Senior Software Engineer - Desktop (Rust/Tauri)

Read AI - Seattle HQ, Remote. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will build and expand a unified desktop experience for meeting capture and processing. You will work with Rust, Tauri, and React to handle OS-level concerns like audio capture and on-device processing.

What you will do

Ship features for preparing, capturing, and reviewing meetings
Implement desktop side of cross-app UI unification
Expand meeting capture across Windows and macOS
Investigate and prototype on-device transcription and audio processing
Connect to external devices to improve capture quality
Write Rust code with clear structure and strong tests
Own release quality including signing, notarization, auto-update, and crash telemetry
Bring technical vision to roadmap conversations
Partner with product and design from problem definition

Required qualifications

5+ years building software professionally
Meaningful time on desktop or client applications
Shipped installed software to real users on Windows, macOS, or both
Working proficiency in Rust, or deep systems experience in a comparable language
Comfortable across the native/web boundary in React and TypeScript
Practical knowledge of OS-level concerns: permissions, device access, background processes, packaging and distribution
Authorized to work in the US

Nice to have

Audio capture, DSP, or real-time media pipeline experience
Tauri, or comparable hybrid frameworks
On-device ML or local inference work
Hardware or peripheral integration experience

Benefits

Equity
Low deductible health plans
Flexible time away
Family leave programs

Before you apply

Authorized to work in the US
Company does not provide visa support or sponsorship

About the company

Read AI brings intelligence to conversations by integrating with tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Slack. The company is a product-focused startup backed by $81 million in funding.