Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Menlo Research is an open-source AI platform that empowers users to run models locally or integrate with chosen providers. They are seeking an Application Engineer to build and ship the Jan desktop app across platforms, taking ownership of the application from architecture to distribution.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the Jan desktop app across macOS, Windows, and Linux using Tauri
- Work full stack across the app: React and Node.js on the application layer, Rust on the native side
- Own packaging, builds, and distribution: installers, auto-update, release pipelines, and code signing
- Give Linux first-class support: packaging and distribution across common distros
- Integrate local model runtimes and app features end to end
- Work agent-natively as your default, running agents in parallel with your own review and guardrail discipline
Skills
- Full-stack engineer, strong in React and Node.js
- Hands-on experience building and shipping Tauri apps
- Working knowledge of Rust
- Desktop app development and cross-platform distribution experience
- Solid Linux skills: packaging, distribution, and environment quirks
- Proven ownership of app packaging, builds, and release pipelines
- An agent-native default workflow and the judgment to hand-write critical code when it matters
- Comfortable with full ownership, ambiguity, and shipping fast
- Familiarity with the Jan.ai ecosystem or other OSS desktop and LLM tooling
- Experience with auto-update, code signing, and app store or package-manager distribution
- Local model or inference runtime integration experience
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