Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Aarhus, Denmark

2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Speechify

Speechify

Speechify is a top-rated text to speech AI app with voice cloning and dubbing features, serving over 10 million users including students and professionals.

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2017

Description

  • Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications.
  • Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development, including architecture, performance, memory usage, responsiveness, compatibility, and maintainability.
  • Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating Windows accessibility APIs and supporting screen readers, keyboard navigation, focus management, and usability for users with disabilities.
  • Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders on feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the Windows roadmap.
  • Own the full feature lifecycle from conception through design, implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems.
  • Mentor other engineers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to architecture-level decisions.
  • Take long-term ownership of feature areas or modules, including refactoring and technical debt management.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI or similar, C#, and XAML.
  • Additional experience with native Windows code such as C++, Win32, WinRT, or COM is ideal.
  • Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interoperability between managed .NET code and native code.
  • Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications with emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs such as Microsoft UI Automation or similar, and a commitment to inclusive software.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, and multi-threading or asynchronous programming.
  • Experience leading technical design, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate cross-functionally, and build consensus.
  • A user-centric mindset focused on polished, intuitive, and accessible end-user experiences.
  • Preferred experience with automated UI testing, including unit tests, integration tests, or UI automation tests.
  • Preferred experience with desktop performance optimization, including memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, and responsiveness under load.
  • Preferred experience with localization, globalization, right-to-left UI support, and internationalization.
  • Preferred familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
  • Preferred experience shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.

Benefits

  • High-impact role with the opportunity to define architecture and influence what millions of users experience.
  • Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture with real decision-making ownership.
  • Opportunities to lead, mentor others, and grow into broader technical leadership roles such as Tech Lead or Architect.
  • Flexibility, autonomy, and end-to-end ownership of features and problem solving.
  • Purpose-driven mission focused on reliable, accessible, user-centered software.
  • 100% distributed work environment with no office.

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