Software engineer

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies—a company that serves a huge number of customers, where team members grow to their full potential and functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency, creating extraordinary value for shareholders while adhering to high ethical standards. Our strategy involves acquiring a digital business with untapped potential, leveraging our platform of expertise, technologies, data, brand, talent, and culture, and investing the proceeds in making the platform more powerful and acquiring new businesses. Our goal is to combine an investor’s focus on capital allocation with a hands‑on operator’s approach.

• Master your toolkit. Work across diverse tech stacks in a full‑stack, end‑to‑end scope, refining your ability to choose the right tools for every challenge—from monolithic to microservices architectures, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust—showing that true expertise lies in understanding their purpose to unleash their full potential.
• Build stuff that matters. Enjoy autonomy and take full ownership of your work, from ideation to execution, building software from the ground up and witnessing how your code evolves into a product used at scale.
• Simplify relentlessly. Turn complexity into simplicity—optimizing CI/CD pipelines, writing maintainable code, or crafting minimalist architectures—to power scalable, future‑proof solutions.

• Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems, think from first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist biases, and focus on the details that matter.
• Drive. Ambition in everything you do, with initiative, effort, and tenacity that match its intensity. Hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit. Give generously, support the best idea, be reliable, honest, and transparent, and be always ready to get your hands dirty for the team.
• Proficiency in English. Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Work in small, result‑oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. Hire individuals of outstanding potential and place them in ideal positions to thrive—Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars, with the chance to play an essential role in major projects.
• Competitive pay and equity. Typical starts range from £85,797 (London) to €66,065 (Europe); experienced candidates may see up to £250,512 or €188,848, with additional equity for permanent contracts. Relocation bonuses, such as a 50% tax cut for Italy, are available.
• All the benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited learning and training, top‑of‑the‑market health insurance, generous relocation packages, parental support, and an annual retreat to a stunning location.

Permanent or fixed‑term, full‑time.

Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote in selected countries.

In our screening we prioritize verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. Candidates may undergo one or more challenging tests that can take several hours. We set a high bar and only extend an offer when confident in the right fit. The role may remain open or be reposted for months. We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—please let us know through this form.

If you’ve applied before but didn’t receive an offer, wait at least one year before reapplying. The environment is demanding, requiring significant commitment for extraordinary learning, achievement, and growth. To ramp up quickly, we recommend beginning your first months at our Milan office—regardless of chosen long‑term location—to absorb culture and build trust; we’ll support you with travel and accommodation. Afterwards, you’ll work from our offices in Milan or London or remotely, depending on the agreed offer.

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.