Overview

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At Bending Spoons, we strive to build one of the all-time great companies by focusing on growth, effectiveness, and high ethical standards. Our strategy combines active capital allocation with hands-on operational execution to create value and empower our teams.

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.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Run security audits, identifying security loopholes and opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of security strategies.
• Perform internal vulnerability testing, uncovering weaknesses and implementing countermeasures to protect data integrity.
• Identify company-wide security challenges and design and implement solutions to strengthen protection across IT and infrastructure areas.
• Collaborate with privacy experts to ensure robust privacy compliance strategies and translate regulations into technical implementations.
• Stay up to date with security trends and threats; share knowledge to promote data protection best practices and a security-focused culture.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas, resist biases, and focus on details that matter.
• Drive. Ambition, initiative, effort, tenacity, and high standards for your work.
• Team spirit. Collaboration, support for good ideas, reliability, honesty, and transparency.
• Proficiency in English. Read, write, and speak proficient English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Small, autonomous teams working with bright people.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals with outstanding potential and position them to thrive on major projects.
• Competitive pay and equity. Salary ranges vary by location and experience, with potential equity and tax considerations when relocating.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote options, learning support, health insurance, relocation assistance, parental support, and retreats.

Commitment & contract

Fixed-term. Full-time or part-time.

Location

Milan (Italy), London (UK) or remote.

The selection process

If you pass our screening, you’ll complete a series of tests and then participate in interviews. We set a high bar and won’t extend an offer until we’re convinced we’ve found the right candidate.

We encourage applicants based on potential, not only on CV perfection. If you like the role and think you could be awesome at it, apply.

Equal opportunity

Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—let us know through the application process.

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 is a demanding environment that requires significant commitment, and early exposure to our Milan office can help accelerate ramp-up and cultural integration. We’ll support travel and accommodation as needed. After ramp-up, you may work from approved offices or remotely, depending on 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’re eager to meet you.