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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 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.
In this role, you will lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and C++ as needed. You'll 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.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the full lifecycle of features from conception through design, implementation, testing, release, and maintenance
- Driving accessibility efforts by integrating Windows accessibility APIs (Microsoft UI Automation), ensuring keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities
- Collaborating with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and stakeholders on feature planning and roadmap
- Identifying and resolving complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems
- Mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions
Required qualifications: 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; experience leading technical design and mentoring; strong communication and user-centric mindset.
Preferred: automated testing experience, performance optimization expertise, localization/globalization knowledge, familiarity with telemetry and crash reporting, CI/CD pipeline experience, and demonstrated ability to own feature areas long-term.
