2 months ago
Milan, ItalyStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build and operate analytical data processing platforms on AWS for large-scale batch and analytical workloads.
- Design data pipelines, table structures, and access patterns for analytics, model training, and downstream consumers.
- Implement core data processing systems using AWS Glue, Spark, S3, Iceberg, Databricks, and Redshift.
- Evolve platform architecture, infrastructure, and AWS account foundations for scale, cost, security, and reliability.
- Design IAM models, roles, and cross-account access patterns for secure data platform usage.
- Diagnose and solve performance, scalability, cost, security, and compliance issues.
- Set standards for code quality, maintainability, and operational excellence through hands-on engineering.
- Lead cross-team discussions, align stakeholders, and deliver production-ready solutions.
Requirements
- Experience building analytical data platforms on AWS with Spark-based processing and S3-backed data lakes.
- Hands-on Python experience with distributed data processing and Terraform infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with modern table formats such as Iceberg and data warehouses such as Redshift.
- Experience designing and operating IAM and AWS account setups for data platforms.
- Ability to build durable, scalable platform solutions rather than one-off pipelines.
- Production operations experience, including monitoring, incident learning, and iterative improvement.
- Strong technical judgment and ability to make architectural decisions across teams and downstream dependencies.
Benefits
- Most teams currently meet in the office 2–3 days per week, with the schedule varying by team and subject to change.
- Non-obvious backgrounds and diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences are welcome.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Klarna
Klarna is a privately held fintech that provides buy now, pay later financing, checkout, and a consumer shopping app for e-commerce and retail. It monetizes through merchant fees, interchange, and interest and fees on financing, while offering marketing and customer acquisition tools to merchants. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Stockholm, it operates across Europe and North America.