Security Engineer
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At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies, a company that serves a huge number of customers, a company where team members grow to their full potential, a company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency, a company that creates value for shareholders at an extraordinary rate, and a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.
To achieve this objective, we execute the following strategy: we acquire a digital business with untapped potential and make it as successful as we can by leveraging our platform—our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and culture—then invest the proceeds into making our platform more powerful and into acquiring new businesses. Our strategy combines an investor’s focus on capital allocation with a hands‑on operator approach.
For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.
Responsibilities
* Run security audits, identifying loopholes and opportunities to enhance our security strategy.
* Perform internal vulnerability testing, uncovering weaknesses and implementing countermeasures to ensure data integrity.
* Identify company‑wide security challenges, design and implement solutions to strengthen protection and streamline practices across IT and infrastructure.
* Collaborate closely with privacy experts to ensure the most robust compliance strategy and translate regulations into tech implementations.
* Stay up-to-date with trends and threats, share knowledge with Spooners to ensure best practices and help foster a security‑focused culture across the company.
What we look for
* Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist bias, and care for critical details.
* Drive. Extremely ambitious in everything you do, with initiative, effort, and tenacity matching your ambition; responsible for your work and held to a high, rising bar.
* Team spirit. Give generously without expecting anything in return, support the best idea, help the team, and be reliable, honest, and transparent.
* Proficiency in English. Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
What we offer
* Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Small, result‑oriented, autonomous teams alongside bright talent.
* An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals of outstanding potential and put them in the ideal position to thrive, leading major projects.
* Competitive pay and equity. Salary ranges from £83,997 to £194,964 in London and €63,965 to €186,748 across Europe, with equity options. Relocation perks such as a 50% tax cut in Italy.
* All the benefits. Flexible hours, remote work, unlimited learning support, top‑of‑the‑market health insurance, relocation package, generous parental support, yearly retreat.
Commitment & Contract
Permanent or fixed‑term. Full‑time or part‑time.
Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or remote.
Selection Process
If you pass our screening, we’ll give you tests to assess your problem approach and a series of interviews. We set a high bar and only extend an offer when convinced of the right fit.
Equal Opportunity
Bending Spoons is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
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