Speechify is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development and a deep understanding of Windows application architecture. The role involves defining best-practices, driving accessibility efforts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The company offers a high-impact role, a collaborative engineering culture, opportunities to lead, flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility, and a purpose-driven mission.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML
- 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
- Strong 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
- Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions
- Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus
- A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users
Benefits
- High-impact role
- Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture
- Opportunities to lead, mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership
- Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility
- Purpose-driven mission