Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js)

🌍 Remote | UTC+8 | Core collaboration hours: 13:00–19:00 Manila Time

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 the interfaces and shared component library that power multiple Salmon products, with a direct hand in performance, accessibility, and reliability.

What you'll do:

• Work across a shared design system, theming, and localization layer used by multiple product teams
• Collaborate closely with design, backend, and platform teams to ship user-facing features end-to-end
• Operate in a codebase with generated API typings, CI/CD pipelines, and active error monitoring and analytics

What you'll own:

• Build and maintain user interfaces in React and Next.js across multiple products.
• Build reusable UI components and contribute to the shared component library
• Integrate frontend applications with REST and GraphQL APIs using generated typings
• Optimize rendering performance and bundle size to improve user experience
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests to protect product reliability
• Contribute to code reviews and help evolve frontend best practices

What makes you a strong fit:

• Strong experience with React and TypeScript
• Solid understanding of Next.js fundamentals: routing, SSR, ISR, and data fetching
• Proficiency in modern state management using Redux Toolkit and RTK Query
• Experience with component-driven development and design system principles
• Familiarity with build tools (Webpack, Vite) and CI/CD fundamentals
• Solid understanding of web performance fundamentals, with a track record of optimizing production applications and writing comprehensive tests

What we offer:

Ownership and flexibility

• Stock option plan — four-year vesting with a 25% cliff after the first year
• Fully remote work with core collaboration hours from 13:00 to 19:00 Manila time (UTC+8)
• Company-provided tools and equipment

Health and time off

• Medical insurance support for you and your family through co-funding or reimbursement, depending on your location and subject to policy limits
• Access to an internal mental health support specialist
• 22 vacation days, Philippine public holidays, and 15 sick days

Growth and team experience

• Opportunities to learn and share your 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
• High-performing teams can earn a dedicated beach house week in Southeast Asia

We believe strong teams are built by people with different backgrounds, experiences, and points of view. Salmon is an equal opportunity employer, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential.