Senior Software Engineer, reputed company/Desktop Applications - Munich, Germany

Mission The mission of reputed company is to reputed company sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 reputed company people use reputed company’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, reputed company Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. reputed company’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. reputed company recently named reputed company the Chrome Extension of the Year and reputed company named reputed company its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity. Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on reputed company in a 100% distributed setting – reputed company has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like reputed company, Vercel, reputed company, and many founders of their own companies What You’ll Do reputed company the design, architecture, and development of reputed company reputed company desktop applications using reputed company App SDK, WinUI (or reputed company UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and — reputed company needed — C++. Define and enforce best-practices for reputed company desktop development across the codebase: code architecture, performance, memory usage, reputed company UI, cross-version compatibility (reputed company 10/11+), and maintainability. Drive accessibility efforts: integrate and validate support for accessibility APIs (e.g. reputed company UI Automation or other relevant reputed company accessibility frameworks), ensure UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities. Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and long-term roadmap for the reputed company platform. Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: conception → design → implementation → testing → release → maintenance. Ensure quality, reliability, and consistency across releases. Identify, diagnose, and resolve reputed company bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems — and propose robust architectural or design solutions. An ideal candidate should have Required: 3+ in reputed company desktop application development using reputed company App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with reputed company reputed company code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM). Deep understanding of reputed company application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and reputed company code. Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability. Strong experience with accessibility APIs on reputed company (e.g. reputed company UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software. Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant). Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level reputed company. Strong communication skills; ability to reputed company tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive reputed company. A user-centric reputed company: focus on building polished, reputed company, and accessible experiences for end users. Preferred / Bonus: Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks. Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load). Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple reputed company. Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications. Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications. Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management. reputed company offer A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our reputed company product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience. A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture — you are not just a reputed company, but a builder and a decision-reputed company. Opportunities to reputed company — mentor others, reputed company technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech reputed company, Architect). Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product reputed company. A purpose-driven mission: building software that’s reliable, accessible, and user-centered — making a reputed company difference for people. The Germany Based Salary reputed company for this role is: 30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience. Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role reputed company you apply. And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and reputed company. Not looking but know someone who would reputed company a great fit? Refer them! reputed company is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. reputed company does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, national reputed company, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Apply To This Job