Principal Engineer - Smart TV Applications Job at HARMAN International in Austin

Overview Principal Engineer - Smart TV Applications role at Harman International. Join our team to build innovative streaming applications for Smart TV platforms and mobile devices using Flutter. The role focuses on extending Flutter expertise to TV platforms while maintaining cross‑platform consistency. You will join a project in its early stages under experienced leaders and help shape our TV implementation strategy using Flutter as the core framework. The product is designed to offer a modern, ambitious user experience, integrating content delivery, audio playback, machine learning, and recommendation systems optimized for the big screen—all built with Flutter.

What You Will Do Operate in a fast-paced, startup‑like environment to launch a new business within Harman.

Serve as a technical leader for TV application development using Flutter.

Develop TV applications for platforms like Tizen, LG webOS, Android TV, and Apple TV using Flutter, leveraging the same codebase used for mobile applications.

Make autonomous technical decisions to drive our TV platform strategy forward with Flutter.

Proactively create development patterns for optimizing Flutter performance on TV devices.

Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to deliver a high‑quality TV viewing experience.

What You Need To Be Successful Experience : 10+ years in application development with at least 2 years of Flutter experience and some Smart TV platform exposure.

Technical Skills : Strong understanding of TV app development using Flutter alongside mobile Flutter development for iOS and Android.

UI / UX Collaboration : Proven experience working with UI / UX designers to produce highly polished Flutter interfaces for TV's 10‑foot experience.

Flutter Expertise : Deep hands‑on experience with the Flutter framework, particularly extending Flutter applications to TV platforms.

Performance Optimization : Expertise in optimizing Flutter application performance for resource‑constrained TV devices.

Frontend Engineering : Experience in Flutter frontend engineering for customer‑facing products across multiple screen sizes.

Platform Knowledge : Familiarity with implementing Flutter on TV platforms (Tizen, LG webOS, Android TV, etc.).

CI / CD : Proficient with automated pipelines for continuous build and integration systems for Flutter projects across multiple platforms.

Bonus Points if You Have Bachelor's degree in computer science or another related field.

Experience with Flutter plugin development for Smart TV platforms.

Experience with Smart TV certification processes and requirements.

A passion for music and interest in working on products that bring joy to music lovers worldwide.

Virtual or Remote work in any US time zone.

Familiarity with Rust

Familiarity with C / C++

Experience with media playback engines on TV, mobile, or desktop platforms

Previous work optimizing Flutter performance on Smart TV Platforms.

What Makes You Eligible Position is 100% Remote

You must be available for meetings and team interaction during typical continental US business hours.

Be willing to travel up to 5%, domestically and internationally.

Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Management and Manufacturing

Industries Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

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