Staff or Senior Software Engineer - Desktop Application

Nexthink; Lausanne; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

unlimited vacation

relocation

Zusammenfassung

Nexthink in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks a Staff or Senior Desktop Application Engineer to design and build our AI-powered desktop client used across 20+ million endpoints. You will drive architectural decisions for the Windows and macOS platform, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, backend, and AI teams to deliver a secure and scalable client experience.

You'll have 7+ years of desktop development, strong proficiency in Rust or C++, and cross‑platform expertise, shaping Nexthink's

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of desktop development experience.
• Proficiency in Rust or C++ and cross‑platform development.
• Strong knowledge of OS APIs and performance profiling.

Aufgaben

• defining technical vision, leading design, partnering with product/backend/AI teams, ensuring security and lifecycle management, mentoring engineers, and more.

Kenntnisse

Desktop development

C++

Rust

Cross‑platform

OS APIs

Performance profiling

Communication

Tools

Tauri

React/TypeScript

REST/WebSocket/gRPC

Jobbeschreibung

Staff/Senior Software Engineer – Desktop Application

Lausanne, Switzerland

Full-time

Department: AI Agents

Dept: AI Agents

Division: Engineering

Company Description

Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,500 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 25+ million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.

Job Description

We are looking for a Staff or Senior Desktop Application Developer to be part of the team designing, architecting, and implementing our AI-powered IT self-service chat agent — a native desktop application distributed to 20+ million endpoints worldwide. This client is the face of Nexthink’s AI platform, giving employees a seamless, responsive experience directly on their Windows and macOS devices. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role where you’ll make foundational architectural decisions about the client platform and help shape the desktop engineering practice at Nexthink.

Responsibilities

• defining technical vision, leading design, partnering with product/backend/AI teams, ensuring security and lifecycle management, mentoring engineers, and more.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of desktop experience, proficiency in Rust or C++, cross-platform development, OS APIs, lifecycle tooling, performance profiling, and strong communication.

Nice to Have

• Tauri


• React/TypeScript


• REST/WebSocket/gRPC


• system-level programming


• background processes


• telemetry

Additional Information

describes Nexthink culture, offices, hybrid work, etc. Unlike some roles, not all benefits apply to temporary/contract roles.

• unlimited vacation


• relocation