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Klarna

Senior Data Engineer

Stockholm, Sweden
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.


Data Engineering at Klarna 

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 optimize for quality, flow, fast feedback, focusing 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 Klarna and your work will reach millions of users. 

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What you’ll get to do 

As a data engineer you will work in teams that work with or are end to end responsible for building and providing data services, where a data service spans from management of data ingestion & processing at scale, lifecycle of data assets, dashboards, data warehousing, real time decisioning pipelines to frameworks for data quality measures.

Your stakeholders will be Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, Business Analysts, other Engineers building Insights & AI assets and all Klarna employees that need data in their daily work. We have amazing teams that take care of and become experts at different parts of the domain where sharing and collaboration are key.

Some of the technologies you’ll get to work with:

  • Data frameworks and tooling such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Apache Airflow 
  • AWS (Redshift, S3, IAM, Glue, Lambas, CloudWatch, Kinesis)
  • Python, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible

  • We try to be code focused, and we are always looking for the most efficient tool for the job.

What we expect from you:

  • Relevant education with a degree in engineering or comparable skills
  • Experience as a Data Engineer or comparable positions
  • Experience in some or all of the following technologies: Python, Spark, Flink, AWS S3/Glue/IAM, Airflow, Terraform, Jenkins
  • Experience with building web services, e.g. REST API
  • Experience with CI/CD
  • Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
  • A burning curiosity and interest in data, fast data, big data, data governance, data contracts, data quality, data models, data warehouse, data insights - or all of the above!

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

Relocation: Unfortunately we cannot offer relocation for this role and can only consider candidates currently based in Sweden or Germany.

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, hybrid 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

It is our commitment that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.
Client-provided location(s): Stockholm, Sweden
Job ID: 752037e5-e7bf-4a3b-a192-7543792973af
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Fitness Subsidies
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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