Cloud Security Lead Engineer

In this role you will build and own the Asset Inventory platform that tracks Klarna’s cloud assets and their security posture. You will work across engineering, security, and compliance teams to turn rules into usable features, enabling teams to identify, prioritize, and fix security gaps. You will shape the way Klarna measures risk and improve posture at scale, using full-stack solutions and cloud-native tooling. This is a hands-on opportunity to influence security governance and drive impactful improvements across the cloud landscape.

• Design, build, and operate full-stack services that collect and serve cloud asset data (ownership, dependencies, risk)
• Translate security and compliance requirements into user-friendly product features
• Develop prioritization and remediation workflows and measure impact on security posture
• Grow working expertise in security and compliance rules and implement them across systems
• Collaborate with engineering, security, compliance, and platform teams to align priorities and delivery
• Explain technical risks and progress to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Production software ownership experience
• Strong AWS knowledge and ability to review microservice security
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, asset inventories, or resource dependency mapping
• Security-first mindset: measure, rank, and communicate risk
• Proven track record building scalable full-stack web apps
• Experience delivering work with cross-functional stakeholders
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, React, PostgreSQL, and Terraform
• Bonus: experience with commercial cybersecurity/asset management platforms and audits

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Clear communication of technical risk to diverse audiences
• Prioritization and decision-making under uncertainty
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• NestJS