Scaling So Far

... with Klarna's Marcus Granström, Senior Director of Engineering

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In series 2 episode 9 of “Scaling So Far”, Matt Ellis is joined by Marcus Granström, Senior Director of Engineering at Swedish Fintech decacorn Klarna. 

Now valued at a staggering $10.6billion, Klarna is the highest-valued private Fintech company in Europe today, #5 on CNBC's Disruptor 50 List for 2020, and more recently launched its global Giveone.com platform, bringing to life a 1% pledge for the planet. 

A close buddy and long-time partner of Scede's, Matt speaks to Marcus in-depth about their scaling journey so far, including: 

  • His journey building and leading engineering teams at Klarna 
  • How they set up hiring pipelines to ensure recruitment velocity, quality, and scale 
  • How they reflect Klarna life throughout interviews and assessments
  • Finding a balance between utilisation and protection of Engineering time throughout the hiring process 

    • Music from Pixabay.

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