Flutter Engineer — On-Site San Jose

About Grove Safety We're building the nervous system for buildings. Our device is a smart drop-in replacement for any light switch that senses, processes on-device, and triggers real-time safety actions. Early stage, venture backed, proven demo, live pilot. Our mission: protect the places where people live, learn, and work.

The Opportunity We're looking for a Flutter Engineer to own our Flutter web application end to end. This is a high ownership role. You'll ship real features in your first week and have direct impact on a product that protects people's lives.

Our app handles live video streams from IoT safety devices, real-time threat alerts, device monitoring, and multi-tenant org administration.

What You'll Own

• The Flutter web app: device monitoring, real-time threat streaming, task scheduling, and organization management
• Real-time data from IoT devices via WebSockets and MQTT
• Live video streaming: RTSPS, WebRTC, and HLS delivery
• Integration with our Django/DRF backend and AWS infrastructure
• AI/ML feature integration using LLM APIs

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of Flutter/Dart experience
• Production Flutter experience strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of state management — BLoC, Riverpod, or Provider
• Comfortable with WebSockets and real-time data
• Python/Django backend experience a plus — not required
• Has shipped and debugged production apps, not just built them
• Actively uses AI coding tools as a core part of your workflow
• Works independently, moves fast, takes full ownership
• Has worked in a team of 5 or fewer engineers
• Comfortable working on-site in San Jose, CA
• Valid driver's license required
• Must be authorized to work in the United States — we do not offer visa sponsorship

Nice to Have

• MQTT or IoT device communication
• Video streaming: RTSP, HLS, WebRTC
• Django / Django REST Framework
• AWS experience
• On-device ML inference
• Computer vision or audio classification
• GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Figma / UI design sensibility

Pay: $70,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Have you built a Flutter web application? If so describe it briefly — what did you ship and what state management pattern did you use?
• Have you integrated live video streaming into an app? What stack did you use?
• What's the smallest engineering team you've worked on and what did you own?
• Describe a time you shipped something with no one to hand it off to — you owned it from build to production.
• Which AI coding tools do you use daily and how do they fit into your actual workflow — be specific.
• Have you worked with Django or Django REST Framework? If so describe what you built.
• Describe a production bug you personally debugged and fixed — what was it, how did you find it, how did you fix it?
• Have you ever set up or maintained a CI/CD pipeline yourself?

Experience:

• Production Flutter: 3 years (Required)
• Startup: 2 years (Required)
• WebSockets: 1 year (Preferred)
• MQTT: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• San Jose, CA 95129 (Required)

Work Location: In person