Software Engineer (macOS)

Status: Direct Hire

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: 100% Remote

Salary: $130,000 - $150,000

About the company:

We are a small, fiercely independent software company based in the Pacific Northwest, building the industry-standard workflow tools for the world's top professional photographers. Born over 25 years ago on the sidelines of the world's biggest sporting events, our software was created to solve a singular problem: helping photojournalists view, organize, and keyword thousands of digital images under extreme, high-pressure deadlines.

Today, our flagship digital asset management (DAM) and metadata tool is the secret weapon used at almost every major news organization, global sporting event, and red carpet. We don't try to be a mass-market photo editor; we focus entirely on the crucial first steps of the post-production workflow—ingestion, culling, and metadata tagging—allowing storytellers to get their images to the wire at lightning speed.

Software Engineer:

Our client is seeking a passionate and highly skilled Software Engineer to play a key role in evolving a long-standing, industry-respected desktop application used by creative professionals worldwide. This is an ideal opportunity for a true technologist—someone who genuinely enjoys coding, thrives in a product-focused environment, and brings deep expertise in macOS development while contributing to cross-platform solutions.

Software Engineer Responsibilities:

• Lead development efforts focused primarily on macOS, with additional contributions to Windows-based components.
• Enhance and maintain a mature, widely used desktop application, ensuring performance, stability, and scalability.
• Design and implement new features that improve user workflows and overall product functionality.
• Work within and modernize existing codebases, including legacy systems, with thoughtful and efficient approaches.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to troubleshoot issues and support product enhancements.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, particularly around UI design, system performance, and multi-threaded processes.

Software Engineer Qualifications:

• Strong professional experience developing for macOS, including proficiency with Objective-C/C++, AppKit, and Xcode.
• Solid foundation in C++ and familiarity with scripting languages such as shell or Ruby; exposure to Rust is a plus.
• Proven experience working with and improving legacy codebases in a production environment.
• Deep understanding of interprocess communication and multi-threaded application development.
• Experience building intuitive and high-performance desktop user interfaces.
• Familiarity with modern development workflows and tools such as Git, CMake/Makefiles, CI/CD pipelines, and issue tracking systems.
• Working knowledge of Windows development (e.g., MFC) is preferred but not required.
• Additional exposure to areas such as media formats, security frameworks, or industry standards is a plus.