Software Engineer, Desktop

About the Role

We're looking for desktop app engineers to join our Claude product team and help build native applications that harness the transformative power of advanced language models. Your mission will be to package our AI capabilities into elegant desktop experiences that put unprecedented capabilities at users' fingertips.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the core infrastructure and features within Claude.ai and in our Electron-based desktop app using a typical web stack (TypeScript, React)
• Use native code (Rust, Swift, C++) to bring advanced features to the desktop app, connecting Claude to macOS and Windows
• Optimise application performance, memory usage, and startup time across platforms
• Design and build robust update mechanisms and deployment pipelines
• Create monitoring tools to track application performance and user experience

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Have 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with strong emphasis on desktop application development
• Have practical experience with Electron and deep understanding of its architecture
• Possess strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills and experience with modern frontend frameworks
• Take a product-focused approach and care about building solutions that are robust, scalable, and easy to use

Strong candidates may also have experience with:

• Experience working on and building operating systems, browsers, or deeply OS-integrated software (screensharing, video-calling, game engines, etc)
• Experience integrating and working with AI/ML models and understanding their capabilities
• Demonstrated success implementing cross-platform development strategies

Logistics

• Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate.

Annual Salary:

$320,000 - $405,000USD