Senior UI Engineer Remote Real-Time Electron Desktop

McGregor Boyall; Greater London; On-site; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Ambitious AI product

High autonomy engineering team

Global reach

Job summary

McGregor Boyall is seeking a Senior UI Engineer for a fully remote role to own the desktop experience across macOS and Windows. You will focus on high-performance, real-time Electron applications and seamless AI-powered integrations.

You’ll collaborate with a high-autonomy engineering team to optimize startup time, memory usage and reliability while delivering a world-class user interface for a next-generation desktop assistant product.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building production Electron applications.
• Strong JavaScript / TypeScript skills.
• Experience with React or similar.
• Familiarity with macOS and 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

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Electron

WebSockets

Performance

Cross-platform

Tools

SQLite

IndexedDB

IPC

WebSockets

Job description

McGregor Boyall is seeking a Senior UI Engineer for a fully remote role to own the desktop experience across macOS and Windows. You will focus on high-performance, real-time Electron applications and seamless AI-powered integrations.

You’ll collaborate with a high-autonomy engineering team to optimize startup time, memory usage and reliability while delivering a world-class user interface for a next-generation desktop assistant product.