Graduate AI Software Engineer

About Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons is dedicated to becoming one of the most impactful companies by serving a vast customer base, fostering exceptional personal growth among team members, operating with unmatched effectiveness, and generating extraordinary value for shareholders, all while maintaining high ethical standards. The company specializes in acquiring and enhancing digital businesses for long-term operation rather than resale, involving transformative changes that accelerate innovation, benefit customers, and improve business outcomes. With minimal hierarchy, small, talent-rich teams, and a startup-like agility, Bending Spoons deeply incorporates AI in its workflows to strengthen human decision-making with machine intelligence.

Role Overview

As a Graduate AI Software Engineer, you will create AI-enhanced product experiences by collaborating with product teams to pinpoint opportunities where artificial intelligence can revolutionize user interaction for millions. You will spearhead development from conceptualization to production, ensuring the delivery of scalable, robust, and maintainable code.

You will also integrate leading AI tools into your development cycle—covering design, implementation, testing, and documentation—to accelerate progress without compromising accuracy or reliability.

Working across diverse technology stacks, you will take full ownership of solutions, selecting appropriate technologies for each challenge. Your work might span monoliths to microservices, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker containers, and programming languages such as Python and Rust, emphasizing thoughtful, purpose-driven application of technologies.

Your duties include conceiving and managing impactful software products from inception to large-scale deployment and continuously optimizing systems by simplifying architectures, pipelines, and codebases to enhance scalability, maintainability, and clarity.

Who We Seek

• Strong problem-solving skills grounded in first principles with keen attention to relevant details.
• Highly motivated, ambitious individuals who take ownership and consistently raise personal standards.
• A collaborative team player who supports the best ideas, contributes selflessly, and maintains transparency and reliability.
• Fluent proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Benefits and Opportunities

• Join highly skilled, entrepreneurial teams characterized by autonomy and results-driven work alongside top talents.
• Exceptional growth potential through leading valuable products and major projects early in your career.
• Comprehensive benefits including flexible work hours and locations, limitless support for professional development, premium health insurance, generous relocation assistance, parental support, and annual retreats to inspiring locations.
• Flexible start dates with options to begin part-time to accommodate ongoing education, enabling gradual transition to full-time roles.
• Competitive compensation varies by location and experience; example salaries are £85,797 annually in London for less experienced candidates and between £112,189 and £250,512 for those with significant relevant experience; €66,065 to €188,848 in other European cities. Exceptional performers may receive even higher packages. Equity participation at a discounted rate is included in permanent contracts. Relocation to Italy offers a 50% tax incentive.

Employment Details

Roles can be either permanent or fixed-term, full-time positions based in Milan, London, Madrid, Warsaw, or fully remote from approved countries. An extensive, merit-based screening process evaluates candidates rigorously with no shortcuts; it includes challenging tests that may last several hours. Successful onboarding requires spending initial months primarily in the Milan office to absorb company culture and build team trust, supported by travel and accommodation assistance; subsequent work location flexibility is available.

Additional Information

Bending Spoons maintains a demanding environment marked by high standards and ambition, which can accelerate learning and career progression but demands strong commitment. The company is committed to equal employment opportunities and accommodating individuals with disabilities. Previous applicants are encouraged to wait at least one year before reapplying.

If you resonate with this opportunity and are ready to excel, Bending Spoons welcomes your application.