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About the Role

Speechify aims to eliminate reading as a barrier to learning, with over 50 million users benefiting from its text-to-speech products. The company is a 100% distributed setting with nearly 200 employees globally, including talent from top tech companies and universities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and C++.
• Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development, including code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility, and maintainability.
• Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating support for accessibility APIs and ensuring UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities.
• Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the long-term roadmap for the Windows platform.
• Take ownership of the full lifecycle of features, from conception to maintenance, ensuring quality, reliability, and consistency.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems, proposing robust solutions.
• Write automated tests for UI, including unit tests, integration tests, and UI automation tests.
• Optimize performance for desktop applications, considering memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, and responsiveness under load.
• Manage localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, and accessibility for multiple regions.
• Implement telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
• Shape CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
• Take ownership of feature areas or modules, driving long-term maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Windows desktop application development experience using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and 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.
• Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g., Microsoft UI Automation) and a dedication to building accessible and 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 for articulating tradeoffs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving consensus.
• A user-centric mindset focused on building polished, intuitive, and accessible end-user experiences.

Skills

• Windows App SDK
• WinUI
• C#
• XAML
• C++
• Win32
• WinRT
• COM
• Microsoft UI Automation
• OOP
• Design Patterns
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Memory Management
• Multi-threading
• Asynchronous Programming
• Automated UI Testing
• Performance Optimization
• Localization
• Globalization
• Right-to-left UI support
• Internationalization
• Telemetry
• Analytics
• Crash Reporting
• Logging
• Error Monitoring
• CI/CD
• Release Pipelines
• Deployment Strategies

Location

• United States

Work Type

• 100% distributed

Experience Level

• 3+ years

Salary/Compensations

• 140,000-200,000 USD/Year

Benefits

• Bonus
• Stock

About the Company

• Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning.
• Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn reading materials into audio.
• Speechify’s products include iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.
• Google named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year.
• Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
• Nearly 200 people work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting.
• Employees come from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford, Stripe, Vercel, and Bolt.

Equal Opportunity

• Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.