Bending Spoons is building a company that serves a large number of customers, supports team members’ growth, operates efficiently, and upholds high ethical standards. Our strategy combines an investor’s discipline in capital allocation with hands-on operational execution to create value and enable growth across our platform and potential acquisitions.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress your career at a high rate. This is our promise to such a candidate.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product and Business teams to determine the most pressing questions that big data can help answer, and then figure out how to uncover those insights.
• Query and analyze large usage data sets to identify product-improvement opportunities and actionable insights to influence our product strategy and roadmap.
• Create brief, high-quality reports to explain findings and discuss implications with relevant team members.
• Screen the app stores and study competing products to identify insights and ideas we can learn from.
• Help direct the development of our technologies devoted to the acquisition, storage, and manipulation of big data, supporting ongoing innovation in this field.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas clearly, resist biases, and focus on critical details.
• Drive. Ambition, initiative, effort, tenacity, and a high standard of performance.
• Team spirit. Support the best idea, work well with others, and be reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Small, autonomous, results-oriented teams with strong peers.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals with outstanding potential and place them in roles where they can thrive and lead important projects.
• Competitive pay and access to equity in the company. Competitive salary ranges, potential equity, and growth with impact. Relocation tax benefits may apply for Italy.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote work, learning support, comprehensive health insurance, relocation assistance, parental support, and an annual retreat.

Commitment & contract

Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time or part-time.

Location

Milan (Italy), London (UK).

The selection process

If you pass our screening, you’ll take on a few tests designed to assess how you approach 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 remain open for extended periods or be reposted as needed. We prioritise talent and fit over exact experience. If you’re excited about the role, apply.

Equal opportunity

Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all applicants and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—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.

Bending Spoons is a demanding environment with high standards. To help you ramp up quickly, we recommend spending your first months in our Milan office to absorb our culture and build trust with teammates. We’ll support travel and accommodation as needed. Afterward, you may work from Milan or London offices, or remotely from approved countries, depending on the offer.

If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to contribute, apply now—we’d love to meet you.