Speechify
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,Windows/DesktopApplications
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“Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications at Speechify. Skills: Windows desktop application development, Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, C++, Accessibility APIs on Windows, Software engineering fundamentals. Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications. Define and enforce best-practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure quality, reliability, and consistency across releases; Building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users; Define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience; Making a real difference for people
Industry & Context.
Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems — and propose robust architectural or design solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML, native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM), Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code, Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability, experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant), Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions, A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users
Nice to Have
additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM), Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation familiarity with relevant testing frameworks, Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load), Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions, Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications, Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications, Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management
What You'll Do.
and development of native Windows desktop applications
Define and enforce best-practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase
Drive accessibility efforts
Collaborate closely with product designers
and other stakeholders to shape feature planning
and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform
Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: conception → design → implementation → testing → release → maintenance
and consistency across releases
and resolve complex bugs
performance bottlenecks
or compatibility problems — and propose robust architectural or design solutions
Mentoring other engineers
Conducting code reviews
Making architecture-level decisions
Shaping feature planning
and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform
Technical debt management
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders; Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Ability to articulate tradeoffs; Collaborate with cross-functional teams; Drive consensus
Process & Methodology
Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: conception → design → implementation → testing → release → maintenance, Drive consensus, Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term
Full Job Description
Mission The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity. Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies What You’ll Do Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or related UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and — when needed — C++. Define and enforce best-practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase: code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability. Drive accessibility efforts: integrate and validate support for accessibility APIs (e. g. Microsoft UI Automation or other relevant Windows accessibility frameworks), ensure UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities. Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform. Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: conception → design → implementation → testing → release → maintenance. Ensure quality, reliability, and consistency across releases. Identify, dia
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