Desktop Engineer – AI
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Desktop Engineer designing and building high-performance desktop applications with AI features. Working within a stealth AI group to create impactful global consumer products.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain cross-platform desktop apps using Electron
- Design responsive, scalable UI for real-time collaboration
- Implement desktop-specific capabilities:
- File system access
- Native notifications
- Auto-updates
- Deep linking
- Integrate AI-powered features (chat, agents, AI assistance) via backend APIs
- Optimize memory usage, startup time, and runtime performance
- Profile and reduce Electron overhead
- Handle large local state and message history efficiently
- Ensure smooth real-time updates (messages, typing indicators, presence)
- Maintain stability across macOS and Windows environments
Requirements:
- 4+ years of software engineering experience
- Hands-on experience building production Electron applications
- Strong knowledge of:
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- React or similar UI frameworks
- Desktop application lifecycle
- Experience with:
- IPC communication
- Local storage (SQLite, IndexedDB, filesystem)
- WebSockets or other real-time transport
- Strong debugging and performance profiling skills



