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Member of Technical Staff, Full-Stack
$200K–$300K
San Francisco office · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 13, 2025
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience; significant experience shipping native desktop software.
About the job
Own and improve Highlight’s cross-platform native desktop runtime, capturing user context reliably and supporting AI-powered features.
What you'll do
- Architect and implement the native desktop runtime for macOS and Windows, improving performance, stability, and resource efficiency.
- Build telemetry, diagnostics, and monitoring; establish native development, testing, release, and cross-platform practices.
- Collaborate with backend, ML, and product teams to deliver desktop and backend features end to end.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience shipping native desktop software.
- Experience building and debugging macOS and/or Windows native systems.
- Strong systems fundamentals and a track record of improving latency, CPU/memory usage, and stability in production applications.
- Must be based in or willing to relocate to SF; role is five days a week in the office.
Pay
$200K – $300K USD base salary
Tools
macOS, Windows
AI focus
The role supports AI user experiences through native context capture and integration, including ASR reliability, OCR/accessibility latency, and on-device inference.
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