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Posted on 2025/12/11

Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Cambridge, United Kingd

Speechify

United Kingdom

Full-time

Full Description

Speechify is a company that provides text-to-speech products to turn reading into audio.

They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM)

• Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code

• Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications

• Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar)

• Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming

• Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions

• Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus

• A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users

Benefits

• High-impact role: define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience

• Collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture

• Opportunities to lead: mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership

• Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision

• Purpose-driven mission: building software that's reliable, accessible, and user-centered

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