Software Engineer - Web Developer

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 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 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 looking for engineers that share our passion for building great websites using solid engineering practices. 

What you'll get to do

  • As a web developer at Klarna, you will be part of creating smoooth user experiences for different teams - both for internal and external audiences such as content editors and visitors of our websites. 
  • As a developer at Klarna, you will be given the creative freedom to do what you do best, develop the best and most customer centric products. 
  • You are customer obsessed and all your ideas and thoughts will be focusing on making the customer journey better. 
  • We aim for teams that are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership for the things they build.
  • Some of the technologies you would be working with: Javascript/Typescript, React, next,js, HTML, CSS, Google Analytics, technical SEO, docker, AWS and a content management system.

Who You Are

  • At least two years experience working with Javascript and frameworks like React or next.js
  • Experience in technical SEO, docker, and AWS
  • At least three years experience working with CSS3 and HTML5
  • Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English

You should have

  • Passion for writing clean and testable code
  • Have successfully applied and are enthusiastic about Agile or XP practices (TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery)
  • Experience from working with custom Wordpress themes
  • An interest in UX and Visual Design
  • Experience with backend integrations via API, e.g. Klarna plugin integrations
What we offer you
 
Klarna is one of Sweden's success stories not only for its exceptional growth story but also for its unique place to work at. We think in flat hierarchies, let the best people and ideas grow and always aim for the better.

Culture - You'll have an opportunity to work with people from more than 10 different countries in our English/German-speaking office in Gießen (Germany).

A strong product development-focused culture, where your work has a very strong impact on the success of the organization.

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).

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

Collegiality - We encourage a harmonic environment in the teams, therefore we hold regular team events for all employees, joining a monthly breakfast, having lunch together and offer many more benefits.

We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and therefore are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of Klarna. We’re building teams of technically curious problem solvers. Come and join us!
 
Interested?

We at Klarna's Recruitment Team are happy to receive your application in English or German. Please also forward your certificates which underline your background together with the earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.