Senior UI Engineer
Summary
This role involves building and maintaining a cross-platform desktop assistant using Electron, React, and TypeScript. The engineer will focus on performance optimization, real-time functionality, and integrating AI-powered features for macOS and Windows.
Senior UI Engineer - Remote
We’re partnered with an ambitious AI technology company building a next-generation desktop assistant designed to help users automate everyday tasks, conversations and workflows.
Paying up to 120k per annum, we’re looking for a fully remote UI developer to own the desktop experience across macOS and Windows, with a strong focus on performance, reliability and real-time functionality.
What You'll Do- Build and maintain cross-platform Electron applications.
- Develop responsive, real-time user experiences.
- Implement desktop functionality including filesystem access, notifications, auto-updates and deep linking.
- Integrate AI-powered features via backend APIs.
- Optimise startup time, memory usage and overall performance.
- Manage local state and message history efficiently.
- Work with WebSockets and other real-time technologies.
- Troubleshoot complex desktop and production issues.
- Strong software engineering background.
- Proven experience building production Electron applications.
- Strong JavaScript / TypeScript skills.
- Experience with React or similar.
- Understanding of Electron lifecycle and IPC.
- Experience with SQLite, IndexedDB or filesystem storage.
- Experience with real-time technologies such as WebSockets.
- Strong debugging and performance optimisation skills.
- Familiarity with macOS and/or Windows.
- Up to £120,000
- Fully remote
- Work on an ambitious AI product
- High-autonomy, high-calibre engineering team
- Opportunity to have significant impact on a product with global reach
If you think this role is of interest then please apply now!