tests. — Identify and resolve technical debt and architectural bottlenecks. — Build and maintain shared libraries and tooling for recurring tasks. — Explore and adopt new instruments, and bring your own ideas to how we build. What makes you a strong fit: — 3+ years of production experience as a Python backend developer. — Strong Python skills including typing, testing, packaging, asyncio, threading, multiprocessing. — Production experience with microservice architecture. — Familiarity with event-driven systems such as Kafka. — Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, preferably on AWS EKS. Nice to have: — Experience with AWS and Terraform. — Knowledge of domain-driven design. — Experience with a statically typed compiled language. — Work experience in finance, antifraud or risk. — Experience with graph databases and graph-based data models. What we offer: — Build what's next in Southeast Asian fintech. — Ownership and flexibility. — Stock option plan with four-year vesting and 25% cliff after the first year. — Hybrid-first work model with fully remote work available for eligible roles and core collaboration hours from 12:00 to 19:00 Manila time (UTC+8). — Company-provided tools and equipment. — Office in Bonifacio Global City, Manila. — Medical insurance support for you and your family through co-funding or reimbursement, depending on location and policy limits. — Access to an internal mental health support specialist. — 22 vacation days, Philippine public holidays, and 15 sick days. — 105 days of paid maternity leave and up to 14 days of paid paternity leave for employees relocating to Manila. Relocation and family support: — Relocation support including flights, two weeks of accommodation, visas, paperwork, and logistics. — Reimbursement of eligible pet relocation expenses. — US$2,500 per year for flights home. — Baby and family stipends for employees relocating to Manila: US$1,000 per month for each child under two and US$500 per month for each child aged two to 18. Growth and team experience: — Opportunities to learn and share 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. — Regular team offsites, sports activities, and team events. — High-performing teams can earn a dedicated beach house week in Southeast Asia.