Be among the first applicants to join Bending Spoons. At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies that serves a huge number of customers, enables team members to grow, operates with high effectiveness, creates value for shareholders, and adheres to high ethical standards.
To achieve this objective, we execute a strategy of acquiring digital businesses with untapped potential and making them successful using our platform—our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and culture. We reinvest proceeds to strengthen our platform and to acquire new businesses, combining an investor’s capital allocation with an operator’s hands-on approach.
For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at a high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.
Responsibilities
* Master your toolkit. Work across diverse tech stacks to refine your ability to choose the right tools for each challenge. From monolithic to microservices architectures, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust—demonstrate that expertise is about understanding purpose and impact, not chasing trends.
* Build stuff that matters. Regardless of seniority, enjoy autonomy and own your work from ideation to execution. Build software from the ground up and observe how your code evolves into a product used at scale.
* Simplify relentlessly. Turn complexity into simplicity by evaluating every component and process. Optimize CI/CD pipelines, write maintainable code, and craft minimalist architectures to enable scalable, future-proof solutions.
What we look for
* Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems, think from first principles, resist biases, and focus on the details that matter.
* Drive. You are ambitious and take initiative, put in effort and tenacity, and hold yourself to a high standard that continues to rise.
* Team spirit. You contribute generously, support the best idea, and are reliable, honest, and transparent in helping your team.
* Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
What we offer
* Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Small, result-oriented, autonomous teams with some of the brightest people in the field.
* An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals with outstanding potential and place them to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and high performers will play essential roles in major projects.
* Competitive pay and access to equity in the company. Salary ranges vary by location and experience, with potential equity and relocation considerations. If relocating to Italy, there may be a 50% tax cut.
* All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, generous learning support, top-of-the-market health insurance, relocation assistance, parental support, and an annual retreat.
Commitment & contract
Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.
Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK) or remote.
The selection process
If you pass our screening, you’ll take tests designed to assess unfamiliar problems. They can be challenging and may take several hours. If successful, you’ll be invited to a series of interviews. We set the bar high and won’t extend an offer until we’re convinced we’ve found the right candidate. This role may stay open for months or be reposted.
We encourage candidates to apply even if their CV isn’t a perfect fit; talent takes precedence over experience.
Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We 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. This environment is demanding, and we expect significant commitment. We encourage ramp-up in Milan to absorb our culture and establish trust with your new teammates, with travel and accommodation support. Afterward, you may work from our Milan or London offices, or remotely from approved countries as agreed at 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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