Life360 - Senior Backend Engineer II, AI Native, Vertical Experiences

Remote - USA$148k - $216k+ Equity3w ago

Remote Senior NA Cloud Computing Internet of Things Backend Engineer Senior Backend Developer Java Python Go AWS NoSQL

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent experience. • 5+ years experience building backend services in Java, Go, Python, or similar languages. • Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful API design, and distributed systems. • Strong skills with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), container orchestration, and deployments. • Experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL), caching layers, and event/streaming systems. • Comfortable collaborating across teams and articulating technical tradeoffs. • Hands-on agentic AI workflow experience. • Nice-to-Have • Experience with IoT or telematics systems. • Familiarity with Kafka, Kinesis, or other streaming platforms. • Experience with high-frequency ingest systems and time-series data.A background with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). • Knowledge of SRE practices and automated testing frameworks. • AI-Native Expectations • We use AI coding tools as a professional standard on this team. Here's what that means in practice: • Daily use: You use AI coding assistants (we support Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot) for real, substantive tasks: analysis, coding, refactoring, testing, navigating codebases, and documentation. Not just research or autocomplete. • Daily use: • Judgment and ownership: AI-generated code gets the same review you'd give any PR. You are accountable for everything you ship. • Judgment and ownership: • Velocity: We expect senior engineers who use AI well to operate with meaningful leverage — doing more with the same time, taking on problems that would otherwise require a larger team. • Velocity: • Team leadership: You share what works. You automate prompting strategies that others can build on. • Team leadership: • Continuous learning: The tooling is changing fast. You stay current and bring recommendations to the team. • Continuous learning:

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services that support device connectivity, telemetry ingest, health monitoring, and command/control operations. • Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and product teams to define APIs and workflows for device features. • Deliver scalable, resilient systems in a microservices environment running on AWS (EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, etc.). • Build and own data pipelines for high-throughput streams using Kafka or similar streaming tech. • Instrument services for observability, reliability, and SLO compliance. • Participate in on-call rotations and live incident response. • Write clean, testable, performant code and help improve CI/CD and automation. • Orchestrate AI coding agents daily for spec writing, code generation, test authoring, incident triage, PR review, and system design

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits. • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). We offer supplemental plans for medical and dental for Canadian employees. • Paid parental leave. • 401(k) plan with company matching program in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees. • Mental Wellness Program & EAP. • Flexible PTO and 12 company-wide days off throughout the year. • Learning & Development programs. • Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment. • Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle. • Free Tile Products. • Life360 Values • Our company’s mission-driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference. • Be a Good Person — We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. • Be Direct With Respect — We communicate directly, even when it’s hard. • Members Before Metrics — We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. • High Intensity, High Impact — We do whatever it takes to get the job done. • Our Commitment to Diversity • We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.