Life360
Mobile App
StaffSoftwareEngineerAI-Native
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“Staff Software Engineer AI-Native at Life360. Skills: AI-Native Engineer, AI Native, building and operating high-quality, consumer-scale services, prompting, evaluating, and building with LLMs, cloud development using modern Java, Kubernetes, AWS and streaming technologies, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, context window management, MCP/function calling, using AI tooling to multiply your own output. Design and build high-quality API and services for the international adaptation of Life360.”
What You'll Achieve.
We ship faster and go deeper because of AI; Use agentic workflows to dramatically increase the delivery of outcomes — moving faster without sacrificing quality; Hold a high bar for quality end-to-end
Industry & Context.
turn complex user problems into elegant, scalable engineering solutions
Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, AI tool usage during interviews varies by role. You may be asked to demonstrate proficiency with AI tools, discuss how you leverage AI, or complete interview exercises without AI assistance., Undisclosed use of AI not previously discussed with or approved by your Recruiter may impact your candidacy.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience building and operating high-quality, consumer-scale services, 1+ years of hands-on experience prompting, evaluating, and building with LLMs, proficiency in cloud development using modern Java, Kubernetes, AWS and streaming technologies, Deep experience with agentic workflows, prompt engineering, context window management, and MCP/function calling, A track record of using AI tooling to multiply your own output — not just as autocomplete, but as a genuine development partner, communication and collaboration skills — you work well with product, design, and platform engineers, A genuine excitement for defining what it means to be AI-Native — you’re not waiting for the playbook, you want to write it, Empathy for our international members - including those with lower end mobile devices and inconsistent network connectivity, Building highly localized experiences is critical to bringing the value of Life360 to global markets, Back-end experience is required
Nice to Have
AI tool usage during interviews varies by role. You may be asked to demonstrate proficiency with AI tools, discuss how you leverage AI, or complete interview exercises without AI assistance., Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!
What You'll Do.
Design and build high-quality API and services for the international adaptation of Life360
Build with our global customers in mind by applying internationalization best practices from the start
Work with AI (Claude Code) as a first-class collaborator — your primary workflow involves orchestrating agents to create specs
generate code and tests
Help define and codify AI-Native engineering practices for the International team
establishing playbooks the broader org can adopt
Build across the full stack as needed — shipping polished
and reliable experiences to tens of millions of users
Participate in on-call rotation and incident response
Use agentic workflows to dramatically increase the delivery of outcomes — moving faster without sacrificing quality
Hold a high bar for quality end-to-end: you define what "done" means
instrument your work for observability
and treat post-launch behavior as part of the job — not someone else's problem
Mentor team members and contribute to team processes
and help evolve the team's AI-native engineering practices
and accessibility across the features you own
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to turn complex user problems into elegant, scalable engineering solutions; Contribute to architectural decisions, code reviews, and a culture of craft and continuous improvement; Mentor team members and contribute to team processes, technical standards, and help evolve the team's AI-native engineering practices; communication and collaboration skills — you work well with product, design, and platform engineers
Communication Scope
communication and collaboration skills
Process & Methodology
team velocity
Full Job Description
About Life360 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 95.8 million monthly active users (MAU), as of December 31, 2025, 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. We are AI Native We are building an AI native company where AI is an integral part of how we build and operate. AI tool usage during interviews varies by role. You may be asked to demonstrate proficiency with AI tools, discuss how you leverage AI, or complete interview exercises without AI assistance. Your Recruiter will provide clear guidance as you move through the interview process. Undisclosed use of AI not previously discussed with or approved by your Recruiter may impact your candidacy. About The Team The International team at Life360 is building the next frontier of meaningful connection — bringing Life360's peace-of-mind platform to families everywhere, regardless of where in the world they live. Our mission is to make the product feel native to every market we enter: localized experiences, region
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