About WeTransfer and Bending Spoons
WeTransfer helps millions of users share ideas and collaborate seamlessly. Now part of Bending Spoons, it plays a key role in a portfolio of outstanding digital businesses united by a shared focus on innovation and operational excellence.
By applying through the WeTransfer brand, you will be joining the wider Bending Spoons team. You may work directly on WeTransfer or contribute to one of our other leading products. Either way, you will be part of a high-performing, collaborative environment where you can make a real impact.
At Bending Spoons, we are striving to build one of the all-time great companies: a company that serves a huge number of customers, helps team members grow to their full potential, operates with unparalleled effectiveness and efficiency, creates extraordinary value for shareholders, and adheres to high ethical standards.
To achieve this, we acquire digital businesses with untapped potential and help them succeed by leveraging our platform: our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talent and culture.
Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we operate so that human judgement and machine intelligence reinforce each other. We reinvest the proceeds into strengthening our platform and acquiring new businesses. Our strategy combines an investor’s attention to capital allocation with the hands-on approach of an operator.
For talented, driven and collaborative people, Bending Spoons offers an opportunity to learn, make an impact and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate.
Responsibilities
Shape high-leverage product experiences: Design exceptional UI and UX, from early concepts to polished delivery. Use the best available tools to explore more directions, move faster and raise the quality bar. Ensure every experience is intuitive, effective and delightful.
Start with an LLM: Use AI tools to clarify intent, draft short specifications, and identify risks, edge cases and initial approaches before opening a design tool. Use this work to align quickly with your team and move from ambiguity to direction faster.
Prototype and build with AI: Use Cursor and Claude Code to turn rough concepts into interactive prototypes and generate production-ready frontend code. Know when to use code and when to use Figma, moving fluidly between both to achieve the best result.
Co-create with Product Managers and Engineers from day one: Define UX requirements early, stay involved through QA and release, and make engineering-aware design decisions.
Validate and measure: Speak directly with customers, run quick tests and use what you learn to adjust direction. Track funnels, retention and adoption to assess design effectiveness and improve what ships next.
Find the highest-leverage opportunities: Identify where product improvements can unlock business value, align stakeholders and deliver quickly.
What we look for
Reasoning ability: Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, structure your ideas clearly, resist bias and attend to the details that matter.
Drive: You are highly ambitious, and your initiative, effort and tenacity match that ambition. You take deep responsibility for your work and hold yourself to a high, continually rising standard.
Team spirit: You give generously without expecting anything in return. You support the best idea, not just your own. You are happy to get your hands dirty to help the team, and you are reliable, honest and transparent.
Proficiency in English: You read, write and speak English proficiently.
What we offer
Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams: Work in small, results-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
An exceptional opportunity for growth: We go to great lengths to hire people with outstanding potential, then focus on putting them in the best position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. If you have what it takes, you will soon play an essential role in major projects too.
Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discount: For individuals with limited experience, we typically offer an annual salary of £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe. For candidates with considerable relevant experience, salaries tend to range from £112,189 to £250,512 in London, and from €107,837 to €188,848 elsewhere in Europe. Compensation varies by location and expected impact, and grows rapidly as you gain experience and increase your contribution. Exceptional candidates may receive compensation beyond these ranges. Permanent employees can also receive part of their pay in company equity at a discounted price. If you relocate to Italy, you may be eligible for a 50% tax reduction.
Comprehensive benefits: Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited support for learning and training, market-leading health insurance, a comprehensive relocation package, generous parental support and a yearly retreat in a stunning location.
The selection process
Our screening process prioritises verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. There are no preferential paths beyond what your application demonstrates, and every candidate is evaluated through the same process.
Some people hold back because they feel they lack experience or have an imperfect CV. If you like the role and believe you could excel over time, do not self-reject.
All applications must be made through our careers page. If you pass screening, you will be asked to complete one or more tests. These are challenging, may involve unfamiliar problems and can take several hours.
Learn more about the selection process here.
We set a high bar and will not extend an offer until we are confident we have found the right candidate. This is why a role may remain open for months or be reposted several times.
We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Please let us know through this form.
Before you apply
If you have applied before and did not receive an offer, we recommend waiting at least one year before applying again.
Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We are highly ambitious and hold ourselves, and each other, to a high standard. While this leads to exceptional learning, achievement and career growth, it also requires significant commitment.
To help you ramp up quickly and prepare for success, we expect you to spend most days in our Milan office during your first few months, regardless of your long-term work location. This is the best way to absorb our culture quickly and build trust with new teammates. We will support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance.
After this initial period, you may work from one of our offices or remotely from approved countries, depending on the arrangement agreed at offer stage.
If this role speaks to you and you are excited to give your best, we would love to hear from you. Apply now.