Software Engineer

About the company

Bending Spoons aims to build a long-lasting, high-performing business that serves a large customer base, helps people inside the company grow quickly, operates with strong efficiency, and creates substantial value for shareholders while maintaining very high ethical standards. The company acquires digital products and improves them for long-term ownership and operation rather than for resale.

Its teams are deliberately small, strong in talent, and light on hierarchy. The organization blends the pace and urgency of a startup with the stability of established products, and it uses AI extensively throughout everyday work so that human judgment and machine intelligence complement each other.

For someone who is driven, collaborative, and highly capable, this role offers a chance to learn rapidly, make a meaningful contribution, and advance their career at a fast pace.

What you will do

• Take responsibility for software from concept through production, building products and systems used by millions of people.
• Use modern AI tools throughout the development cycle, including planning, implementation, testing, and documentation, while keeping quality, reliability, and maintainability high.
• Work across different technical environments and choose appropriate tools for the problem at hand, from monoliths and microservices to gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, and Rust.
• Continuously reduce unnecessary complexity by improving architectures, delivery pipelines, and codebases so systems become simpler, more scalable, and easier to maintain.

What the company looks for

• Strong analytical and reasoning ability, with the capacity to solve difficult problems using solid first principles thinking.
• A highly ambitious, self-driven approach, supported by persistence, initiative, and a strong sense of accountability.
• Genuine teamwork and transparency, including willingness to support the best idea and contribute wherever needed.
• Excellent proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

What is offered

• Small, entrepreneurial teams that are highly capable, autonomous, and focused on outcomes.
• Strong opportunities for growth, with significant responsibility given early to people who show high potential.
• Competitive compensation plus the opportunity to receive part of pay in company equity at a discounted price for permanent roles.
• Flexible working hours, remote work options, unlimited support for learning and training, premium health insurance, relocation support, generous parental benefits, and an annual retreat in a desirable location.
• A flexible joining date and the option to start part-time, then move to full-time while completing a degree.

Commitment and contract

This position is either permanent or fixed-term and is offered on a full-time basis.

Location

The role can be based in Milan, Madrid, Warsaw, or London, or done fully remotely from eligible countries.

Selection process

The hiring process is designed to identify strong evidence of excellence, regardless of seniority. All candidates are assessed through the same process, and applicants are encouraged not to rule themselves out simply because their experience or CV feels imperfect.

Applications are reviewed through the company careers process only. Candidates who advance may be asked to complete one or more demanding tests that can involve unfamiliar problems and take several hours.

The company may keep a role open for a long time or repost it multiple times until the right person is found. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Before you apply

If you have applied before and were not selected, the company recommends waiting at least one year before applying again.

This is a demanding workplace with very high standards and strong expectations of commitment. The result is often rapid learning, major achievement, and accelerated career growth.

During the first few months, new hires are expected to spend most days in the Milan office to absorb the culture and build trust quickly, regardless of their long-term work location. Travel and accommodation support is provided for this period. After that, the working arrangement may be from an office or remotely from approved countries, depending on what is agreed at offer stage.