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

2 hours, 5 minutes ago
Canada
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 code architecture, performance, memory usage, UI responsiveness, compatibility, and maintainability.
  • Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating Windows accessibility APIs and usability features.
  • Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders on feature planning and Windows platform roadmap.
  • Own features through the full lifecycle from conception and design to implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
  • Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems.
  • Propose robust architectural and design solutions to improve reliability, quality, and consistency across releases.
  • 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, C#, and XAML.
  • Additional experience with native Windows code such as C++, Win32, WinRT, or COM is ideally preferred.
  • 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 strong reliability and performance.
  • Strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs such as Microsoft UI Automation or similar.
  • 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 building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences.
  • Preferred experience with automated UI testing, including unit, integration, or UI automation tests.
  • Preferred experience with desktop app performance optimization, including memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, and responsiveness under load.
  • Preferred experience with localization, globalization, and right-to-left UI support.
  • Preferred familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring.
  • Preferred experience shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
  • Ability to include portfolio and LinkedIn links when applying.

Benefits

  • Flexible, fully distributed work environment with no office.
  • High-impact role with direct influence on a product used by millions of people.
  • Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture.
  • Opportunities to grow into broader technical leadership roles such as Tech Lead or Architect.
  • Flexibility, autonomy, and end-to-end ownership of features.
  • Purpose-driven mission focused on accessibility and user-centered software.
  • Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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