Data Engineer

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

You'll build and scale the data platform that powers decisions across Salmon — owning pipelines end to end so data flows reliably from source to insight.

What you'll do

• Design and run batch and streaming pipelines on Databricks and Apache Spark over AWS, ingesting from databases, APIs, and event streams.

• Shape our lakehouse architecture on S3 and Delta Lake, including medallion (Bronze / Silver / Gold) layering and storage optimization.

• Work directly with analytics, engineering, and product teams to turn raw data into reliable, usable inputs for the business.

What you'll own

• Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines that are fault-tolerant, cost-optimized, and performant on AWS.

• Optimize Spark jobs end to end — cluster sizing, caching, joins, shuffles, partitioning, and storage formats (Parquet, Delta).

• Manage Databricks Workflows, jobs, and cluster configurations, and respond to failures and performance issues.

• Implement data governance and access control with Unity Catalog across accounts and environments.

• Protect data correctness and reliability across the platform.

What makes you a strong fit

• Hands-on experience with Databricks and strong proficiency in Apache Spark (PySpark and/or Scala).

• Strong Python for data engineering, plus SQL and Spark SQL for transformation and analytics.

• Experience with Delta Lake and lakehouse architectures, including performance optimization.

• Experience writing clean, testable, maintainable code with Git-based version control.

• Ability to work independently and own pipelines end to end.

What we offer

Build what's next in Southeast Asian fintech

Work and ownership

• Hybrid-first work environment with a modern office in Bonifacio Global City, Manila

• Company-provided tools and equipment

• Work with an international team combining global fintech experience with deep Philippine market knowledge

• Direct access to decision-makers and a real voice in how we build for the Philippine market

Health and time off

• Medical insurance for you and your family

• 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

Learning and team experience

• Opportunities to learn and share your expertise through internal expert meetups, external conferences, speaking opportunities, and industry publications

• Regular team offsites, sports activities, and team events

• High-performing teams can earn a dedicated beach house week in Southeast Asia