Security engineer

Bending Spoons; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 285,000 - 467,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote working

Health insurance

Relocation package

Parental support

Yearly retreat

Equity options

Job summary

Bending Spoons in Warsaw, Poland is seeking a security-focused engineer to strengthen our systems and data protection. You will identify vulnerabilities, implement robust controls, and drive improvements across infrastructure and development workflows.

You’ll work with privacy and compliance teams, automate security practices, and stay ahead of threats, contributing to a culture of high integrity and rapid, responsible execution.

Qualifications

• Reasoning ability: solve complex problems from first principles with sharp structure and attention to details.
• Drive: extremely ambitious, takes initiative, and holds a high bar for work quality.
• Team spirit: helps teammates, supports best ideas, reliable and transparent.
• English proficiency: read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

Responsibilities

• Assess and strengthen security across systems and infrastructure using modern tools and continuous testing.
• Attack and defend: perform internal security assessments and implement countermeasures to protect data integrity and confidentiality.
• Automate security practices: design solutions embedding security controls into workflows and infrastructure.
• Partner on privacy and compliance: translate regulatory requirements into practical safeguards with privacy experts.
• Stay ahead of threats: monitor vulnerabilities and share knowledge to strengthen security posture.

Skills

Reasoning ability

Drive

Team spirit

English proficiency

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.

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. That’s our promise to such a candidate.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Assess and strengthen security. Identify security loopholes across systems and infrastructure using modern security tools, automation, and continuous testing.
• Attack and defend. Conduct internal security assessments and implement countermeasures that safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of company data.
• Automate security practices. Design and build solutions that embed strong security controls directly into infrastructure and engineering workflows.
• Partner on privacy and compliance. Work with privacy experts to translate regulatory requirements into robust, practical, technical safeguards.
• Stay ahead of threats. Track emerging vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security practices, and share knowledge with Spooners to continuously strengthen our security posture.

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 feel deeply responsible for your work. 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. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You’ll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We go to great lengths to hire individuals of outstanding potential—then, our priority is to put them in the ideal position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you’ve got what it takes, you’ll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location. We help each Spooner set up the conditions to do their best work.
• A flexible start date and part-time options. You don't need to wait until graduation to apply. We offer flexible start dates and the possibility to begin part-time, transitioning to full-time as you complete your degree. Many Spooners joined before graduating and progressively took on greater responsibility, with arrangements that allowed them to do so without compromising their education.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discount. Typical annual salary offers range from £85,797 to £151,436 in London and from €66,065 to €107,837 elsewhere in Europe. The lower end of these ranges applies to candidates with little or no relevant experience, while exceptionally experienced candidates may receive offers of up to £316,052 in London or €240,330 elsewhere in Europe. Candidates offered a permanent contract may choose to receive part of their compensation in discounted company equity.

Commitment & contract

Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time or part-time.

Location

Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or fully remote from eligible countries.

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.

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.