About the job
At Speechify, our mission is to eliminate reading barriers and enhance learning experiences.
With over 50 million users, our innovative text-to-speech products enable individuals to convert any reading material – whether it's PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, or websites – into audio format. This allows users to read more efficiently and retain information better. Our suite includes an iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome extension, and web application. Recently, Google recognized Speechify as the Chrome Extension of the Year, while Apple awarded us the 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity.
Our global team of nearly 200 professionals operates in a fully remote environment, bringing together talents from leading companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, along with experts from prestigious PhD programs and successful startups like Stripe, Vercel, and Bolt.
- Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications utilizing the Windows App SDK, WinUI (or related UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and C++ as needed.
- Establish and uphold best practices for Windows desktop development, focusing on code architecture, performance optimization, memory management, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability.
- Champion accessibility initiatives by integrating and verifying support for accessibility APIs (e.g., Microsoft UI Automation), ensuring UI controls are user-friendly for individuals with disabilities through proper focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader compatibility, and overall usability.
- Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA teams, and other stakeholders to influence feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the strategic roadmap for the Windows platform.
- Take full ownership of the feature lifecycle from conception to maintenance: design, implementation, testing, and release, ensuring quality and consistency throughout.
- Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, memory leaks, rendering challenges, and compatibility concerns, while proposing effective architectural or design solutions.

