Software Engineering Spring Week 2027

Bending Spoons; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

London office

Real project experience

Job summary

Bending Spoons in London invites students studying computer science or related fields to join Spring Week 2027. This in-person program runs 5-9 April 2027 and offers hands-on exposure to fast-paced product development, working with engineers on real projects from day one.

You will tackle a realistic tech challenge across backend and frontend, meet the team, and learn how Bending Spoons engineers build scalable software.

Qualifications

• Must be a computer science student or related field at a UK university.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking are essential.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a week-long Spring Week designed to expose you to real engineering work.
• Tackle a realistic coding challenge across backend and frontend.
• Collaborate with engineers and learn how product decisions are made.

Skills

Reasoning ability

Drive

Team spirit

Proficiency in English

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. 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 a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

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. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

Spring Week is an in-person program, running 5-9 April 2027 in London for students studying computer science or a related field at a UK university. You can apply at any point in your degree—whether you have recently started or you’re approaching graduation. This is an opportunity to experience a fast-paced tech company and learn directly from Bending Spoons' engineers. Top participants will receive a Bending Spoons Summer Internship offer, where they'll work on real products from day one.

What to expect

• Meet the team. Connect with Bending Spoons engineers. Learn how they approach complex challenges and shape products used by millions.
• Build experience in the tech industry. Spend a week immersed in the Bending Spoons London office, and leave with a real sense of what it’s like to work in tech.
• Sharpen your coding skills. Tackle a realistic tech challenge, designed to simulate the kind of problems our engineers work on. You’ll work across backend and frontend, collaborate on a shared codebase, and review, improve, and debug one another’s code.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You’re always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

The selection process

In our screening process, we prioritize verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. There are no preferential paths beyond what your application demonstrates, and we evaluate every candidate through the same process. Some people hold back because they feel they lack experience or have an “imperfect” CV. If you like the role and believe you could excel over time, don’t self-reject. All applications go through our careers page, which is the only way to be considered. If you pass our screening, you’ll be asked to complete one or more tests. They are challenging, may involve unfamiliar problems, and can take several hours. To learn more about what to expect throughout the selection process, you can find additional information here. We set the bar high and won’t extend an offer until we’re confident we’ve found the right candidate. This is why a job may remain open for months or be reposted several times. We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—please let us know through this form.