Desktop App Engineer

Job Description

About the Role

We are hiring a Software Engineer in New York who specializes in Electron, React, TypeScript, and JavaScript runtime,

In this role you will work on LM Studio (desktop application), lmstudio-js (SDK), and lms (CLI).

Responsibilities

Design, implement, maintain new features in LM Studio

Design, implement, maintain new public and internal APIs

Extend, maintain, test LM Studio Core SDKs

Implement, debug, test Node daemon-level code

Implement, debug, test Node / Electron IPC code

Implement, debug, test Node bindings (NAPI)

Profile, debug, improve application rendering performance

Profile, debug, improve process memory and CPU usage

Be an excellent communicator, contributor, and collaboratorMinimum Qualifications

Into local LLMs and have tinkered with them in LM Studio

3+ years experience with Node and TypeScript

Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols

Strong understading of operating systems

Excellent problem-solving and communication skillsPreferred Qualifications

You have deep understanding of JavaScript foundational knowledge such as event loops, micro tasks, prototype inheritance

You have tinkered, and have many ideas for tinkering, with local LLMs

You are curious about, and have investigated React really works under the hood

You can make apps run really fast, and find out exactly why they're not fast

You are a prolific contributor, and always been, anywhere you worked or studiedPay and Benefits

Equity

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401K

Company provided MacBook Pro M3 / or high performance Windows/Linux laptop

Access to awesome hardware of all kinds

Office in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with stunning views and free gym access

Annual Salary Range:

$175,000 - $350,000

About Element Labs

Element Labs is an AI software company based out of New York, USA. We build LM Studio, a desktop application and developer platform for building on-device AI applications. Our mission is to make local AI accessible, useful, and ubiquitous. We are looking for teammates who want to take a huge swing at this mission with us.

Compensation Range: $175K - $350K

Full-time