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Spectris

Senior Software Engineer

Williston, VT

$95K - $120K/yr

As a Senior Software Engineer at MicroStrain you will be responsible for developing, evaluating, and supporting desktop software products for our line of inertial sensing devices, including IMUs and ...

Formlabs

Software Engineer - Print Pipeline

Somerville, MA · On-site

$120K - $170K/yr

Develop world class desktop 3D printer software with a focus on geometric algorithms* Work with R&D teams to integrate newly researched features into the production PreForm codebase* Ship value ...

The Mathworks

Desktop Support Technician

Natick, MA · On-site

$47K - $70K/yr

... Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent * 2-3 years of IT support, including experience with networked PC equipment * Proficiency with Operating Systems and desktop software including the ...

MiTek USA Inc

Software Engineer III

Greenwood Village, CO · On-site

$128K - $150K/yr

Design, develop, test, and debug 3D CADand structuralengineering desktop software using modern ... Experience with Azure DevOps In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the pay range for ...

Akuna Capital

$145K/yr

NET Desktop Software Engineer Intern on the User Interface team at Akuna: Akuna is seeking a Software Engineer Intern to join the UI team for our 10-week Akunacademy summer internship program. You ...

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Software Engineer, Desktop, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required, Work From Home

San Francisco, CA • Remote

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Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO

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Job Description

Software Engineer, Desktop, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required, Work From Home

The Software Engineer, Desktop will own how the system behaves on desktop environments.  Your work focuses on reliability, performance, and real-time behavior in production desktop applications.  This position is 100% Remote.

Software Engineer, Desktop Responsibilities:

- Build and maintain cross-platform desktop applications using Electron.

- Design responsive and scalable UIs for real-time collaboration.

- Implement desktop-specific functionality including file system access, native notifications, auto-updates, and deep linking.

- Integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered features (chat, agents, Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistance) via backend APIs.

- Optimize startup time, memory usage, and runtime performance.

- Profile and reduce Electron overhead.

- Manage large local state and message history efficiently.

- Ensure smooth real-time updates (messages, typing indicators, presence).

- Maintain stability across macOS and Windows environments.

Qualifications

Software Engineer, Desktop Qualifications:

- Proven software engineering experience.

- Artificial Intelligence (AI) experience required.

- Hands-on experience building production Electron applications.

- Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.

- Experience with React or similar UI frameworks.

- Solid understanding of the desktop application lifecycle.

- Experience with IPC communication.

- Experience working with local storage (SQLite, IndexedDB, filesystem).

- Experience with WebSockets or other real-time transport mechanisms.

- Strong debugging and performance profiling skills.

- Familiarity with native OS behaviors on macOS or Windows.

- Tech Stack:  Electron, Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, and Typescript.

Benefits include medical insurance, Dental, Vision, Savings Plan Options, PTO, etc.

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