Desktop App Engineer (Tauri) — Full-Stack & Shipping

Menlo Research; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Menlo Research is seeking an Application Engineer to build and ship the Jan desktop app across macOS, Windows, and Linux, using React, Node.js, and Rust. You will own the app end to end—from architecture through packaging and distribution—driving efficient, cross-platform delivery in a lean, agent-native setup.

This role focuses on technical execution, not UI design, with emphasis on packaging, builds, release pipelines, and Linux-first distribution.

Qualifications

• Full-stack engineer with React and Node.js experience.
• Experience building and shipping Tauri apps.
• Solid Linux packaging and distribution skills.
• Ownership of app packaging, builds, and release pipelines.
• Comfortable with an agent-native workflow and shipping fast.

Responsibilities

• Build the Jan desktop app across macOS, Windows, and Linux using Tauri.
• Work full stack across the app: React and Node.js on the application layer, Rust on the native side.
• Own packaging, builds, and distribution: installers, auto-update, release pipelines, and code signing.
• Give Linux first-class support: packaging and distribution across distros.
• Integrate local model runtimes and app features end to end.
• Work agent-natively with parallel agents and guardrails.

Skills

React

Node.js

Tauri

Rust

Desktop app development

Linux packaging

Release pipelines

Ownership

Tools

Tauri

Code signing

Job description

Menlo Research is seeking an Application Engineer to build and ship the Jan desktop app across macOS, Windows, and Linux, using React, Node.js, and Rust. You will own the app end to end—from architecture through packaging and distribution—driving efficient, cross-platform delivery in a lean, agent-native setup.

This role focuses on technical execution, not UI design, with emphasis on packaging, builds, release pipelines, and Linux-first distribution.