Bending Spoons
Graduate AI software engineer
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Graduate AI software engineer
AI Engineer
At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate—and does so while adhering to high ethical standards.
Our Vision In pursuit of this objective, we acquire and improve digital businesses, not to sell on, but to own and operate for the long term. The transformations we make are often deep—designed to speed up innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen business performance. Here, hierarchy is minimal and teams are small and talent-dense. We operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup.
Our Approach Across the company, we integrate artificial intelligence (AI) deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.
About the Role
We’re seeking a talented, driven, and collaborative AI Engineer who thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments to shape our product experiences at scale. If you’re passionate about leveraging AI to transform the user experience, you could have a significant impact here.
At Bending Spoons, a role like yours will unlock exceptional opportunities for growth, learning, and making an real impact—a company where your career can progress rapidly.
Key Responsibilities
- Build AI-powered product experiences: Collaborate with product teams to identify transformative opportunities where AI can enhance user experiences for millions. Deliver robust, scalable, and production-ready solutions, from ideation to final implementation.
- Amplify impact with AI: Integrate cutting-edge AI tools into your workflows—from design to testing to documentation. Leverage them to accelerate development while upholding strict standards for correctness, reliability, and maintainability.
- Master your toolkit: Work across diverse tech stacks with end-to-end ownership. Choose the right technologies for each challenge, balancing depth over trends—for example, from monoliths to microservices, gRPC to REST, Kubernetes to Docker, and Python to Rust.
- Build software that matters: Take full ownership of systems used by millions, shaping them into production-ready products at scale.
- Simplify relentlessly: Challenge complexity in every layer of code and architecture. Improve systems for greater scalability, maintainability, and simplicity.
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What We Look for
We’re searching for a driven individual who thinks critically and operates with purpose. Here’s what stands out in your application:
- Reasoning ability: Solve complex problems with first-principles thinking, structure ideas clearly, and reject cognitive biases. Focus on the details that truly matter.
- Drive: Hold yourself to high standards—pushing ambition with effort, tenacity, and accountability. Give your best effort in everything you do.
- Team spirit: Be an active collaborator who supports ideas unselfishly, values transparency, and is willing to roll up your sleeves to back team goals.
- Proficiency in English: Strong reading, writing, and speaking skills to thrive in our collaborative culture.
What You’ll Gain
Joining Bending Spoons isn’t just a job—it’s an investment in your career and growth. Here’s what we offer:
- Incredible teams: Work with tiny, high-performance, start-up-like teams packed with top-tier talent.
- Unlimited potential: We hire individuals with exceptional capability and provide the right conditions for their growth. Many 20-somethings here lead multi-million-pound products—sometimes even before graduation.
- Flex & benefit package:
- Flexible hours, remote working options, and unlimited funding for learning and training.
- Competitive health insurance, generous relocation packages, exceptional parental support, and annual retreats.
- Pay & equity: We offer:
- £85,797 (London)/€66,065 (rest of Europe): Entry-level base salaries.
- £112,189–£250,512 (London)/€107,837–€188,848: Mid-to-senior level salaries depending on experience.
- Top contributors may see additional compensation adjustments. Permanent hires can also receive company equity at a discount.
- Relocation benefit: If you move to Italy, eligible relocatees enjoy a 50% tax cut on work income.
- Flexible & learn-on-the-job: Start part-time before graduation, ramp up quickly, and accelerate in our dynamic environment.
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Commitment
- Full-time, permanent or fixed-term roles are available.
- Primary engagement expectation: Your early days will involve on-site presence at our Milan office to accelerate onboarding and cultural integration (we’ll support your travel and lodging). You’ll transition to remote work or office options only after this phase, based on prior discussions.
From Applications to Offers
We assess all candidates anonymously. If you pass preliminary steps, you'll complete challenging technical tests (potentially multi-hour, with unknown problem formats)—our way of gauging adaptability and competence. If you already applied, wait one year before reapplying.
Selection process is rigorous: Job postings may remain active for months or be reposted to ensure the right fit.
To ensure this process is inclusive, we provide accommodations—please notify us via this accessibility protocol form.
Before You Apply
Start your journey here. Read the role carefully: Our standard is high, and recruitment reflects it. Reposting happens when we pause or reset the search for exceptional candidates.
Are you ready to build a career you can be proud of? We’re eager to hear from you. Apply now—our future starts with you.
P.S. - If you thrive in high-intensity, team-driven cultures, we’ll richly reward your passion.
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