Staff Engineer, Desktop (macOS)

Applied Methods Ltd; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sponsorship for visa/work permits

Job summary

Wispr in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Engineer to own the architecture of our macOS platform and build its screen-context engine. You will solve hard desktop systems problems and create primitives that improve Flow on macOS.

You’ll work on performance, cross-application reliability, and privacy, setting direction across accessibility and native integrations. Prior work with voice or ML is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building a desktop platform on macOS.
• Shipped production code for a desktop application.
• Ability to diagnose and fix cross-process and cross-app issues.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of the macOS platform and screen-context engine.
• Set technical direction across accessibility, memory, and background behavior.
• Resolve performance, correctness, and cross-application failures.
• Turn OS-specific knowledge into durable foundations for other engineers.
• Translate OS-specific knowledge into durable foundations for the team.

Skills

macOS platform depth

Desktop architecture

Performance optimization

Cross-application debugging

Accessibility APIs

Tools

Electron

macOS APIs

macOS

Job description

# Staff Engineer, Desktop (macOS)Staff / PrincipalSoftware - PlatformSan FranciscoOn-SiteFull-TimePosted 3 days agoUSD 27000k–35000k/yr## About the role## **About Wispr**Wispr is an AI research and product company building the voice interface for computing. AI can now reason, code, and act. Yet, humans still do the work of the interface. We think that’s backwards. Our first products are Flow, which lets you speak naturally in any application, and Notetaker, which builds context across conversations. We’re building toward an interface that can perceive, understand, and take action with earned trust. That means solving hard problems across models, systems, and product - and caring about the final human experience as deeply as the technology underneath it.We’re a talent-dense team that holds strong opinions, tests them quickly, and builds technology that sparks joy. Our goal is to build the first voice interface used every day by a billion people.## About the roleYou’ll own the architecture of our macOS platform and build its screen-context engine - the foundation that helps every feature understand what is happening on a user’s screen. You’ll solve the hardest desktop systems problems and create primitives that improve Flow on macOS.## What you’ll do* Build a reliable screen-context engine for dictation, Notetaker, Instruct Mode, and future products* Set technical direction across accessibility, native integrations, memory, state, and background behavior* Solve difficult performance, correctness, and cross-application failures* Expand what Flow can understand while protecting performance and user privacy* Turn OS-specific knowledge into durable foundations other engineers can extend## You may be a fit if* You’ve designed a system or platform other engineers successfully built on* You’ve recently shipped meaningful production code for a desktop application* You debug unfamiliar systems from first principles* You’ve owned a quality or UX metric, not only a feature roadmap* You turn ambiguous technical problems into clear direction for a teamPrior experience with voice, ML, Electron, accessibility APIs, or macOS is not strictly required if you bring exceptional platform depth.## Get to know us* Our Series B* Advancing HCI* Introducing Wispr Advanced Interfaces Lab* Technical challenges behind Flow## **Logistics**We sponsor H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM OPT, and more. We can't guarantee sponsorship for every role, but if we make you an offer we'll make every reasonable effort, with help from our immigration law firm. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. The strongest candidates we meet rarely do, so don't exclude yourself prematurely. We're rethinking how humans interact with AI, and doing that well demands diversity of perspective and experience. *We're committed to a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know.*