Directory Services Engineer - AD and Azure AD

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 250,000 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 5000+ employees from 100+ 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 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. 

Engineering is rapidly growing and we are looking for talented professionals to help us shape how we work with directories in Klarna nowadays and in the future. A very complex environment with lots of technologies needs to be streamlined and optimized so that it better supports our current and future challenges. Our goal is to optimize for reliability and scalability, and there will be many situations with unsolved challenges. Therefore there is great room for creativity, and there are many important and interesting problems/challenges to work on.

What you will do:

  • Take operational responsibility for the directory services used for authentication, authorization and federation
  • Evolve the directory services and their capabilities and features by participating in design, development and roadmap activities with Klarna stakeholders
  • Review existing services-integrations and optimize and enhance them
  • Support Klarna stakeholders (system owners, developers) by helping them to easily onboard to the services

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

  • Active Directory
  • Azure AD
  • Okta
  • Google Directory & Federation
  • Scripting and deployment tools

You must have:

  • At least 5 years of working with Directory Services in a high availability environment
  • Experience with Active Directory and Azure AD
  • Experience in managing federations and SSO configurations
  • Knowledge in SAML, Oauth and OIDC
  • Knowledge in common Identity and Access management concepts and standards
  • Knowledge in automation of operational tasks

You may also have:

  • Python programming experience
  • PowerShell scripting experience
  • AWS knowledge
What we can offer you

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

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 recognize 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).


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.

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


Klarna is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application.