IT & Software

Senior UI Engineer

McGregor Boyall

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will own the desktop UI experience for a cutting-edge AI product, driving high-performance Electron-based applications across macOS and Windows. You will collaborate with a fast-moving team to deliver real-time, responsive interfaces and AI-powered features via backend APIs. You’ll optimize startup time, memory usage, and reliability while handling local state and cross-process communication. This position offers high autonomy and impact on a product with global reach.

Pay / Benefits
  • fully remote
  • salary up to 120k
  • high-autonomy
  • high-calibre engineering team
  • significant impact on a globally-reaching product
Responsibilities
  • Build and maintain cross-platform Electron applications
  • Develop responsive, real-time user experiences
  • Implement desktop functionality (filesystem access, notifications, auto-updates, deep linking)
  • Integrate AI-powered features via backend APIs
  • Optimize 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
Key requirements
  • 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
  • Electron
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Electron lifecycle and IPC
  • SQLite

Reference: WJ-747_30183459

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