Software Engineering Associate Lead

At Bending Spoons, we're striving to build one of the all-time great companies.A company that serves a huge number of customers, grows its team members to their full potential, operates at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency, creates value for shareholders, and adheres to high ethical standards.To achieve this objective, we execute the following strategy: we acquire a digital business with untapped potential and make it as successful as we can by leveraging our platform—our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talent, and culture.Then we invest the proceeds into making our platform more powerful and into acquiring new businesses, combining capital allocation with a hands-on operator approach.For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate.Our Technology team is central to this mission.We build the systems, products, and infrastructure that power dozens of digital businesses serving millions of users worldwide.As part of our fast-track program for future engineering leads, you'll join a world-class group of problem-solvers working to create technology of extraordinary quality and scale.This position is open to individuals with an outstanding track record of excellence and growth—whether or not they've previously held an engineering-lead role.Excellent references from reputable professionals are essential.After an intensive training period of six to twelve months, if your performance warrants it, you may take on a technical leadership role—either as the sole leader or co-leader—of a business unit generating revenue in the tens of millions of dollars at a minimum, with the potential to increase your level of responsibility to the hundreds of millions over time.You'll report directly to our CTO.ResponsibilitiesDrive strategy.Develop and execute bold, data-informed strategies that are laser-focused on unlocking new levels of value for the company.Lead an outstanding team.Lead a high-performing team composed of some of the most talented professionals you'll ever encounter.Make tough decisions to uphold excellence when necessary.Operate at the sharp end of the industry.We're one of the highest-rated employers in tech and finance, and our products have hundreds of millions of users.Our sights are set on greatness, and yours (and your team's) must be too.Master your toolkit.By working across diverse tech stacks, you'll refine your ability to choose the right tools for every challenge—from monolithic to microservices architectures, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust.True expertise is about understanding purpose, not trends.Simplify relentlessly.Is every component essential?Do we need this process?Your mission is to turn complexity into simplicity—whether optimizing CI/CD pipelines, writing maintainable code, or crafting minimalist architectures.QualificationsLeadership.You have years of outstanding work experience in highly challenging roles and environments, and have demonstrated exceptional performance and outlier growth.Drive.You're extremely ambitious, with initiative, effort, and tenacity that match your intensity.You feel deeply responsible for your work and hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.Reasoning ability.Given the necessary knowledge, you solve complex problems.You think from first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist biases, and focus on the details that matter.Team spirit.You give generously without expecting reciprocation, support the best idea, not your own, and are reliable, honest, and transparent.Proficiency in English.You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.BenefitsAn exceptional opportunity for growth.We hire individuals of outstanding potential and put them in the ideal position to thrive.Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and you'll soon play an essential role in major projects.Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams.You'll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.All.These.Benefits.Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited learning and training backing, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location.Competitive pay and equity.For a candidate with considerable experience, annual salary ranges from £151,436 to £250,512 in London and €145,430 to €240,330 elsewhere in Europe, with potential growth and equity options.Commitment & contract: Permanent or fixed-term.Full-time.LocationMilan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or remote in selected countries.The selection processIf you pass our screening, we'll ask you to take on a few tests designed to assess how you approach unfamiliar problems.They're challenging and may take several hours to complete.If you're successful, we'll invite you 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 may keep the job open for months or be reposted.Bending Spoons is an equal-opportunity and affirmative-action employer.We consider any applicant for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.Please let us know through our accommodations form.Before you applyIf 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.We're extremely ambitious and hold ourselves—and each other—to a high standard.While this leads to extraordinary learning, achievement, and growth, it also requires significant commitment.To help you ramp up quickly, we recommend spending your first few months working from our Milan office, regardless of your long-term work location.It's the best way to absorb our culture and build trust with teammates.We'll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance.After that, you're welcome to work from Milan or London offices, or remotely from approved countries, depending on what we agree at the offer stage.If the role speaks to you and you're excited to give your best, we'd love to hear from you.Apply now—we can't wait to meet you.#J-*****-Ljbffr