AI Software Engineer

About Meetup and Bending Spoons

Meetup is a community-building platform used by millions to discover events and connect with others. Now part of Bending Spoons, a portfolio of innovative digital businesses, you'll contribute to leading products within a high-performing, collaborative environment.

Our Vision

Bending Spoons aims to be one of the all-time great companies, serving a huge customer base, fostering employee growth, operating with exceptional effectiveness, and creating extraordinary value for shareowners ethically. We acquire digital businesses with potential, enhance them using our expertise and technology, and reinvest to grow our platform and acquire new businesses, combining investor acumen with operational expertise.

Your Opportunity

For talented, driven, and collaborative individuals, Bending Spoons offers unparalleled opportunities for learning, impact, and career progression. As one of the first hires in our new Madrid office, you will help shape its culture and energy, contributing to a globally integrated team while establishing high local standards.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered product experiences, transforming user experiences for millions.
• Drive AI solutions from concept to production, ensuring robust, scalable code.
• Amplify impact by integrating powerful AI tools into the development workflow (design, implementation, testing, documentation).
• Master diverse tech stacks with end-to-end ownership, applying technologies like Python, Rust, gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, and Docker thoughtfully.
• Build impactful systems used by millions, owning them from idea to production and evolving them at scale.
• Relentlessly simplify architectures, pipelines, and codebases for greater scalability and maintainability.

What We Look For

• Reasoning ability: Solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist biases, and identify critical details.
• Drive: Possess high ambition, initiative, effort, and tenacity, with a deep sense of responsibility and a continuously rising bar for performance.
• Team spirit: Be generous, support the best ideas, help your team without expectation, and be reliable, honest, and transparent.
• English proficiency: Read, write, and speak English proficiently.

What We Offer

• Talented Teams: Work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams with bright individuals.
• Growth Opportunity: Exceptional career progression, with opportunities to lead major projects early on.
• Competitive Compensation: Competitive pay, with potential access to equity, and tax benefits if relocating to Italy. Salary ranges provided reflect typical offers based on experience and location.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Flexible hours, remote working options, unlimited learning support, top health insurance, relocation assistance, generous parental support, and an annual retreat.

Commitment & Contract

Permanent or fixed-term, full-time.

Location

Madrid, Spain.

The Selection Process

We value verifiable signals of excellence. If you believe you can excel, don't hesitate to apply even if you feel you lack experience. Our process includes challenging tests that may require several hours. We maintain high standards and only extend offers to the right candidates, which may result in roles remaining open or being reposted.

Before You Apply

If you've applied before without an offer, consider waiting a year. Bending Spoons is demanding, requiring significant commitment for extraordinary learning and growth. We recommend an initial onboarding period in our Milan office to quickly absorb our culture and build team trust, with support for travel and accommodation. Post-onboarding, you can work from Milan, London, or remotely from approved countries.

Apply Now

If this role excites you and you're ready to give your best, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to meeting you.

Key skills/competency

• AI Software Engineer
• Machine Learning
• Python
• Rust
• Software Development
• Product Development
• System Design
• Problem Solving
• Scalability
• Agile Methodologies