Staff Engineer, Desktop (Windows): Electron & Voice AI | Remote US | US$270K–US$350K + Equity

Remote across the US | US$270K–US$350K base + equity | Own Windows for the voice interface to computing One seat. One platform. Yours. Our client is building the voice interface for computing: you talk, your computer does the rest. Their desktop app already has a large and fast-growing user base, and the team is small, elite and stacked with engineers from the best product companies in the world. They're hiring a single Staff Engineer to own Windows. Not a feature. Not a squad backlog. The whole platform. The role You'll own the architecture, performance and reliability of the Windows app, and make it feel truly native on every Windows device out there. You'll:

• Own the architecture and reliability of the Electron app on Windows, end to end
• Make it feel native everywhere: system tray, taskbar, keyboard shortcuts, startup and background behaviour, the details Windows users notice
• Build OS-level features that push what a desktop app can do, including accessibility-based screen context and computer control
• Design the client systems other engineers build on, and set the bar for desktop quality across the team
• Ship fast with a team that uses agentic coding every day
  
  

What you'll bring

• Must have: real Windows desktop application development, or deep client application experience with a clear drive to own Windows
• 6+ years as a software engineer, with a career trajectory that shows you've kept levelling up
• You've shipped a known product used by a lot of people
• You've designed a client system or platform that other engineers built on, not only features on someone else's architecture
• Strong feel for Windows UX conventions, and you use Windows yourself every day
• Based in a US time zone
  
  

Bonus points

• Windows OS integration: accessibility APIs, screen context, or automating computer control
• Electron at scale
• Polished desktop clients with real-time or audio complexity (think Discord, Slack, Zoom, Spotify, Notion, Figma, Raycast, Linear)
  
  

Why join

• US$270K–US$350K base plus competitive equity
• Fully remote in the US, with monthly trips to the San Francisco office, paid for
• Total ownership of a whole platform, with your name on the architecture
• An elite, high-trust team where your work ships to users in days, not quarters
• Visa transfers and new sponsorship considered (H1B, O1, TN and more, not guaranteed)
• A tight process: hiring manager screen, a 60-minute system design session, then a half-day onsite
  
  

Apply This is an elite team and an elite hire. If you've owned a desktop platform and want to own the next one, apply below for a confidential chat with Big Wave Digital.