About
Bending Spoons acquires and improves digital businesses to own and operate them for the long term. It transforms established products to accelerate innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen business performance, while integrating AI into its operations.
Responsibilities
•Assess and strengthen security
•Identify security loopholes across systems and infrastructure using modern security tools, automation, and continuous testing
•Conduct internal security assessments and implement countermeasures to safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of company data
•Design and build solutions that embed strong security controls into infrastructure and engineering workflows
•Work with privacy experts to translate regulatory requirements into practical technical safeguards
•Track emerging vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security practices, and share knowledge with colleagues to continuously strengthen security
Requirements
•Solve complex problems by reasoning from first principles, structuring ideas clearly, resisting bias, and attending to important details
•Demonstrate ambition, initiative, effort, tenacity, responsibility, and high standards
•Be collaborative, reliable, honest, and transparent; support the best ideas and help the team
•Read, write, and speak English proficiently
Conditions
•Flexible hours
•Unlimited learning and training support
•Top-of-the-market health insurance
•Generous parental support and a yearly retreat
•Flexible start dates and the possibility to begin part-time and transition to full-time while completing a degree
•Permanent or fixed-term contract; full-time or part-time options
•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 applies to candidates with little or no relevant experience; exceptionally experienced candidates may receive 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
•Most days in the Milan office are expected during the first few months, regardless of long-term work location; generous travel and accommodation assistance is provided. Afterwards, work from an office or remotely from approved countries, as agreed at the offer stage
•Candidates who have applied before without receiving an offer are recommended to wait at least one year before reapplying
•The role requires significant commitment
•One or more challenging selection tests may be required; they can involve unfamiliar problems and take several hours
