Staff Software Engineer – AI-Native

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and develop high-quality APIs and services for the global adaptation of Life360 — services that are essential and truly beneficial.

• Collaborate with AI (Claude Code) as a key partner — your main workflow will involve coordinating agents to create specifications, generate code and tests, verify outcomes, and conduct reviews.

• Assist in defining and formalizing AI-Native engineering practices for the International team, creating playbooks that can be adopted by the wider organization.

• Engage in full-stack development as necessary — delivering polished, efficient, and dependable experiences to tens of millions of users.

• Work closely with product managers and designers to transform complex user challenges into elegant, scalable engineering solutions.

• Contribute to architectural choices, code evaluations, and the promotion of a culture centered on craftsmanship and ongoing enhancement.

• Take part in on-call rotations and incident response efforts.

• Employ agentic workflows to significantly boost the delivery of successful outcomes — accelerating progress without compromising quality.

• Maintain a high standard for quality from start to finish: you define what "done" means, instrument your work for observability, and consider post-launch performance as part of your responsibilities — not someone else's duty.

• Mentor fellow team members and participate in team processes, technical standards, and the evolution of the team's AI-native engineering practices.

• Ensure performance, reliability, and accessibility across the features you oversee.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in developing and managing high-quality, consumer-scale services.

• At least 1 year of hands-on experience with prompting, assessing, and building using LLMs.

• Strong expertise in cloud development with modern Java, Kubernetes, AWS, and streaming technologies.

• Extensive experience with agentic workflows, prompt engineering, context window management, and MCP/function calling.

• A proven history of utilizing AI tools to enhance your output — not merely as autocomplete, but as a true development collaborator.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills — you collaborate effectively with product, design, and platform engineers.

• A genuine enthusiasm for defining what it means to be AI-Native — you’re eager to create the playbook rather than waiting for it.

• Empathy for our international users, including those with lower-end mobile devices and inconsistent network access. Crafting highly localized experiences is essential for delivering the value of Life360 to global markets.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical field, or equivalent experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans (fully covered for US employees). We also offer supplemental medical and dental plans for Canadian employees.

• 401(k) plan with company matching in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) focused on mental wellness.

• Flexible PTO and 12 company-wide days off each year.

• Opportunities for Learning & Development.

• Provision of equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a conducive remote work environment.

• Complimentary Life360 Platinum Membership for your chosen circle.