Linux System Engineer, CSS Platform Foundation

On our path to becoming the world’s favorite way to shop, we’re assembling an unparalleled global talent network, accelerating individual careers, and disrupting entire industries. We are on a mission to liberate humanity from all the meaningless time spent managing their purchases and finances, so they can do more of what they love. We’re in search of global talent eager to embrace our atmosphere and defy their own expectations.




About the team:


As a part of the CSS Platform Foundation team, you will be essential in improving the technical platform. Focus on operating and maintaining the physical data center, Linux administration, configuration management, troubleshooting, new infrastructure setup (both in the data center and AWS), automation, and support. You will be working closely with the developers and making sure they have all tools and components to keep improving our site.


The team is split into two main competencies, Linux System Engineers and DevOps Engineers. The Linux System Engineers work mainly with the Datacenter, Linux, support, and operations of the systems. The DevOps engineers are responsible for the high-level design of the Cloud, CI/CD, tooling, and processes to ensure developers can control their infrastructure.


Today we are 8 team members with different experiences within Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Frontend- and Backend development. Even though we have slightly different responsibilities, we strive that everyone should be involved and be able to learn more about all parts of our technology platform.
Minimum qualifications, 2 years of experience working with:
Linux
Virtualization
Docker
Configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Salt)
Monitoring and troubleshooting

Preferred qualifications, experience with:
Hashicorp Stack (Consul, Nomad, Vault, Terraform, etc.)
Cloud providers
Webservers
ElasticSearch
Databases

About you:
You are a Linux administrator with a couple of years in the industry. You are comfortable with Virtualization, and Docker and should always strive that everything should be automated. You know your way around a data center and have good analytic ability, problem-solving skills, and rise for the challenge when a problem occurs. Have no problem writing scripts for different purposes. If you have experience in HashiCorp stack, Firewall/switches, Elasticsearch, and Databases it's a big plus.


Check out some of our work at https://github.com/klarna
To apply, send us your CV or LinkedIn profile in English.


Klarna does not support relocation for this role.


What we offer:


Diversity & Community
With our diversity of skills, perspectives and backgrounds, we can create, innovate, and disrupt like no other. Diversity is part of who we are, and essential to our success.


Ownership & Impact
Here, every voice matters. We’re organized into hundreds of small teams, each run like a start-up, focused on their own problem-space.


Trust & Collaboration
Successes and failures are won together at Klarna in a melting pot of teams. Win, lose, and learn, we’re on this path together.


If you love what you do, you should love where you do it. We appreciate that everyone’s different and has their own preferences of where and how to work. We genuinely believe in the power of regular face-to-face interactions in building close connections with our teams, but we also strongly believe people can work effectively remotely. This means that combining both is the key to success.


At Klarna, You can choose between working from the office, remotely within your employment country, or even outside of it for up to 20 working days per year. Flex it up!


Challenges & Rewards
We take a very Swedish approach to benefits. Support for parents, health and wellness perks—we’ve got you covered.


About Klarna
Since 2005 Klarna has been on a mission to revolutionize the retail banking industry. With over 150 million global active users and 2 million transactions per day, Klarna is meeting the changing demands of consumers by saving them time and money while helping them be informed and in control. Over 450,000 global retail partners, including H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macys, IKEA, Expedia Group, and Nike have integrated Klarna's innovative technology to deliver a seamless shopping experience online and in-store. Klarna has over 6,000 employees and is active in 45 markets. For more information, visit Klarna.com


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