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 and enables team members to grow to their full potential while maintaining unparalleled effectiveness and efficiency.We create value for shareholders at an extraordinary rate, all while upholding high ethical standards.Our strategy is to acquire untapped digital businesses, elevate them using our platform (expertise, technology, data, brand, talent, and culture), and reinvest the proceeds into continued growth and new acquisitions.For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, here is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress at an exceptionally high rate.Technology TeamThe 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 committed to building technology of extraordinary quality and scale.ResponsibilitiesDrive strategy: develop and execute bold, data-informed strategies focused on unlocking new value for the company.Lead an outstanding team: lead a high-performing group of top professionals, making tough decisions to uphold excellence.Operate at the sharp end of the industry: deliver high-quality products to hundreds of millions of users.Master your toolkit: refine your ability to choose the right tools across diverse tech stacks—monolithic to microservices, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust—delivering full potential rather than chasing trends.Simplify relentlessly: turn complexity into simplicity, whether optimizing CI/CD pipelines, writing maintainable code, or crafting minimalist architectures.QualificationsLeadership:Proven outstanding work experience in highly challenging roles, with exceptional performance and growth.Drive:Extremely ambitious, highly motivated, and holds yourself to a high and rising bar.Reasoning ability:Solves complex problems from first principles, structures ideas sharply, and avoids biases.Team spirit:Gives generously, supports the best idea, is reliable, honest, and transparent.Proficiency in English:Reads, writes, and speaks proficiently.What we offerAn exceptional opportunity for growth; our 20-year-old senior engineers lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars.All.These.Benefits: flexible hours, remote work, unlimited learning and training, top-of-market health insurance, relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat.Competitive pay and access to equity.Annual salary ranges from £******* to £******* in London and €******* to €******* elsewhere in Europe, with potential for higher compensation for exceptional capability.Commitment & contractPermanent or fixed-term.Full-time.LocationMilan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), 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.Successful candidates will be invited to a series of interviews, and we set the bar high, only extending an offer once convinced we've found the right candidate.Equal opportunityBending Spoons is an equal-opportunity and affirmative action employer.We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—just let us know through this form.Before you applyIf you've applied before but didn't receive an offer, we recommend waiting at least one year before applying again.#J-*****-Ljbffr