Senior Desktop Engineer – Field-Ready Electron Apps

SewerAI Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Travel 5–10%

Job summary

SewerAI Corporation seeks a Senior Software Engineer to develop Pioneer Desktop, an Electron-based app that runs in a desktop shell communicating with sewer inspection hardware. You’ll work with the Truck team lead on hardware integrations, offline storage, and reliable video capture for field operations.

The role emphasizes building robust desktop software in environments with limited or no internet, frequent hardware variability, and safety-critical updates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software, including real time on desktop or hardware-connected applications.
• Shipped a desktop app (Electron, Tauri, Qt, WPF or native Windows) to users you can't SSH into.
• Auto-update, code signing and crash reporting are familiar ground.
• TypeScript strong; understand Electron main/renderer/preload processes.
• Experience with serial protocols, byte framing, checksums, flaky USB drivers.
• Able to debug on Windows using Event Viewer, Process Monitor, PowerShell.
• Design for failure: offline, disk full, network drops scenarios.
• Able to translate customer logs into root causes and fixes.
• Strong product sense; user needs first; communicate with operators clearly.

Responsibilities

• Connect Pioneer Desktop to cameras, truck equipment and sensors.
• Make video recording reliable and data safe even offline.
• Improve cloud sync, stability, and updates for trucks in the field.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Web teams to simplify operator workflows.
• Investigate customer issues and work with hardware vendors to understand usage.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Electron

React

Browser media APIs

ffmpeg

Serial communication

Database fundamentals

Windows PowerShell

Desktop app testing

AWS

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Tools

DirectShow

Media Foundation

WiX

Squirrel

Intune

SCCM

Authenticode

Job description

SewerAI Corporation seeks a Senior Software Engineer to develop Pioneer Desktop, an Electron-based app that runs in a desktop shell communicating with sewer inspection hardware. You’ll work with the Truck team lead on hardware integrations, offline storage, and reliable video capture for field operations.

The role emphasizes building robust desktop software in environments with limited or no internet, frequent hardware variability, and safety-critical updates.