At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies—serving a huge number of customers, enabling team members to grow to their full potential, functioning at unparalleled effectiveness and efficiency, and creating value for shareholders at an extraordinary rate while adhering to high ethical standards.
To achieve this objective, we execute a strategy that acquires digital businesses with untapped potential and propels them to success by leveraging our platform—composed of our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talent, and culture. We then invest the proceeds into making our platform even more powerful and into acquiring new businesses, merging investor capital allocation with hands‑on operational experience.
For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress a career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.
A few examples of your responsibilities
* Amplify your impact with AI. Integrate the most powerful AI tools directly into your development workflow—design, implementation, testing, and documentation—to move faster while maintaining high standards for correctness, reliability, and maintainability.
* Master your toolkit. Work across diverse stacks with end‑to‑end ownership, choosing the right technologies for each challenge. From monoliths to microservices, gRPC to REST, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust—you’ll apply technologies thoughtfully, focusing on depth and purpose rather than trends.
* Build stuff that matters. Take real ownership from idea to production, creating systems used by millions and evolving them into products at scale.
* Simplify relentlessly. Question every layer of complexity. Improve architectures, pipelines, and codebases to build systems that are simpler, more scalable, and easier to maintain.
What we look for
* Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems, think from first principles, structure your ideas sharply, resist biases, and manage details that matter.
* Drive. You’re extremely ambitious, with initiative, effort, and tenacity that match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work and hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
* Team spirit. You give generously and without expectation of return, support the best idea—not just your own, you’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
* Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
What we offer
* Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You’ll work in small, result‑oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
* An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals of outstanding potential and position them to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and with the right experience you can play an essential role in major projects, too.
* Competitive pay and access to equity in the company. Typical salaries are £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe for early‑career candidates, increasing to £112,189–£250,512 in London and €107,837–€188,848 elsewhere for those with significant experience. Compensation varies by location and expected impact and grows quickly as you contribute more. Permanent contracts may include equity at a discounted price, and Italian relocation may bring a 50% tax cut.
* All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited learning and training support, top‑of‑market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location to help each Spooner thrive.
* A flexible start date and part‑time options. You don’t need to wait until graduation—flexible start dates and part‑time transitions to full‑time are available.
Commitment & contract
Permanent or fixed‑term. Full‑time.
Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote in selected countries.
The selection process
In our screening process, we prioritize verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. Some people hold back because they feel they lack experience or have an “imperfect” CV. If you like the role and believe you could excel over time, don’t self‑reject.
If you pass our screening, you’ll be asked to complete one or more tests. They are challenging, may involve unfamiliar problems, and can take several hours.
We set the bar high and won’t extend an offer until we’re confident we’ve found the right candidate. This is why a job may remain open for months or be reposted several times.
We consider all applicants for employment 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.
Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We’re extremely ambitious and hold ourselves—and each other—to a high standard. While this leads to extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth, it also requires significant commitment. To help you ramp up quickly, we recommend spending your first few months working from our Milan office, regardless of your long‑term location. We’ll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance. After that, you can work from Milan or London offices, or remotely from approved countries, depending on what we agree at the offer stage.
If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to give your best, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now—we can’t wait to meet you.
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