Software Engineer (Electron.js)
Listing checked October 30, 2026 · details as published by micro1
Key details
- Pay
- Not published
- Location
- Remote
- Job type
- full-time
- Posted
- October 28, 2026
Overview
This role centers on a cross-platform time intelligence app for MacOS and Windows that thousands of professionals rely on daily. You will work with Electron.js, TypeScript, and Node.js to build a desktop agent that runs quietly in the background, tracks events with precision, and syncs data offline-first. The team focuses on performance, privacy, and reliability, so your work directly affects how smoothly the product operates for a globally distributed workforce.
What You'll Do7
- Design and grow a cross-platform desktop agent with Electron.js, keeping resource use low and performance high.
- Create real-time timekeeping features that track events accurately and run in the background.
- Implement system-level signal collection from keyboard, mouse, and app usage while upholding strong privacy and efficiency standards.
- Build offline-first data pipelines with dependable background sync and conflict resolution.
- Connect the desktop app to distributed backend services and internal APIs for analytics and reporting.
- Enhance runtime performance, memory efficiency, and fault tolerance on an ongoing basis.
- Partner with product, design, and backend teams to deliver features that improve user productivity.
Requirements7
- 3+ years of experience building production desktop applications with Electron.js.
- Strong skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js.
- Experience designing cross-platform systems for MacOS and Windows with consistent behavior.
- Hands-on work with real-time tracking, event streams, or activity monitoring systems.
- Familiarity with OS-level APIs for capturing user and system interactions.
- Solid grasp of performance optimization in desktop environments.
- Strong debugging abilities and the capacity to reason about edge cases in distributed or offline systems.
Who Should Apply
Engineers with at least three years of Electron.js desktop development experience who have built cross-platform apps for MacOS and Windows. You should be comfortable with TypeScript, Node.js, and real-time event tracking, and enjoy solving performance and offline sync challenges.
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