Software Engineer – Java (Giessen)

Klarna makes shopping smoooth. And we do it with flair because
shopping is fun. Every day, we help customers, businesses, and
partners explore just how smoooth the modern shopping experience
can be. It means we’re constantly changing the game. Always
trying out new things. And we encourage our people to do the same.
To grow. To develop. Because we don’t believe roles have to stay
fixed. Instead we inspire our people to take an irregular career
path. As a company of 350 dynamic start-ups, our whole business is
built for it. So once you’re in, there’s no telling what will
happen next. Klarna strives to become the world’s favourite way to
buy, and you can contribute to reaching this goal! We are looking
to hire great people, who are passionate about using their talents
to generate success. Software Development is no exception! We are
currently looking to grow our Software Engineering teams to satisfy
the company’s ever increasing need for developing next-generation
products that improve our consumers and merchants experiences.
Klarna’s software engineers develop the next-generation products
that change how our consumers and merchants interact with each
other. Our products handle our customers money and information at
massive scale, and extend well beyond online payments. We need our
engineers to understand our customers, display leadership qualities
and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack
as we continue to push technology forward. What you will do Work on
a specific problem space critical to Klarna’s current needs with
opportunities to switch teams as you and our fast-paced business
grow and evolve Bring fresh ideas from all areas, including
information retrieval, large-scale system design, data
storage/processing, security, artificial intelligence, UI design
and mobile development Develop as a professional in an
entrepreneurial organisation that provides opportunity to work with
your areas of interest Use state of the art technology to solve
real problems for our customers at a massive scaleDesign, develop,
test, deploy, maintain and improve, you own the full life-cycle of
your code – you write it, you own it! Share your knowledge and help
the team evolve best practices Work in small autonomous teams with
short release cycles. Who You Are Klarna is looking for ambitious
people with significant drive! You should be passionate about your
job and enjoy a fast paced international working environment. You
will play an important role in taking Klarna to the next level
thus, you should desire to go above and beyond to produce best work
results! At Klarna we embrace change, you should dare to challenge
the status quo and be persistent. We’re looking for engineers that
share our passion for building great products using solid
engineering practices. We are looking for positive and passionate
people who will put teamwork and collaboration above all else. You
will need to be comfortable in a rapidly changing environment and
able to navigate ambiguity and a high rate of change. You should
have Significant experience with writing Java production code on
high availability systems Experience with microservices
architecture. Passion for writing clean and testable code Have
successfully applied and are enthusiastic about Agile or XP
practices (Pairing, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous
Delivery) Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal
and written English You might also have Bachelor’s degree (or
higher) in Computer Science or a related discipline Willingness to
learn new technologies and move between different tech stacks
Familiarity with cloud-based and DevOps technologies and tools
(AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, ECS) Experience as a contributor to an
open source project. Contributor to GitHub and/or Stack Overflow.
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 get an attractive salary, along
with 30 days annual leave.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. 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 smooothest shopping experience. We serve 80 million
consumers worldwide, and partner with 190,000 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 +2,500 people from 90 nationalities. Apply for
this job