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Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Stamford, CT, USA

4 weeks, 1 day ago
United States
Full-time
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.
  • Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase.
  • Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating Windows accessibility APIs and related user experiences.
  • Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders on feature planning and UI/UX architecture.
  • Own features through the full lifecycle from conception and design through testing, release, and maintenance.
  • Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems.
  • Mentor other engineers, conduct code reviews, and help make architecture-level decisions.
  • Contribute to the long-term roadmap and technical direction for the Windows platform.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, and XAML.
  • Additional experience with native Windows technologies such as C++, Win32, WinRT, or COM is ideally preferred.
  • 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.
  • Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows, such as Microsoft UI Automation or similar frameworks.
  • Excellent 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 ability to collaborate cross-functionally and drive consensus.
  • User-centric mindset focused on polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences.
  • Preferred experience with automated UI testing, including unit, integration, and UI automation tests.
  • Preferred experience with desktop app performance optimization, including memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, and high-DPI support.
  • 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 with CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.

Benefits

  • United States salary range of $140,000-$200,000 per year, plus bonus and stock depending on experience.
  • High-impact role with direct influence on the Windows product used by millions of users.
  • Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture.
  • Opportunities to mentor others and grow into broader technical leadership roles.
  • Flexibility, autonomy, and end-to-end ownership of features.
  • Purpose-driven mission focused on building reliable, accessible, user-centered software.

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