Staff Engineer, Desktop (macOS)
About The Position
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. You’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.
Requirements
- Designed a system or platform other engineers successfully built on
- Recently shipped meaningful production code for a desktop application
- Debug unfamiliar systems from first principles
- Owned a quality or UX metric, not only a feature roadmap
- Turn ambiguous technical problems into clear direction for a team
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience with voice, ML, Electron, accessibility APIs, or macOS is not strictly required if you bring exceptional platform depth.
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- Sponsorship for H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM OPT, and more.
- Fair and accessible interview process with accommodations available upon request.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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