# Lead Engineer

Klarna, briefly At Klarna, we're building an everyday finance network, helping over 120 million consumers across 26 countries save time and money, and worry less about their finances. Working here means taking on problems most companies never get to solve, and being hands-on enough that the interesting part of the work lands with you, not someone else, you'll build with AI, not watch it happen. This is the stretch zone. Come find out what you're capable of. About the role Being an engineer at Klarna means building and owning the systems that move money for millions of people, and that responsibility doesn't end when those systems ship. Your team and your focus can also change as the business changes, and the domain you join may look different in a year. Either way, this stays a hands-on role: you're still writing code, still making architecture calls, still in the codebase, and your influence comes from the quality of that work and the engineers you work most closely with. We are searching for someone who brings expertise that changes what we are capable of. You've built something we haven't. You've gone deep somewhere we haven't been yet. The engineers here are strong; what they d

- **Id**: 213645
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/klarna-lead-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-04T10:53:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T18:27:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 64
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3977
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Payment Processing & Gateways, Buy Now, Pay Later

## Company

- **Id**: 11
- **Name**: Klarna
- **Domain**: klarna.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/klarna>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Deel

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 109
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 91196
- **Max**: 135068
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180665

## Technologies

- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 64

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T08:44:04Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.839
- **P room**: 0.72
- **Age days**: 63
- **Expected fill days**: 109
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:mid, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180665
- **Is top pay**: yes

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