Engineering Manager - Java

About Klarna

Klarna was founded in Stockholm in 2005 with the idea to simplify buying. Today, we're one of Europe’s fastest growing companies. In 2014 we joined forces with SOFORT and formed Klarna Group, the leading European payment provider.

Klarna Group has more than 1,500 employees and is active on 18 markets. We serve 60 million consumers and work with 70,000 merchants. Our goal is to become the world’s favorite way to buy.

Position

• Inspire, lead, shape and grow a high performing software engineering team consisting of 3-8 team members
• Successfully manage and develop relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Continue being hands-on with programming and make informed decisions while you identify technical risks
• Scope and own a problem space while you develop your team’s vision and mission statement
• Succeed, fail, and learn together with your team!
• Play a key role in helping us continue to attract, develop and retain great engineering talent

Your qualification

• A proven track record of successfully leading teams and delivering new products, preferably in complex and high transaction environments
• Demonstrable experience at acting independently, coupled with strong collaboration and coordination skills
• A desire to spend a significant percentage of your time close to the code
• Experience at developing, mentoring and growing a team

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

What we offer

• Culture - You'll have an opportunity to work with talented people from 90+ different countries in our brand new English speaking 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 making contributions back to the open source community. You can find some of our work at https://github.com/klarna
• How to apply: please send us your CV or Linkedin profile in English