About the job
At Speechify, our mission is to eliminate reading as a barrier to learning. We empower over 50 million users with our innovative text-to-speech solutions, transforming diverse content—like PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites—into engaging audio experiences. Our award-winning products, including our iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome extension, and web app, have garnered recognition from Google as the Chrome Extension of the Year and from Apple as the 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
With a team of nearly 200 talented individuals from around the world, we thrive in a fully remote environment, bringing together experts from leading tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, as well as top-tier academic institutions and successful startups.
- Lead the design, architecture, and development of robust native Windows desktop applications utilizing Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and C++ when necessary.
- Establish and uphold best practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase, focusing on architecture, performance, memory optimization, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability.
- Champion accessibility initiatives by integrating and validating support for accessibility APIs (e.g., Microsoft UI Automation), ensuring that all UI controls and features are compliant and user-friendly for individuals with disabilities.
- Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to influence feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the strategic roadmap for the Windows platform.
- Take full ownership of feature lifecycles—from conception and design to implementation, testing, release, and ongoing maintenance—ensuring quality, reliability, and consistency throughout.
- Diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, memory leaks, rendering challenges, and compatibility problems, proposing effective architectural solutions as needed.

