Life360 is looking to hire an Engineering Manager to lead their Experience Cloud team. This team is responsible for building the cloud services that power dynamic and engaging surfaces in the Life360 app, including the unified map, family coordination, and a server-driven content framework. The goal is to enhance user experience by enabling adaptive, coordinated features that make everyday family life better.
Requirements
- Deep familiarity with modern, highly-scalable backend stacks using technologies such as Java or Go, Kubernetes, AWS, gRPC, DynamoDB, Kafka, and microservice-based architectures
- Ability to translate product goals into clean, scalable architectural solutions
- Experience with AI-driven development productivity tools
- Experience running full mobile and backend stack teams
- Familiarity with content delivery systems, content personalization, server-driven UI frameworks, or CMS platforms
- Background in AI-powered product development
- Expertise in geo-aware, location-based, or mapping applications
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of backend engineers focused on Life360’s server-driven experience platform and key coordination experiences that underpin everyday family connection, safety, and peace of mind
- Own key backend systems that enable dynamic content delivery to mobile clients across key surfaces like map views, contextual alerts, and insights
- Drive rapid prototyping, MVP development, and backend experimentation in support of member engagement goals
- Collaborate closely across mobile engineering, product, analytics, design, and infrastructure to deliver cohesive, context-aware experiences
- Improve backend development efficiency, eliminate process friction, and reduce time-to-value for internal teams
- Maintain operational excellence (SLOs, observability, scalability) across a rapidly growing userbase and set of services
- Contribute to technical strategy and product roadmapping with a pragmatic, iterative approach that continually builds off past investments
Other
- 2+ years of engineering management experience
- 6+ years of hands-on backend development experience
- Demonstrated experience as a technical lead for high-impact cross-functional engineering projects
- Passion for collaboration and cross-functional delivery; thrives in partnerships with Product, Mobile, Analytics, and Design teams
- Strong leadership skills in building efficient, self-motivated, remote-first teams that focus on delivering user outcomes and impact
