Senior Backend Engineer II, AI Native, Vertical Experiences

About the Position

As a Senior Backend Engineer II on the Vertical Experiences (Devices Cloud) team at Life360, you’ll build and operate the cloud services that power Life360’s connected devices. This role sits at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and mobile, translating real-world device signals into reliable, scalable backend systems. You’ll work on high-throughput, low-latency services that manage device state, ingest telemetry, and enable new device-driven features for millions of members worldwide.

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.

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.
• Judgment and ownership: AI-generated code gets the same review you'd give any PR. You are accountable for everything you ship.
• 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.
• Team leadership: You share what works. You automate prompting strategies that others can build on.
• Continuous learning: The tooling is changing fast. You stay current and bring recommendations to the team.

We Offer

• Competitive salary 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.

About the Company

Life360's mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app, Tile tracking devices, and Pet GPS tracker empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 102.4 million monthly active users (MAU), as of June 30, 2026, across more than 180 countries.

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends who are basically family).

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote-First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US and Canada) regardless of any specified location above.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any legally protected status.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!