Graduate Software Engineer

Bending Spoons; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Bending Spoons is seeking talented software developers to join their dynamic teams in Edinburgh. The role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complex problems, and contribute to impactful projects in a collaborative environment. With competitive compensation and ample growth opportunities, this position is ideal for driven individuals looking to advance their careers.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Remote work options

Learning support

Health insurance

Relocation packages

Parental support

Retreats

Qualifications

• Ability to solve complex problems and think critically.
• Ambitious and proactive with a strong sense of responsibility.
• Supportive team player who values transparency.

Responsibilities

• Work across diverse tech stacks to build impactful software solutions.
• Take ownership from ideation to deployment.
• Optimize processes and simplify complexity.

Skills

Problem Solving

Team Spirit

Drive

English Proficiency

Tools

Python

Rust

gRPC

REST APIs

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers, where team members grow to their full potential, and which functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. We aim to create value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate while adhering to high ethical standards.

Our strategy involves acquiring digital businesses with untapped potential, leveraging our platform—comprising expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and culture—to make them successful. We then reinvest proceeds into strengthening our platform and acquiring new businesses, combining capital allocation with hands-on operational management.

Working at Bending Spoons offers talented, driven, and collaborative individuals the opportunity to learn, make an impact, and rapidly progress their careers. This is our promise to such candidates.

Responsibilities

1. Master your toolkit. Work across diverse tech stacks to refine your ability to select the right tools for each challenge, from monolithic to microservices architectures, gRPC to REST APIs, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust. Understand their purposes to maximize their potential.
2. Build impactful solutions. Enjoy autonomy and take ownership of your work from ideation to deployment. Build software from the ground up and see your code evolve into a product used at scale.
3. Simplify relentlessly. Turn complexity into simplicity by optimizing pipelines, writing maintainable code, and crafting minimalist architectures to enable scalable, future-proof solutions.

Qualifications

• Reasoning ability. Solve complex problems, think from first principles, structure ideas sharply, and pay attention to critical details.
• Drive. Be ambitious, proactive, resilient, and responsible for your work, maintaining high standards.
• Team spirit. Support others generously, prioritize the best ideas, and be reliable, honest, and transparent.
• English proficiency. Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Talented teams. Work in small, autonomous, result-oriented teams with some of the brightest professionals.
• Growth opportunities. We hire individuals with high potential and position them to thrive, with opportunities to lead major projects.
• Competitive compensation and equity. Salaries starting at £66,779 (UK) or €63,965 (elsewhere), with growth based on experience and impact, plus options for company equity.
• Benefits. Flexible hours, remote work, learning support, health insurance, relocation packages, parental support, and retreats.

Details

Type: Permanent or fixed-term, full-time

Locations: Milan (Italy), London (UK)

Application Info

We seek highly committed candidates; if you're enthusiastic and ready to give your best, apply without hesitation. Our selection involves problem-solving tests and interviews.

Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity employer, providing accommodations for applicants with disabilities. We value talent over experience—if you believe you can excel, apply.