Remote Remote (Global) Employment 140,000-200,000 USD/Year

Speechify is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications

About the Role

The candidate will lead development efforts for desktop applications, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and efficient software solutions. Expertise in Windows platforms, performance optimization, and low-level system interactions is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of desktop applications for Windows environments
  • Optimize application performance, responsiveness, and memory efficiency
  • Collaborate with UX designers to implement intuitive user interfaces
  • Develop and maintain system-level components and services
  • Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across software layers
  • Ensure software reliability, stability, and security across releases
  • Integrate with native APIs and third-party libraries
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
  • Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
  • Support deployment, testing, and debugging workflows
  • Implement software updates and security patches
  • Work with telemetry and monitoring systems to track application health
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term planning
  • Ensure compliance with platform-specific standards and guidelines
  • Mentor junior engineers and support team growth
  • Evaluate new technologies and tools for potential adoption
  • Maintain compatibility across different Windows versions
  • Troubleshoot installation and runtime issues
  • Collaborate with QA teams to improve test coverage
  • Support cross-platform considerations where applicable
  • Drive improvements in build and release pipelines
  • Address accessibility and localization requirements
  • Respond to user feedback and prioritize feature enhancements
  • Ensure efficient startup and background operation
  • Contribute to technical documentation

Compensation

Competitive salary with performance-based incentives

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with office and remote options

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on desktop innovation

Why This Role Matters

This position plays a critical role in shaping the core desktop experience for millions of users. You will directly influence product stability, performance, and usability across Windows platforms.

What We Offer

Opportunities for professional growth, access to cutting-edge tools, a supportive team culture, and meaningful impact on widely used software products.

Available for qualified candidates

About company
Speechify

Speechify reads anything aloud to you, allowing users to listen to books, PDFs, web pages, and more with natural-sounding voices. It offers text-to-speech, voice typing, and AI voice assistant capabilities across multiple platforms and devices.

The platform supports a wide range of use cases, including reading documents aloud, voice dictation, podcast creation, and real-time answers using AI. Speechify integrates across web, mobile, and desktop environments, including Chrome, Edge, iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.

With over 55 million users, Speechify features lifelike AI voices, including celebrity voices like Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow, and has been recognized with awards such as the Apple Design Award and Chrome Extension of the Year.

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