Graduate AI software engineer in Manchester

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all‑time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers and where team members grow to their full potential. We operate at unparalleled levels of effectiveness, create value for shareholders at an extraordinary rate, and adhere to high ethical standards. 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. We operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

A few examples of your responsibilities:

• Build AI‑powered product experiences. Work with product teams to identify high‑impact opportunities where AI can transform the user experience for millions – then build these transformative solutions.
• Drive the process from possibility to production, delivering code that’s robust, reproducible, and built for scale.
• Amplify your impact with AI. 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.
• Master your toolkit. Work across diverse stacks with end‑to‑end ownership, choosing the right technologies for each challenge.
• Build software that matters. Take real ownership from idea to production, creating systems used by millions and evolving them into products at scale.
• Simplify relentlessly. Question every layer of complexity. Improve architectures, pipelines, and codebases to build systems that are simpler, more scalable, and easier to maintain.

What we look for:

• Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do – and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high – and rising – bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You’re always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer:

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You’ll work in small, result‑oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals of outstanding potential and then place them in the ideal position to thrive.
• Competitive pay and access to equity in the company. Typically, we offer individuals at the start of their career an annual salary of £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe. For highly experienced candidates, the salary ranges between £112,189 and £250,512 in London, and €107,837 and €188,848 elsewhere in Europe.
• 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.
• 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.

Commitment & contract:

• Permanent or fixed‑term. Full‑time.
• Location: Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote in selected countries.

Equal Opportunity Statement: We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities – please let us know through this form.