Solution Engineer

As a Solution Engineer you are responsible for defining Klarna product solutions for our biggest merchants and partners based on their needs.

You work closely with the sales team to provide technical product knowledge and support during the sales process. You are a trusted advisor for both internal and external stakeholders and own all of the technical aspects of the pre-sales process as well as delivery of solution proposals to clients. This includes leading product demos and presentations, providing technical input into customer proposals and translating product and business requirements into innovative solutions. When working with partners, you will also own the end to end delivery of all technical integration aspects during the partner.

When a customised solution requires development, the Solution Engineer will be the one to define the needs of the client, architect a solution together with the client and Klarna staff and lead the realisation effort.

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.
If we called your references, they would confirm that you are able to master new technologies in a short time frame.
You should have
Minimum 3 years experience in working with and/or implementing web technologies
Outstanding problem solving ability, eagerness to learn and curiosity
Adaptable attitude and personality that is ready for continuous change
Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English

You might also have
5+ years of relevant work client-facing experience with web technologies, including payments and/or e-commerce
Familiar with HTML/CSS and at least one programming language such as PHP, Javascript, Python or Ruby on Rails
Experience with current web shop-systems, content-management-systems
Some sales or account management experience.

You will succeed if you are
Proud of the way you can communicate complex solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences of senior stakeholders
Not only good at the tech stuff but can easily present your solutions together with the responsible Account manager to the client
Enjoy working at a high pace while remaining detail oriented
Thrive in an environment where you get the opportunity to use your quick and creative mind
Fuel your success is your enthusiasm and drive, which will help you and your team to deliver great solutions
Humble and committed person with a desire to always exceed expectations

Who we are
Klarna is Europe's fastest growing and most exciting financial technologies (FinTech) company valued at over $2.5bn and we’re growing by 40% a year. Here at Klarna we are striving to become the world’s most favourite way to buy. It is a bold objective, but we are well on course to achieving it.
Klarna is already operating in 18 markets and we plan to keep expanding. We serve 60 million consumers, work with 70 000 merchants and process more than a million transactions a day. We have some pretty heavy-weight investors including Visa, Sequoia Capital, Permira and Anders Povlsen.
Unicorns are rare - and we are one of them! Unicorns are tech startups valued at over 1$Bn. Moreover, Klarna is listed 8th on CNBC most ‘disruptive companies in the world’ list for 2016, alongside Uber, AirBnB and coming above companies like Snapchat and Spotify - we are really starting to change the global world of payments.