About the job
At Speechify, we strive to eliminate reading barriers to enhance learning experiences. Our innovative text-to-speech products empower over 50 million users to convert various reading materials—including PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites—into audio format. With an award-winning suite of applications, including iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web App, we were honored to be named Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and recognized by Apple with the 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity.
Join our dynamic team of nearly 200 professionals from around the globe, collaborating in a fully distributed environment without a physical office. Our team consists of talented frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and experts from industry giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, as well as alumni from distinguished academic institutions such as Stanford.
- Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and when necessary, C++.
- Define and uphold best practices for Windows desktop development, focusing on code architecture, performance optimization, memory management, responsive UI design, 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 UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and overall usability meet the needs of users with disabilities.
- Collaborate effectively with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to influence feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and the long-term roadmap for the Windows platform.
- Oversee the complete feature lifecycle: from conception and design to implementation, testing, release, and maintenance, ensuring quality, reliability, and consistency throughout.
- Diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, memory leaks, rendering challenges, and compatibility problems, while proposing robust architectural or design solutions.

