Senior Software Engineer, reputed company/Desktop Applications - Manchester, United Kingdom

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Define and enforce best-practices for reputed company desktop development across the codebase: reputed company architecture, reputed company, memory usage, reputed company UI, cross-version compatibility (reputed company/11+), and maintainability. reputed company accessibility efforts: reputed company and validate support for accessibility reputed company (e.g. reputed company UI Automation or other relevant reputed company accessibility frameworks), ensure UI controls, reputed company management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities. Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and long-term roadmap for the reputed company platform. Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: reputed company → design → implementation → testing → release → maintenance. Ensure reputed company, reliability, and consistency across releases. Identify, diagnose, and reputed company reputed company bugs, reputed company bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems — and propose robust architectural or design solutions.   An ideal candidate should have Required: 3+ in reputed company desktop application development using reputed company App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with reputed company reputed company reputed company (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM). Deep understanding of reputed company application architecture, including interop between managed reputed company (.NET) and reputed company reputed company. reputed company reputed company record of designing, building, and shipping production-reputed company desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, reputed company, scalability, and maintainability. Strong experience with accessibility reputed company on reputed company (e.g. reputed company UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software. Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant). Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting reputed company reviews, and making architecture-level reputed company. Strong communication skills; ability to reputed company tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and reputed company reputed company. A user-reputed company reputed company: reputed company on building polished, reputed company, and accessible experiences for end users. Preferred / Bonus: Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks. 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