Senior Software Engineer - Desktop (Rust/Tauri)
Read AI, Inc.2 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Ship features connecting meeting preparation, capture, and review into a unified desktop experience.
- Implement cross-application UI unification across Read’s desktop experience.
- Expand native meeting capture across Windows and macOS.
- Prototype on-device transcription and audio processing and collect signals to strengthen AI capabilities.
- Integrate external devices to improve capture quality.
- Write maintainable, well-tested Rust and establish productive codebase patterns and conventions.
- Own release quality, including signing, notarization, auto-update, and crash telemetry.
- Partner with product and design on roadmap definition and technical possibilities unique to desktop.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, including meaningful desktop or client application work.
- Experience shipping installed software to real users on Windows, macOS, or both and supporting it after launch.
- Working proficiency in Rust, or deep systems experience in a comparable language with a genuine willingness to learn Rust.
- Ability to work across the native and web boundary with React and TypeScript.
- Practical knowledge of operating-system permissions, device access, background processes, packaging, and distribution.
- Authorized to work in the US; the company does not sponsor visas for this role.
Benefits
- Base pay range of $180,000-$220,000 plus equity and benefits.
- Low-deductible health plans, flexible time away, and family leave programs.
- Supportive and collaborative environment with a diverse and talented team.
Tech Stack
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About Read AI, Inc.
Read AI builds an AI copilot that summarizes and organizes meetings, emails, and messages for knowledge workers, integrating with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack, and other workplace tools. The company sells subscriptions for paid team workspaces on top of a freemium product-led offering. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Seattle, it is privately held and raised a Series B in 2024 from investors including Smash Capital, Madrona, and Goodwater Capital.