Overview
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Bending Spoons is a company focused on building value for customers and shareholders while upholding high ethical standards. We pursue a strategy of acquiring digital businesses with untapped potential, leveraging our platform to grow and reinvest in products and capabilities. This is an opportunity to learn, impact, and progress your career at a high rate.
Responsibilities
* Master your toolkit. Work across diverse tech stacks to choose the right tools for each challenge. From monolithic to microservices architectures, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust, demonstrating that the right tool is about purpose and impact.
* Build stuff that matters. You’ll have autonomy and ownership from ideation to execution, building software from the ground up and seeing how your code becomes a product used at scale.
* Simplify relentlessly. Turn complexity into simplicity by optimizing processes and architectures, enabling scalable, future-proof solutions.
What we look for (Qualifications)
* Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas clearly, consider details that matter, and minimize biases.
* Drive. Ambition paired with initiative, effort, and tenacity; high personal accountability and rising standards.
* Team spirit. Collaborate, support the best idea, contribute hands-on to help the team, and be reliable and transparent.
* Proficiency in English. Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
What we offer (Benefits)
* Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Small, autonomous teams working toward clear results.
* An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals with high potential and place them to thrive; high-impact projects await.
* Competitive pay and equity. Salary ranges and equity opportunities with potential relocation tax benefits in some cases. Compensation grows with experience and impact.
* All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote options, learning support, comprehensive health insurance, relocation support, parental benefits, and retreats.
Commitment & contract
Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.
Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK) or remote.
The selection process
After screening, you may complete a set of tests to assess problem-solving approach. Successful candidates are invited to a series of interviews. We set high standards and may keep the role open for some time.
Equal opportunity
Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all applicants and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—please let us know through this form.
Before you apply
If you’ve applied before but didn’t receive an offer, we recommend waiting at least one year before applying again. We recommend spending your first months in Milan to ramp up quickly and absorb our culture; travel and accommodation support is provided. Afterward, you may work from Milan or London offices, or remotely from approved countries, depending on the offer stage.
If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to contribute, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now—we can’t wait to meet you.
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