You will build and evolve systems used by millions, taking full ownership from idea to production across a diverse tech stack including Python, Rust, and Kubernetes. At Bending Spoons S.p.A., you’ll integrate AI deeply into your development workflow to simplify architectures and maintain high standards for reliability and scale.
Software Engineer at Bending Spoons S.p.A.
Join Bending Spoons S.p.A., one of Europe's most successful tech companies and the powerhouse behind global brands like Evernote, WeTransfer, and Meetup. As a Software Engineer, you'll join an elite, talent-dense team with an intensity rare outside Silicon Valley, working across diverse stacks like Python and Rust. With a focus on first-principles thinking and deep AI integration, you'll own products end-to-end and drive massive impact. Enjoy top-of-market compensation (up to £250k+ in London), discounted equity, and a high-growth environment where performance is rewarded with outsized responsibility.
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Location
Milan, Italy, United Kingdom / Remote
Compensation
£86k-£250k + + Equity
Company
Bending Spoons S.p.A.
Role overview
Bending Spoons S.p.A. is an Italian technology conglomerate based in Milan that acquires, operates, and improves established digital businesses and products, particularly in software and mobile applications.[2][13] The company focuses on acquiring popular but underperforming or forgotten tech brands and revitalizing them by increasing revenue, reducing expenses, and enhancing user experience through proprietary technologies and an elite team of engineers, scientists, and designers.[2][7][13] Bending Spoons creates, manages, and scales a portfolio of leading digital products and apps used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide, including brands such as Evernote, Meetup, Remini, Splice, StreamYard, and WeTransfer.[1][4][7] Its strategy blends technology development with investment-style acquisition, aiming to build world‑class digital experiences through innovation, AI‑driven solutions, data‑intensive infrastructure, and in‑house engineering capabilities.[1][4][7][13]
What you will do
- Design, implement, and maintain high-scale software systems using a modern toolkit including Python, Rust, Docker, and Kubernetes, choosing the best tools for each challenge.
- Leverage advanced AI tools throughout the entire development lifecycle—from design and coding to testing and documentation—to maximize efficiency and maintain high standards.
- Relentlessly simplify complex architectures and pipelines to ensure systems remain maintainable and performant while evolving established products with the agility of a startup.
Who this is a fit for
- Demonstrates exceptional first-principles reasoning and the ability to solve complex, unfamiliar problems with structural sharpness and extreme attention to detail.
- Exhibits intense ambition and ownership, holding themselves to a high and rising bar for technical excellence and impact within a demanding environment.
- Thrives in a collaborative, high-intensity team, prioritizing the best ideas over their own and showing a consistent willingness to support teammates to ensure collective success.
Why this role is remarkable
- Work on iconic global products including Evernote, WeTransfer, and Meetup, impacting hundreds of millions of users daily through deep technical transformations.
- Join an elite, talent-dense environment with a 0.04% hiring rate, where early-career engineers frequently lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Benefit from top-of-market European compensation, discounted company equity, and a generous relocation package that includes a potential 50% tax reduction in Italy.
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