Hybrid Desktop Engineer for AI-Powered Client Windows/macOS

Nexthink; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Lake Geneva view office

Unlimited vacation

Volunteer days

Relocation package

Fitness centre access

Public transport reimbursement

French class reimbursement

Team events

Job summary

Nexthink is looking for a Staff or Senior Desktop Application Developer to design, architect, and implement our AI-powered IT self-service chat agent — a native desktop client distributed to 20+ million endpoints worldwide. This role shapes the client layer, guiding cross-team design decisions and serving as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership.

You will tackle performance, reliability, and OS integration challenges while partnering with backend, infra, and security teams to ship

Qualifications

• 7+ years of desktop application engineering experience shipping native apps on Windows and macOS.
• Strong proficiency in Rust and/or C++, with native OS API knowledge.
• Experience owning client architecture, distribution lifecycle, and performance diagnostics.
• Ability to mentor teams and influence cross-functional decisions.
• Excellent communication skills and track record of delivering at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision and architecture for the desktop client.
• Lead design of a high-performance native app on Windows and macOS at 20M+ endpoints.
• Collaborate with product, backend, and AI/ML teams to align client with the AI platform.
• Provide leadership on architecture, coding standards, and best practices.
• Architect and deliver secure, distributed deployment including signing, packaging, updates.

Skills

Rust

C++

Windows API

macOS API

Cross-platform development

Performance profiling

Tools

Tauri

React

TypeScript

REST/WebSockets

Job description

Nexthink is looking for a Staff or Senior Desktop Application Developer to design, architect, and implement our AI-powered IT self-service chat agent — a native desktop client distributed to 20+ million endpoints worldwide. This role shapes the client layer, guiding cross-team design decisions and serving as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership.

You will tackle performance, reliability, and OS integration challenges while partnering with backend, infra, and security teams to ship