Meetup is a community‐building platform that millions of people use to discover events, meet others who share their interests, and cultivate meaningful real‐world connections. Now part of Bending Spoons, it plays a key role in a portfolio of outstanding digital businesses united by a shared focus on innovation and operational excellence. By applying through the Meetup brand, you'll be stepping into the wider Bending Spoons team. Either way, you'll be part of a high‐performing, collaborative environment where you can make a real impact.At Bending Spoons, we're striving to build one of the all‐time great companies. 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. 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. Integrate the most powerful AI tools directly into your development workflow—design, implementation, testing, and documentation—to move faster while maintaining high standards for correctness, reliability, and maintainability.From monoliths to microservices, gRPC to REST, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust—you'll apply technologies thoughtfully, focusing on depth and purpose rather than trends.Improve architectures, pipelines, and codebases to build systems that are simpler, more scalable, and easier to maintain.
You're extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
And if you've got what it takes, you'll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.Typically, we offer individuals at the start of their career an annual salary of £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe. Compensation varies by location and expected impact, and grows rapidly as you gain experience and translate it into greater contributions. If you're offered a permanent contract, you'll also be able receive some of your pay in company equity at a discounted price, thus participating in the value creation we achieve together. If relocating to Italy, you may enjoy a 50% tax cut.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.
Commitment & contractPermanent or fixed‐term. Full‐time.LocationMilan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote in selected countries.
You're extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
And if you've got what it takes, you'll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.Typically, we offer individuals at the start of their career an annual salary of £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe. Compensation varies by location and expected impact, and grows rapidly as you gain experience and translate it into greater contributions. If you're offered a permanent contract, you'll also be able receive some of your pay in company equity at a discounted price, thus participating in the value creation we achieve together. If relocating to Italy, you may enjoy a 50% tax cut.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.
Commitment & contractPermanent or fixed‐term. Full‐time.LocationMilan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote in selected countries.