Senior Software Engineer - Java

About Klarna


Klarna was founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2005. Since then we've changed the banking industry forever. And now we're creating the world's smoothest shopping experience. We serve over 90 million consumers worldwide, and partner with 200,000 merchants – with a new merchant joining us every 8 minutes. Including some of the world's leading brands, such as H&M, ASOS, IKEA, Adidas, Samsung and Lufthansa. Our offices are spread over 17 different markets, hosted by 3500+ employees from 90 nationalities.


Engineering at Klarna is an inspired, customer focused community, dedicated to crafting solutions that redefine our industry. Working in small, highly collaborative Agile teams, you and your team will have a clear mission and ownership of an important outcome that supports Klarna and our customers. At Klarna we optimise for quality, flow, fast feedback, focussing on end-to-end ownership, continuous improvement, testing, monitoring and experimentation. We aim for teams that are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership for the things they build.


Our engineers make some of the most significant decisions for the company and we are looking for bold, open and curious developers. As a Klarnaut, you’ll be inspired to contribute to the growth of Europe’s most highly valued fintech and your work will reach millions of users.


Want to be part of the change? We're expanding several of our engineering teams, including; teams working on our core checkout product, payment services, fraud prevention, or improving our billing service and shipping credentials to name a few.


What you’ll get to do;
As a backend Java developer, you will work within a specific problem space critical to Klarna’s current needs where you will design, develop and deploy backend services with a focus on scalability, high availability and low latency
Collaborate and grow in a dynamic and autonomous environment while working in small, agile and cross functional teams
Use the latest technologies to solve real problems for our customers at a massive scale
Be part of a team that will take full operational responsibility for the services that you own, and potentially take part in an on-call rotation
Share your knowledge and build creative solutions while helping the team evolve best practices



Some of the technologies you’ll get to work with;
Java (latest versions)
Spring and Spring Boot
Docker and Kubernetes
Kafka
PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic search
Microservices architecture on AWS



To succeed in this role, we think you should have;
Extensive software development experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to Java
Great problem solving abilities
Working proficiency in English



What we can offer you


Culture - You'll have an opportunity to work with talented people from 90+ different countries in our offices in Stockholm city center.


Learning - We have a learning and development focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.


Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, and insurance plans, plus we offer all of our employees an opportunity to invest in a RSU program and own a stake of the company. You’ll also receive 30 days annual leave and since we recognise that life is about more than work, we also offer benefits for gym memberships, marathons, and all sorts of activities that promote physical health. We also have generous parental leave (for men and women).


Relocation - We can offer relocation support to Stockholm.


We know diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Our teams include women, men, mothers, fathers, the self-taught, the college-educated, and people from all over the world.


We also believe in contributing back to the open source community. You can find some of our work here https://github.com/klarna.


How to apply: please send us your CV or Linkedin profile in English