Permanent Contract and a competitive compensation package.
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We are looking for a Staff or Senior Desktop Application Developer to be part of the team designing, architecting, and implementing our AI-powered IT self-service chat agent — a native desktop application distributed to 20+ million endpoints worldwide. This client is the face of Nexthink’s AI platform, giving employees a seamless, responsive experience directly on their Windows and macOS devices. As a Senior Desktop Engineer, you will go beyond implementation: you will set technical direction for the client layer, influence cross-team design decisions, and serve as a trusted advisor to both engineering leadership and product. You’ll tackle problems of performance, reliability, and native OS integration while partnering with backend, infra, and security teams to ship a production-grade application at global scale. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role where you’ll make foundational architectural decisions about the client platform and help shape the desktop engineering practice at Nexthink.
01Define and drive technical vision and architectural strategy for the desktop client application.
02Lead design of a high-performance, native desktop application running on Windows and macOS at 20M+ endpoints.
03Partner with product, backend, and AI/ML teams to align the client experience with the broader AI platform.
04Provide technical leadership on client architecture, coding standards, and best practices for native desktop development.
05Architect and deliver a reliable, secure application covering the full distribution lifecycle: signing, packaging, installation, updates, and uninstallation.
06Champion observability, crash reporting, performance monitoring, and diagnostics across the client stack.
07Act as a mentor and multiplier, raising the technical bar and helping engineers grow.
08Lead technical deep dives, design reviews, and roadmap alignment discussions with leadership.
09Ensure security, compliance, and OS-level integration best practices are embedded in design from day one.
Anforderungen
↳7+ years of desktop application engineering experience, shipping native applications on Windows and macOS.
↳Proven success designing and shipping client applications to large user bases, with a deep understanding of platform-specific constraints and behaviours.
↳Strong proficiency in Rust and/or C++, with solid experience building cross-platform desktop applications.
↳Deep knowledge of Windows and macOS OS APIs.
↳Hands-on experience with the full application distribution lifecycle: code signing, packaging, auto-update mechanisms, and deployment at scale.
↳Strong understanding of desktop application performance profiling, memory management, and crash diagnostics.
↳Exceptional communication skills — able to influence cross-functional teams and leadership with clear technical direction.
↳Track record of mentoring and elevating engineering teams.
Vorteile
＋Beautiful office with a view of Lake Geneva, conveniently located next to the Prilly-Malley train station.
＋Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with a structured approach for new hires to foster connections and onboarding.
＋Flexible Hours and unlimited vacation (employees have unlimited paid time off on top of the 25 days of holidays we offer) plus 3 company-paid volunteer days.
＋Free access to a fitness centre inside the building.
＋Reimbursement of the half-fare travel card for public transport.
＋Reimbursement up to 50% of the cost of French classes.
＋Fresh fruit, cookies, and soft drinks as well.
＋Regular company and team events like Voluntary Days, Pizza talks, Team Building activities, hosting Meetups at the office and more!
＋Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment.
＋We offer a relocation package to people who are coming from another country.
Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,500 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 25+ million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.
