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# Staff Engineer, Desktop (macOS)

- **Company:** Wispr Flow
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Apple Mac Systems, Software Applications, Software Debugging, Desktop Computing, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Systems Integration, Production Code
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/staff-engineer-desktop-macos-san-francisco-ca--b2fc6b55-ab0c-4004-8c31-461a8b024050

## About the Role

Mac Operating System, Desktop PC, Artificial Intelligence (AI), User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Problem Solving Skills, Testing, Mac Operating System, Desktop PC, Memory Hardware, Operating Systems

## Description

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 Wispr's products on macOS.

What you'll do

 * 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

You may be a fit if

 * You've designed a system or platform other engineers successfully built on
 * You've recently shipped meaningful production code for a desktop application
 * You debug unfamiliar systems from first principles
 * You've owned a quality or UX metric, not only a feature roadmap
 * You turn ambiguous technical problems into clear direction for a team

Prior experience with voice, ML, Electron, accessibility APIs, or macOS is not strictly required if you bring exceptional platform depth.