Software Engineer, Desktop

ABOUT THE ROLE

A1 is building a proactive AI chat app for everyday users to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows. Unlike traditional chat-based applications, 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.

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.

- Strong debugging and performance profiling skills.

- Familiarity with native OS behaviors on macOS or Windows.

TECH STACK

- Electron

- Node.js

- Typescript

- SQl & noSQL

HOW WE WORK

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