Graduate security engineer

At Bending Spoons, we're striving to build one of the all-time great companies. We acquire and improve digital businesses, not to sell on, but to own and operate for the long term. 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.

Responsibilities

Assess and strengthen security: identify security loopholes across systems and infrastructure using modern security tools, automation, and continuous testing; Attack and defend: conduct internal security assessments and implement countermeasures that safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of company data; Automate security practices: design and build solutions that embed strong security controls directly into infrastructure and engineering workflows; Partner on privacy and compliance: work with privacy experts to translate regulatory requirements into robust, practical, technical safeguards; Stay ahead of threats: track emerging vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security practices, and share knowledge with Spooners to continuously strengthen the security posture

Requirements

Reasoning ability: given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems, think from first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist biases, and take care of the details that matter; Drive: extremely ambitious, with initiative, effort, and tenacity matching that ambition, feeling deeply responsible for your work and holding yourself to a high and rising bar; Team spirit: give generously without expecting return, support the best idea, get your hands dirty to help your team, and be reliable, honest, and transparent; Proficiency in English: read, write, and speak proficiently in English

Benefits

Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams; exceptional opportunity for growth; flexible hours; remote working; unlimited backing for learning and training; top-of-the-market health insurance; rich relocation package; generous parental support; yearly retreat to a stunning location; flexible start dates; part-time options transitioning to full-time; competitive pay; access to company equity at a discount