Description
At Bending Spoons, we’re aiming to build one of the greatest tech companies in the world. Based in Milan, Italy, we're already a leading global app developer, with major mobile video editor Splice and top fitness app 30 Day Fitness in our portfolio. But that’s only the beginning—and our sights are set a whole lot higher. We're looking for that single-minded someone who’s obsessive about building extraordinary products that change users' lives for the better.
A few examples of your responsibilities:
- Embody Bending Spoons’ values in everything you do.
- Study the world through the customer’s eyes, with the goal of understanding them and solving their problems—often before they’re even aware such problems exist. Do so through extensive research—customer, market, and competition alike— in a hunt for improvements and opportunities.
- Plan carefully and execute your mix of short-term experiments and big bets with curiosity and commitment.
- Know your products’ numbers inside out.
- Distill your learnings into the strategy and roadmap for your product, marrying wild ambition with rationality and pragmatism.
- Galvanize your team and others to follow you, leading the implementation.
- Foster a fantastic atmosphere within your team. Create an environment that’s caring, while also charged with ambition and the urgency to excel.
- Actively involve all functions (design, engineering, monetization, and marketing) and make sure each one is performing at its best.
What We Offer
- Huge impact. Your work can seriously impact Bending Spoons, tens of millions of users, and even the mobile-app industry at large, in the next few years.
- Autonomy. You’ll be responsible for your apps, and no one will micromanage you. Together with your team, you’re free to choose a direction, test, fail, and test the next idea.
- Top-notch team. You’ll be surrounded by some of the brightest and nicest folks you’ve ever worked with, and you can tap into Bending Spoons’ experience with building many market-leading mobile apps.
- Unique career opportunity. By joining a fast-growing company that sets out to become one of the world's greatest within the vast, booming mobile market, you get a golden chance to turbocharge your learning and career.
- Continuous education. We pay for your Italian/English language lessons, but that’s not where it ends. If you make a good case for some extra learning, we’re delighted to foot the tab.
- The finest tools. You get the best hardware on the market and all the software you could need. We can't wait to introduce you to our high-tech approach and cutting-edge workflows.
- Remote working. Spend as much or as little time in our Milan office as you choose (even no time at all, if you’d prefer). Many Spooners like to change up their environment and get out of the city whenever the mood strikes. Every day, you’ve got the freedom to decide where today’s office is.
- Flexible schedule. Our regular hours are 9-6 GMT+1, but this isn’t a “clock in, clock out” company. Morning person? Start work while the world’s still sleeping. Night owl? Ramp things up while others are winding down. You’re fully trusted to create the right conditions for your own personal peak productivity. We only ask that you’re available to your teammates a good chunk of the day. That’s why it’s generally best to be based somewhere with a similar time zone—between GMT-2 and GMT+3.
- Unlimited vacations. Take all the time you need to recharge your batteries—no permission process or vacation allowance here. Because a rested, relaxed, and refreshed Spooner is a happy and effective Spooner.
- Lots. Of. Fun. Our incredible People Operations team organizes awesome events, such as team games, drinks, yoga classes, parties, and regular company-wide retreats. Recent destinations include Bali, Argentina, and Tanzania.
- Top-of-the-market salary and stock options in a tech rocket ship. Our total compensation is very competitive and can grow rapidly and include stock options, depending on your performance.
What We Look For
- A burning ambition to build amazing products. You’re obsessed with building extraordinary products that customers just can't live without.
- Excellent logical-analytical abilities. You’re a quick learner who can investigate and effectively pick up new concepts on your own. You can solve unforeseen challenges with creativity and structure, and do so independently.
- Common sense. You have empathy for the customer and sound judgment when it comes to their needs.
- Pragmatism. Far from being too academic or obsessive in your perfectionism, you understand that speed is often as important as quality when getting things done in a competitive world.
- Rationality and self-control. You make decisions based on the facts—even in moments of stress or emotion.
- Drive. You’re energetic, hard-working, and persevere through adversity until the job is done—and done impeccably. You’re massively into getting results, and always aim for excellence in what you do.
- Diligence, organization. You can be entrusted with big responsibilities, starting with coordinating the complex work of a consummate team.
- Humility. You’re down to earth, eager to listen to feedback and constructive criticism, and ready to support your team with whatever it needs to succeed.
- Communication. Your communication, both written and oral, is well-structured and crystal clear.
- Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
The Recruiting Process
If you successfully pass through our screening process, we'll invite you to take on a few tests aimed at assessing how you think and solve possibly unfamiliar problems. These tests don't require any prior knowledge, and they should take you a few hours to complete. If you're successful there, we'll invite you to some interviews—normally two or three—to get to know each other and figure out if it’s a good fit for both parties. There, we'll ask you some behavioral and problem-solving questions. The interviews are held remotely. To limit arbitrariness and human bias, Bending Spoons' hiring decisions are made by a hiring committee.
Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@bendingspoons.com.
Deadline for applications: 12.01.2022.