Overview

Graduate Software Engineer at Bending Spoons – join to apply. At Bending Spoons, we strive to build one of the all-time great companies, with a focus on growth, impact, and high standards. This role offers learning, impact, and rapid career progression for a talented, driven, and collaborative individual.

Responsibilities

• Master your toolkit. Work across diverse tech stacks to refine tool selection. From monolithic to microservices architectures, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust. Demonstrate understanding of tools’ purposes to unleash their full potential.
• Build stuff that matters. Enjoy autonomy and own your work from ideation to execution. Build software from the ground up and see your code evolve into a product used at scale.
• Simplify relentlessly. Turn complexity into simplicity by optimizing CI/CD pipelines, writing maintainable code, and crafting minimalist architectures to enable scalable, future-proof solutions.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas clearly, resist biases, and attend to details that matter.
• Drive. Ambitious, with initiative, effort, and tenacity. High personal responsibility and rising performance standards.
• Team spirit. Support the best idea, contribute to the team, and be reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Small, result-oriented, autonomous teams with highly capable colleagues.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals with high potential and place them in positions to thrive; early-career contributors can lead major projects.
• Competitive pay and equity. Salary ranges in the UK and elsewhere, with potential equity and rapid pay growth as impact increases. Relocation benefits and tax considerations may apply.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, generous learning support, top-tier health insurance, relocation assistance, parental support, and annual retreats.

Commitment & contract

Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.

Location

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

The selection process

If you pass our screening, you’ll complete a few tests to assess problem-solving approaches. Successful candidates will be invited to a series of interviews. High standards mean the role may stay open for months or be reposted.

We value talent and potential. If you think you could be a strong fit, apply.

Diversity & inclusion

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 the application form.

Notes

Before you apply: if you’ve applied before and were not offered a role, wait at least one year before reapplying. We encourage ramp-up in Milan to help you integrate with the culture. Afterward, you may work from Milan or London offices, or remotely from approved countries depending on the offer stage.