Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Stuttgart, Germany

Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or related UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and when needed, C++. Define and enforce best practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase (architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility). Drive accessibility efforts with APIs like Microsoft UI Automation, ensuring keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities. Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and stakeholders to shape feature planning and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform. Take ownership of the full lifecycle of features from conception to release and maintenance. Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems, and propose robust solutions. Ideal candidates have a proven track record of shipping production-quality desktop apps with focus on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability. Strong fundamentals in OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, and multi-threading or asynchronous programming. Demonstrated experience leading technical design, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions. Excellent communication skills and a user-centric mindset for polished, accessible experiences. Preferred bonuses include UI automation testing, performance optimization, localization/globalization, telemetry/logging, CI/CD workflows, and long-term ownership of feature areas.