Senior Software Engineer, Client UI Applications (Europe)

Role Overview

FileCloud is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Client UI Applications) in Europe to help build and evolve a cross-platform Electron desktop client. You will lead UI and TypeScript backend work inside Electron, collaborating with native C++ (Windows) and Swift (macOS) components via typed APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain features in the Electron desktop application using TypeScript and Vue 3.
• Develop and maintain the Electron main process / TypeScript backend, including:
  • IPC between main and renderer
  • gRPC integration with services backed by C++ (Windows) and Swift (macOS)
  • Error handling, logging, and diagnostics
• Build responsive, modular UIs with Vue 3, vue-router, and state management (Pinia preferred, or Vuex).
• Work with electron-builder and related tooling to:
  • Create Windows installers (EXE/MSI/MSIX) and macOS packages (DMG/PKG)
  • Implement and maintain auto-update mechanisms
  • Handle code signing and notarization on both platforms
• Collaborate with native teams to define gRPC APIs, understand native behavior, and debug cross-process issues.
• Participate in Microsoft Office integration, especially:
  • Outlook and Office add-ins
  • Office.js, manifests, deployment
  • Interactions between the desktop client and Office/web services
• Maintain high engineering quality via unit/integration tests, code reviews, and TypeScript/Vue coding standards.
• Contribute to architecture discussions to improve modularity, testability, and performance.
• Diagnose and fix platform-specific issues on Windows/macOS (file system nuances, OS integration, performance bottlenecks).
• Over time, take end-to-end ownership of modules/domains and become the primary decision-maker/point of contact.

Requirements

• Strong TypeScript expertise (types, generics, strict typing, strong type modelling).
• Solid Vue production experience (preferably Vue 3).
• State management experience with Pinia (preferred) or Vuex.
• Proven experience building Electron desktop apps in production.
• Solid understanding of Electron main vs renderer, IPC patterns, preload scripts, and security considerations.
• Hands-on with electron-builder (installers for Windows/macOS), auto-update, code signing, and notarization.
• Experience integrating with typed backend APIs via gRPC (or similar).

Nice-to-haves (implied)

• Experience with C++ (Windows) and Swift (macOS) collaboration and debugging cross-process issues.
• Microsoft Office integration experience (Office.js, add-ins, manifests, deployment).