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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 a team of nearly 200 individuals from diverse backgrounds, including former employees of tech giants and founders of startups.

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, covering code architecture, performance, memory usage, UI responsiveness, 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.
Mentor other engineers, conduct code reviews, and make architecture-level decisions.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, and XAML.
Experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM) is ideal.
Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed 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 software.
Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, and multi-threading or asynchronous programming.
Experience leading technical design.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
A user-centric mindset focused on building polished, intuitive, and accessible user experiences.
Experience writing automated tests for UI (unit, integration, UI automation) and familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.
Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness).
Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, and accessibility for multiple regions.
Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

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 Testing
Performance Optimization
Localization
Globalization
CI/CD
Release Pipelines
Deployment Strategies

Location

100% distributed

Work Type

Remote

Experience Level

3+ years

Salary/Compensations

30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock

Benefits

High-impact role defining architecture and shaping product future
Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture
Opportunities to lead, mentor, and grow into technical leadership roles
Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility
Purpose-driven mission
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.
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.
Team members come from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford, Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and include founders of companies.

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.