Software Engineer, Desktop

ABOUT A1

There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks that are not AI-native. Our mission is to build a proactive smart assistant for everyday users to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal prompting.

Our product focuses on achieving high reliability for long-running workflows, persistent context, and real-world task completion. The system must handle multi-step reasoning, interact with external tools, and remain reliable despite non-deterministic model behavior. Our objective is to help users complete tasks daily enjoyable with over ~90%* reduced time.

ROLE

You will own how this system behaves on desktop environments. Your work focuses on reliability, performance, and real-time behavior in production desktop applications.

FOCUS

• Build and maintain cross-platform desktop applications using Electron.

• Design responsive and scalable UIs for real-time collaboration.

• Implement desktop-specific functionality including file system access, native notifications, auto-updates, and deep linking.

• Integrate AI-powered features (chat, agents, AI assistance) via backend APIs.

• Optimize startup time, memory usage, and runtime performance.

• Profile and reduce Electron overhead.

• Manage large local state and message history efficiently.

• Ensure smooth real-time updates (messages, typing indicators, presence).

• Maintain stability across macOS and Windows environments.

IDEAL EXPERIENCES

• Proven software engineering experience.

• Hands-on experience building production Electron applications.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.

• Experience with React or similar UI frameworks.

• Solid understanding of the desktop application lifecycle.

• Experience with IPC communication.

• Experience working with local storage (SQLite, IndexedDB, filesystem).

• Experience with WebSockets or other real-time transport mechanisms.

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