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Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Ottawa, Canada

1 hour, 1 minute ago
Canada
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 across architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, compatibility, and maintainability.
  • Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating Windows accessibility APIs and ensuring strong support for keyboard navigation, screen readers, and 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 and design through implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
  • Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, memory leaks, rendering problems, and compatibility issues.
  • Lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and contribute architecture-level decisions.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI or similar, C#, and XAML, with ideally additional native Windows experience in C++, Win32, WinRT, or COM.
  • Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed .NET code and native code.
  • Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications with a focus on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows, such as Microsoft UI Automation or similar, and a commitment to inclusive software.
  • Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including OOP, 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 the ability to explain 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, integration, and 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.
  • Preferred demonstrated ownership of feature areas or modules over time, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

Benefits

  • High-impact role with direct influence over the Windows product used by millions of users.
  • Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture.
  • Opportunities to mentor others and grow into broader technical leadership roles such as Tech Lead or Architect.
  • Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility to own features end to end.
  • Purpose-driven mission centered on reliable, accessible, user-centered software.
  • 100% distributed work environment with no office.

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