Graduate AI Software Engineer

About the Company

Bending Spoons aims to build a leading, enduring technology company focused on serving a large user base, fostering employee growth, and maintaining exceptional operational efficiency and ethical standards. They acquire and develop digital businesses for long-term ownership, emphasizing innovation and value creation. The organizational structure features minimal hierarchy and compact, highly skilled teams that operate with startup agility while managing mature products. AI is deeply integrated into workflows to enhance human decision-making.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

• Develop AI-driven user experiences by collaborating with product teams to identify high-impact opportunities and create scalable, production-ready solutions.
• Enhance development efficiency by integrating advanced AI tools throughout the design, implementation, testing, and documentation processes, ensuring accuracy and maintainability.
• Maintain full ownership of projects across diverse technology stacks, selecting appropriate tools such as monoliths, microservices, gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, and Rust, with a focus on purposeful application.
• Build impactful software, managing end-to-end processes from concept to deployment used by millions, continually evolving these into scalable products.
• Continuously simplify and optimize architectures, pipelines, and codebases to improve scalability, maintainability, and reduce complexity.

Candidate Profile

• Strong analytical skills with a first-principles approach to problem-solving, avoiding biases, and attention to critical details.
• High ambition and a strong sense of ownership, with consistent effort, initiative, and a commitment to rising personal standards.
• Team-oriented mindset characterized by generosity, impartial support for the best ideas, willingness to assist team members, reliability, honesty, and transparency.
• Proficiency in English communication, including reading, writing, and speaking.

Benefits and Opportunities

• Work alongside talented, entrepreneurial, and autonomous small teams composed of highly skilled professionals.
• Exceptional growth potential, with opportunities to lead high-value products early in your career and progressively take on significant responsibilities.
• Comprehensive benefits including flexible work hours, remote working options, unlimited support for learning and development, premium health insurance, relocation assistance, generous parental leave, and annual retreats to attractive locations.
• Flexible start dates and part-time options to accommodate ongoing studies, enabling a gradual transition to full-time roles without compromising education.
• Competitive compensation varying by location and experience, typically ranging from €66,065 to €188,848 annually in Europe, with possible offers exceeding this for exceptional candidates. Equity options are available at a discounted rate, and specific tax benefits apply for relocations to Italy.

Employment and Location Details

Positions available on a full-time permanent or fixed-term basis. Work locations include Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or fully remote from eligible countries. Initial expectation to work onsite in Milan for orientation to embed company culture, supported with travel and accommodation assistance, after which remote or office-based work will be arranged.

Recruitment Process and Additional Information

The selection emphasizes demonstrable excellence through standardized testing without shortcuts based on seniority. Candidates with imperfect experience or resumes are encouraged to apply. The process involves challenging assessments that may take several hours. Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are provided upon request. Repeat applications are recommended only after a one-year interval if previously unsuccessful. The company values high standards, commitment, and ambition, promising rapid learning and career advancement in a demanding environment.