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Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Bologna, Italy

1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Italy
Senior
Software Engineer
Software Development
C# C++ CI/CD .NET
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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
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Description

  • Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and sometimes C++.
  • Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development, including code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsiveness, compatibility, and maintainability.
  • Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating Windows accessibility APIs and ensuring keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, focus management, and inclusive UI behavior.
  • Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders on feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the Windows product roadmap.
  • Own features through the full lifecycle from conception and design through implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems.
  • Lead technical design discussions, mentor other engineers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to architecture-level decisions.

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 technologies 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 experience designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications with a focus on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs such as Microsoft UI Automation or similar.
  • Solid software engineering fundamentals, including OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, and multithreading or asynchronous programming.
  • Experience leading technical design, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and drive consensus.
  • User-centric mindset with a focus on polished, intuitive, and accessible end-user experiences.
  • Preferred: experience writing automated UI tests, including unit, integration, or UI automation tests.
  • Preferred: experience optimizing desktop app performance, including memory usage, startup time, rendering, high-DPI support, and responsiveness.
  • 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 apps.
  • Preferred: demonstrated ownership of feature areas or modules, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

Benefits

  • High-impact role with the opportunity to shape the architecture and future of a product used by millions.
  • Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture with real ownership in decision-making.
  • Opportunities to mentor others and grow into broader technical leadership roles such as Tech Lead or Architect.
  • Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility to solve problems and own features end to end.
  • Purpose-driven mission focused on building reliable, accessible, user-centered software.

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