Graduate software engineer, US

About the Role

Bending Spoons is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer in the US to build software that matters, taking ownership from idea to production and creating systems used by millions. The role involves evolving these systems into products at scale, integrating AI into the development workflow, mastering a diverse toolkit, and simplifying systems for better scalability and maintainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Build software that matters. Take real ownership from idea to production, creating systems used by millions and evolving them into products at scale.
• Amplify your impact with AI. Integrate 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.
• Master your toolkit. Work across diverse stacks with end-to-end ownership, choosing the right technologies for each challenge. From monoliths to microservices, gRPC to REST, Kubernetes to Docker, Python to Rust—apply technologies thoughtfully, focusing on depth and purpose rather than trends.
• Simplify relentlessly. Question every layer of complexity. Improve architectures, pipelines, and codebases to build systems that are simpler, more scalable, and easier to maintain.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Reasoning ability: Solve complex problems using first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist biases, and identify important details.
• Drive: Be extremely ambitious, demonstrate initiative, effort, and tenacity, feel deeply responsible for work, and hold yourself to a high standard.
• Team spirit: Give generously, support the best idea, help your team, and be reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Technologies mentioned: Python, Rust, gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, Docker.

Qualifications

• You don't need to wait until graduation to apply.
• Flexible start dates and the possibility to begin part-time, transitioning to full-time as you complete your degree.

Offer Details

• Competitive Pay: Typically, individuals with limited experience receive an annual salary of $164,852 in the United States. For candidates assessed as possessing exceptional potential and highly unusual achievement, compensation typically ranges $209,694 to $425,639. Compensation varies by location and expected impact.
• Commitment & Contract: Permanent or fixed-term, Full-time.
• Location: Atlanta (GA), Boston (MA), Miami (FL), New York (NY), or fully remote from eligible countries.
• Onboarding: Expect to spend most days in the Milan office during the first few months, with generous travel and accommodation assistance. Long-term, work from an office or remotely from approved countries.