Junior Infrastructure Engineer to Kustom

Be a part of the next big thing
Do you thrive on tackling complex challenges? Are you passionate about creating impactful solutions that drive commerce forward? Do you believe in encouraging and elevating those around you?
About us
Kustom, formerly known as Klarna Checkout (KCO), is the leading digital checkout solution provider in the Nordic market. Today, we support over 24,000 merchants across more than 170 countries, providing a streamlined checkout experience. We offer localized solutions in 18 markets, tailored to specific languages, currencies, and payment methods. No matter where businesses operate, we deliver a checkout experience that meets the needs of both merchants and shoppers—driving growth globally. 🌍
The role
As a Junior Infrastructure Engineer at Kustom, you’ll play a key role in building and evolving the platform that powers one of the most trusted checkout solutions in the Nordics. You’ll work across cloud infrastructure, data, networking, and observability to ensure our systems remain secure, scalable, and resilient as we continue to grow.
You’ll collaborate closely with engineers across product, backend, and data to design solutions that support high availability and low latency. In this role, you will work closely with more experienced engineers and gradually take on more responsibility as you grow into the role. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys solving hard technical problems, driving automation, and enabling teams to ship with confidence.
Things you'll be doing
Contributing to the design, build, and maintenance of scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS to support high-traffic, mission-critical systems


Managing and improving our Kubernetes environments, ensuring smooth deployments, strong security, and reliable performance


Implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to automate provisioning, configuration, and change management


Working with and learning about observability across services using Datadog (metrics, tracing, alerting)


Contributing to work related to PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, indexing, and performance tuning.


Working with event-driven systems and streaming platforms like Kafka to support real-time data flows


Collaborating with backend teams to design and deliver resilient architectures and efficient deployment pipelines


Driving continuous improvements in automation, tooling, and reliability across our infrastructure


Troubleshooting complex production issues related to performance, scaling, networking, or distributed systems


Contributing to documentation, best practices, and cross-team knowledge sharing

Skills and experience you'll need
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field


Extensive hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services core services (EC2, CloudFront, RDS, S3, etc.)


Experience with or exposure to Kubernetes and container orchestration


Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar tools)


Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (VPC, routing, load balancing, DNS)


Experience with observability platforms like Datadog for metrics, tracing, and alerting


Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL, including schema design, indexing, and query optimization


Familiarity with event-driven architectures and data technologies such as Kafka


Strong programming skills in Java (Spring Boot)


Proficient in Git for version control and collaboration

We believe you'll thrive in this role if you have
Passion for building reliable, automated, and secure infrastructure at scale


Experience working with production systems and an interest in learning how to operate high-availability environments


Ability to diagnose and solve technical problems with support from the team


An interest in automation and improving systems over time


Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and explain complex systems clearly


Strong commitment to infrastructure-as-code, testing, and high-quality documentation



Benefits
Robust pension plan with national and occupational components


Excellent health insurance coverage, including long-term illness protection and salary exchange options


Annual wellness allowance of 3,000 SEK to invest in your health and fitness


Extra day off when major holidays (e.g., Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve) fall on weekends


Continuous learning opportunities and professional development support

A place to grow
At Kustom, you won’t just be another face in the crowd. This is a place where we elevate each other and celebrate success as a team. We believe in our ability to create excellence - and have fun doing it!
We know we set high expectations, but we also know that the road to success isn’t a straight line. We support and encourage each other to try, to fail, to try again. Because that’s how we grow, individually and together.
Does this sound like the place for you?
About your application
Please apply in English. At Kustom, we welcome everyone! We don’t care where you’re from, whom you love, or what kind of food is your favorite. We believe in inclusivity for all.


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