Remote Senior UI Engineer - Electron/Desktop AI

McGregor Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

High autonomy engineering team

Global product reach

Job summary

McGregor Recruitment seeks a Senior UI Engineer for a fully remote role building a next-generation AI desktop assistant. You will own the desktop experience across macOS and Windows, focusing on performance, reliability, and real-time functionality.

You’ll work on Electron-based applications, integrate AI features via APIs, and optimise startup time and memory usage while maintaining robust local state and real-time communications.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cross-platform Electron applications.
• Develop responsive, real-time user experiences.
• Implement desktop functionality including filesystem access, notifications, auto-updates and deep linking.
• Integrate AI-powered features via backend APIs.
• Optimise 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.

Skills

Software engineering

Production Electron apps

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Electron lifecycle & IPC

WebSockets

Performance optimization

Cross-platform (macOS/Windows)

Tools

Electron

React

SQLite

IndexedDB

Job description

McGregor Recruitment seeks a Senior UI Engineer for a fully remote role building a next-generation AI desktop assistant. You will own the desktop experience across macOS and Windows, focusing on performance, reliability, and real-time functionality.

You’ll work on Electron-based applications, integrate AI features via APIs, and optimise startup time and memory usage while maintaining robust local state and real-time communications.