Remote | Software Engineer (Electron.js) — $150,000–$220,000/year

Summary

24-MAG is offering a full-time opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to build and scale a high-performance cross-platform desktop application for distributed professional environments. The role focuses on Electron.js desktop engineering across macOS and Windows, including real-time tracking, offline-first data pipelines, system integrations, performance optimization, and reliable application operations.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve production-grade desktop applications using Electron.js
• Build consistent application behaviour across macOS and Windows environments
• Design desktop systems for reliability, responsiveness, and minimal resource consumption
• Develop background processes and desktop functionality that operate unobtrusively
• Apply strong engineering judgement when balancing performance, functionality, and platform constraints
• Build real-time timekeeping and event-tracking systems with precise state management
• Develop system-level signal collection involving keyboard, mouse, application usage, and related activity data where appropriate
• Work with operating-system APIs, permissions, background processes, and system hooks
• Design integrations that remain reliable across different operating-system environments
• Apply strong privacy and efficiency considerations to activity-monitoring functionality
• Develop offline-first data pipelines with reliable background synchronisation
• Implement conflict-resolution strategies for distributed or intermittently connected environments
• Integrate desktop applications with backend services and internal APIs
• Support analytics, reporting, and downstream data workflows through reliable application infrastructure
• Design resilient data flows that preserve correctness across local and remote execution
• Improve runtime performance, memory efficiency, and fault tolerance
• Diagnose edge cases involving distributed systems, offline execution, and desktop environments
• Troubleshoot production issues and identify underlying technical causes
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend engineering teams to deliver user-facing functionality
• Contribute to reliable release, deployment, and application lifecycle practices

Skills

• 3+ years of professional experience building production-grade desktop applications with Electron.js
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript and Node.js
• Demonstrated experience designing cross-platform applications for macOS and Windows
• Hands-on experience with real-time tracking, event streams, telemetry, or activity-monitoring systems
• Familiarity with operating-system APIs for capturing user or system interactions
• Deep understanding of performance optimisation in desktop application environments
• Strong debugging skills and ability to reason through distributed, offline, and platform-specific edge cases
• Strong understanding of security and privacy considerations related to user activity data
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience building productivity, monitoring, or telemetry-driven applications is advantageous
• Familiarity with native OS integrations, permissions, background processes, and system hooks is beneficial
• Experience with Electron auto-update systems, release management, or desktop deployment workflows is advantageous

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of professional experience building production-grade desktop applications with Electron.js
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript and Node.js
• Demonstrated experience designing cross-platform applications for macOS and Windows
• Hands-on experience with real-time tracking, event streams, telemetry, or activity-monitoring systems
• Familiarity with operating-system APIs for capturing user or system interactions
• Deep understanding of performance optimisation in desktop application environments
• Strong debugging skills and ability to reason through distributed, offline, and platform-specific edge cases
• Strong understanding of security and privacy considerations related to user activity data
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to Haves

• Experience building productivity, monitoring, or telemetry-driven applications is advantageous
• Familiarity with native OS integrations, permissions, background processes, and system hooks is beneficial
• Experience with Electron auto-update systems, release management, or desktop deployment workflows is advantageous

Benefits

• Fully remote