Job Overview
Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
April 21, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and C++ to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning for over 50 million users.
- • Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase, focusing on code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability.
- • Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating support for Windows accessibility APIs (e.g., Microsoft UI Automation), ensuring UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader support for users with disabilities.
- • Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform.
- • Take ownership of the full feature lifecycle from conception to maintenance, ensuring quality, reliability, and consistency across releases.
- • Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems, proposing robust architectural solutions.
- • Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and make architecture-level decisions while collaborating cross-functionally to drive consensus and technical excellence.
- • Join a 100% distributed team of nearly 200 global engineers from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and top startups, working in a flat-structure, purpose-driven culture.
- • Shape the future of Speechify’s Windows product, directly impacting millions of users who rely on the app to read faster, read more, and remember more.
- • Grow into broader technical leadership roles such as Tech Lead or Architect by leading technical design, mentoring others, and managing feature areas long-term.
🎯 Requirements
- • 3+ years of Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML, and ideally experience with 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 emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- • Strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs (e.g., Microsoft UI Automation) and a dedication to building accessible, inclusive software.
- • Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming.
- • Experience leading technical design, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
- • Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
- • User-centric mindset focused on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.
🏖️ Benefits
- • High-impact role: define architecture, shape the future of the Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.
- • Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture where you are a builder and decision-maker, not just a coder.
- • Opportunities to lead: mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g., Tech Lead, Architect).
- • Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.
- • Purpose-driven mission: build reliable, accessible, user-centered software that makes a real difference for people with reading barriers.
- • Competitive salary range of $140,000–$200,000 USD/year + bonus + stock, based on experience.
- • Fully remote work with no office, enabling global collaboration and work-life balance.
- • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion: Speechify does not discriminate on any legally protected basis.
Skills & Technologies
iOS
Android
Senior
Remote
Degree Required
About Speechify Inc.
Speechify provides text-to-speech software that converts written text into natural-sounding audio. The platform supports web, desktop, and mobile applications, enabling users to listen to documents, articles, PDFs, emails, and other text formats. It offers multiple voices, adjustable playback speeds, and integrations with cloud storage and productivity tools. Targeting students, professionals, and individuals with reading difficulties such as dyslexia, the service aims to improve reading efficiency and accessibility through AI-generated speech synthesis.
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