Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Pune, India

Overview

Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications for Speechify.

What you'll do

• Lead design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications.
• Define and enforce Windows desktop development best practices across the codebase.
• Drive accessibility efforts by integrating and validating Windows accessibility APIs and UI support.
• Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders on Windows feature planning and roadmap.
• Own the full feature lifecycle from conception through release and maintenance.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems.

What you'll need

• 3+ years of Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, and XAML.
• Experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM) is ideally included.
• Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed (.NET) and native code.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications.
• Strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs (e.g., Microsoft UI Automation or similar).
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals including OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, and multi-threading/asynchronous programming.
• Experience leading technical design, mentoring, code reviews, and architecture-level decisions.