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Speechify is a text-to-speech platform used by over 50 million people to convert PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio. The company was recently named Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and received Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity. With ~200 employees globally in a fully distributed setting, Speechify is building accessible reading technology.
You will lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and C++ as needed. Key responsibilities include:
• Design and architect Windows desktop applications with a focus on performance, memory efficiency, responsive UI, and cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+).
• Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase, including code architecture, maintainability, and reliability.
• Drive accessibility efforts by integrating Windows accessibility APIs (Microsoft UI Automation), ensuring keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities.
• Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and stakeholders to shape feature planning and the long-term Windows platform roadmap.
• Own the full feature lifecycle: conception through design, implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
• Diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems with robust architectural solutions.
Required qualifications include 3+ years of Windows desktop application development with Windows App SDK/WinUI, C#, and XAML; deep understanding of Windows application architecture and interop between managed and native code; proven track record shipping production-quality desktop applications; strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs; excellent software engineering fundamentals (OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading); experience leading technical design and mentoring engineers; and strong communication skills.
Preferred experience includes automated UI testing, performance optimization for desktop apps, localization/globalization, telemetry and crash reporting, CI/CD workflows for desktop applications, and demonstrated ability to own feature areas long-term.
