iOS Engineer

About Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons is a fast-growing tech company focused on building and marketing mobile applications. Despite being such a young company, we've already achieved notable results, with tens of millions of downloads of our apps, and millions of users active every month. Far from being satisfied, we look with excitement at the future, and believe that through smart and hard work we’ll accomplish much more.

Position

With tens of millions of active users and hundreds of thousands of daily downloads, we’re Europe’s leading iOS app developer. Our team of iOS engineers has been a driving force in our ascent so far. As well as leveraging the most advanced native iOS technologies, we’ve also broken new ground by developing our own powerful libraries to make architecting and developing the highest-quality iOS apps as smooth and efficient as it gets. With ever-bigger frontiers to conquer, we’re looking for a passionate, bright, and driven iOS engineer eager to bring our apps to the next level.

A few examples of your responsibilities:

• Contribute to product development and product roadmap planning for apps with mind-blowing exposure on the App Store. Take a proactive role and ownership of the products you work on 
• Help define the software architecture of new apps or new features for existing apps—and then develop them. The work spans broadly, from engineering and coding features to polishing world-class user interfaces
• Constantly improve the quality of our products by fixing bugs and refactoring the code base where necessary, as well as adding that wow factor to put a smile on our users’ faces 
• Expand our set of iOS libraries as needed to make our iOS engineers more efficient and effective
• Stay up-to-speed with new technologies and test the promising ones to make sure we don’t miss out on game-changing opportunities to boost our productivity and the enjoyment of our work

Your qualification

• Passion for the topic. You have a long-standing, proven passion for writing software. It’s a big plus if you have a demonstrable interest in developing native iOS apps
• Reasoning and depth of learning. You’re structured and creative enough to solve most challenging problems independently, given the necessary knowledge. You learn new concepts and skills rapidly, and love to nerd out and go in-depth
• 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
• Curiosity and initiative. You love exploring, and you’re entrepreneurial in hunting down new opportunities and testing new ideas. You seek—you don’t just wait to be told what to do
• A knack for UX and attention to detail. You care about developing quality user experiences, and notice the details that make a difference. You get a kick out of making a UI or an animation just perfect 
• Diligence, organization. You can be entrusted with responsibilities big and small
• Humility. You’re down to earth, eager to listen to feedback and constructive criticism, and ready to get your hands dirty with whatever the team needs to succeed
• Proficient in English. You read and write proficiently, and speak at a conversational level in English

What we offer

• Huge impact. You’ll be working on apps used by millions of people all around the world. The quality of your work will make a decisive difference to our users and to Bending Spoons
• Talented, knowledgeable colleagues. With loads of iOS engineers on board, you’ll get the chance to learn from and teach some of the brightest and most skilled people you’ll ever meet. Your talent is going to blossom here
• Cool tech stack. We strive to use the best, most modern tools and technologies, and when they fall short of our expectations we invent our own. It’s a geek’s paradise
• Own products. We don’t work for clients—we only develop our own apps. Freed from client-provider politics, we can move fast and be daring
• Continuous education. We pay for your Italian/English language lessons and offer an unlimited book budget, but that's not where it ends. If you make a good case for some extra learning, we're delighted to foot the tab 
• Remote working, flexible schedule, and unlimited vacations. This isn’t a “clock in, clock out” company. We care about your productivity, not tracking every minute you’re on site. It’s up to you to always be responsible with your work, no matter where you are or what schedule you’re keeping 
• Top of the market salary and stock options in a tech rocket ship. Our total compensation is top of the market and can grow rapidly and include stock options, depending on your performance
• Lots. Of. Fun. Our incredible People Operations team organizes awesome events, such as team games, drinks, yoga classes, parties, and two company-wide retreats per year. Recent destinations include Bali, Argentina, and Tanzania
• Top-notch HQ. Natural light, silent rooms, state-of-the-art hardware, fun-filled common spaces... the list never ends! You’ll certainly be in the right environment to do your best work. And, when it’s time to switch off, you can do that in style and comfort
• Relocation package. To ease your move to Milan, the first three months of rent are on us. Visa support is provided for those who need it