About the job
At Speechify, our mission is to eliminate reading barriers to learning for everyone.
Over 50 million users leverage Speechify's text-to-speech products to transform their reading materials—be it PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, or websites—into engaging audio. This enables them to read quicker, absorb more, and enhance their retention. Our innovative products include apps for iOS, Android, Mac, and a powerful Chrome Extension. Recognized as the Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and awarded the 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity by Apple, Speechify is at the forefront of accessible technology.
With a team of nearly 200 dedicated professionals worldwide, all working in a fully remote environment, Speechify is home to frontend and backend developers, AI research scientists, and industry veterans from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, as well as alumni from prestigious PhD programs like Stanford and high-growth startups like Stripe and Vercel.
- Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and, when necessary, C++.
- Establish and advocate for best practices in Windows desktop development across the codebase, focusing on architecture, performance, memory management, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and long-term maintainability.
- Champion accessibility initiatives: implement and validate compliance with accessibility APIs (such as Microsoft UI Automation), ensuring UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader compatibility, and overall usability for users with disabilities.
- Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA teams, and other stakeholders to define feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the strategic roadmap for the Windows platform.
- Take complete ownership of the feature lifecycle: from conception through design, implementation, testing, and maintenance, ensuring quality and reliability throughout.
- Diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, memory leaks, rendering challenges, and compatibility problems, while proposing solid architectural or design solutions.

