# Senior Windows Native Application Engineer (Screen Recording) at Cresta

- Company: Cresta
- What the company does: Save money, increase revenue, and build customer loyalty with the only unified platform for human and AI agents that transforms every customer experience. Backed by Greylock, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://cresta.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Canada (Remote); Toronto, Canada (Hybrid); United States (Remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-02-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cresta/jobs/5117833008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cresta-senior-windows-native-application-engineer-screen-recording/

## About the role

The Platform team is focused on building and maintaining a robust platform that supports all development. This team oversees key areas like architecture, design patterns, frameworks, libraries, UI components, development environments, tools, and deployment processes. As a member of the Platform team, this role focuses on building desktop screen capturing, auditing and analytics gathering systems for QA, legal and compliance reasons and extracting insights to automate workflows and remove inefficiencies.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. Strong Computer Science fundamentals
- Strong experience building native desktop applications on Windows, including deep familiarity with OS-level APIs (Win32, etc.)
- Experience implementing screen capture and recording systems, including video/audio pipelines, performance optimization, and multi-monitor/window capture
- Low-level systems programming expertise, including concurrency, memory management, IPC, and working beyond browser sandbox limitations
- Proven ability to design and own complex client-side systems, making architectural tradeoffs between native, Electron, and browser-based approaches
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with 6+ years of experience and a track record of technical ownership

Tags: Engineering