Senior Desktop Engineer – Cross-Platform Electron

Realtime Robotics; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Healthcare Coverage

Unlimited PTO

Commuting Expenses Covered

Telecommunications Stipend

401k Match

HSA Employer Contribution

Job summary

Realtime Robotics, based in Boston, MA, is seeking a Senior Desktop Applications Engineer to lead the cross platform desktop client development. You will define the technical direction, ensure a native feel on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and tightly integrate with our cloud services.

You will guide architecture, implement rich TypeScript/React interfaces, manage the release pipeline, and harden the product for enterprise deployment while collaborating with product, design, robotics, and cloud

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering with production desktop apps.
• Deep Electron desktop app development including main/renderer, IPC, and the security model.
• Cross‑platform shipping for Windows, macOS, Linux; platform divergences understood.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript, proficient with React and frontend tooling.
• Experience packaging, code signing, notarization, and auto update (electron builder/forge).
• Debug across process and language boundaries: renderer, main, native modules, network.
• Strong English communication; Boston work with US work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Guide architecture, development, and release of desktop app shipped to Windows, macOS, and Linux from a single codebase.
• Build rich, responsive interfaces in TypeScript and React, including 3D visualization.
• Maintain the boundary between the desktop client and our cloud backend, including auth, job submission, and syncing artifacts.
• Keep the application fast and honest about state when the network is slow or unavailable, with a local-first data model and reconciling on reconnect.
• Manage release pipeline: multi platform CI builds, code signing, notarization, and auto update delivery.
• Integrate native and C++ components into the desktop runtime (geometry, kinematics, vendor SDKs).
• Harden the application for enterprise deployment: isolation, sandboxing, CSP, secure credential storage, installers.
• Instrument the client with crash reporting and telemetry; use data to drive improvements.
• Collaborate with product, design, robotics, and cloud engineers on desktop vs cloud boundaries.

Skills

Electron

TypeScript

React

Cross‑platform

IPC

Code signing

Testing

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Electron Builder

Electron Forge

N-API / node-gyp

WebAssembly

Job description

Realtime Robotics, based in Boston, MA, is seeking a Senior Desktop Applications Engineer to lead the cross platform desktop client development. You will define the technical direction, ensure a native feel on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and tightly integrate with our cloud services.

You will guide architecture, implement rich TypeScript/React interfaces, manage the release pipeline, and harden the product for enterprise deployment while collaborating with product, design, robotics, and cloud