Life360 - Software Engineer II AI-Native, Backend Devices Cloud
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Requirements
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering experience building backend or cloud services. • Experience building defined features, investigating and fixing bugs, and writing test code with growing independence. • Working knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (AWS: EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, Kinesis, etc.) and a desire to deepen your distributed-systems skills. • Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants for real engineering tasks, with the judgment to review and own what you ship. • Solid coding and problem-solving skills, and a habit of self-testing to deliver low-defect work. • A clear communicator who shares progress, asks insightful questions, and explains their work to peers and their manager. • Able to work semi-independently, unblock yourself, and ask for guidance when you need it. • Experience with high-frequency ingest systems, time-series data, and streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar). • Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical field, or equivalent experience. • Experience with IoT, telematics, embedded, or firmware-adjacent systems. • Background in SRE practices, reliability engineering, and progressive delivery. • Familiarity with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, DataDog). • Experience contributing to industry conversations: open-source projects, conference talks, or technical publications. • Knowledge of hardware/firmware communication protocols (MQTT, BLE, CoAP, etc.). • 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 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 and help teammates earlier in their AI workflow adoption get up to speed. • Team leadership: • Continuous learning: The tooling is changing fast. You stay current and bring recommendations to the team when something would meaningfully improve how we work. • Continuous learning:
Responsibilities
• Build and maintain components and features of Devices Cloud services — telemetry ingest, state management, command/control, and data pipelines — with a focus on quality and reliability. • Own well-defined features and smaller designs from implementation through production, breaking down tasks and delivering accurate estimates with occasional guidance. • Use AI-native engineering practices in your daily work: AI assistants for coding, testing, refactoring, and debugging, while owning and reviewing everything you ship. • Work with firmware, mobile, product, and platform teams to implement APIs and integrations across the hardware-software boundary. • Contribute to cross-team efforts, and escalate risks and blockers early. • Thoroughly test your own code to catch logic issues before integration, and learn cross-functional requirements around security and scalability. • Follow code review best practices, give and receive constructive feedback, and learn from senior engineers. • Translate technical specifications into high-quality code, and contribute to team documentation. • Communicate progress clearly and surface blocking issues early to your team and manager. • Participate in on-call rotation and contribute to incident response and post-mortems.
Benefits
• Competitive pay and benefits • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (US and Canada) • 401(k) plan with company matching (US) / RRSP with DPSP matching (Canada) • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well-being • Flexible PTO, plus several company-wide days off throughout the year • Winter and Summer week-long synchronized company shutdowns • 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.
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