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Original Job Post

Life360 · 6 days ago

Senior Software Engineer II, Backend

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$160K/yr - $220K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Create new Spring Java micro services to break down the existing PHP monolith or support new product features

Create new API gateways to enable external integration (eg.Tile and JioBit)

Horizontally scale the system to handle another 10+ billion events per day

Monitor health, suggest improvements for and deploy own services

Example: Build the next generation of the event streaming architecture to handle billions of events per day storing up to trillions of events in cold storage

Example: Build a system to support a richer dialog when checking in to a place

Mentor other developers who are trying to grow

Build technical specs with Staff engineers

Handle on-call rotation and address live incidents

Help Test Engineers automate validating components

Qualification

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Backend DevelopmentCloud ComputingMicroservicesScalable ArchitecturesSystem MaintenanceKubernetesKafka StreamsAWSEC2EKSDynamoDBKinesisMySQLJavaPythonPHPProblem-SolvingAdaptabilityCommunication

Required

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar quantitative field or the equivalent industry experience

6+ years of prior professional experience working on backend and Cloud code

Diligent in implementing and supporting services that last outwards to a year

Proficient in microservices and horizontally scalable architectures

Adaptive to working on various aspects of our system for different teams

Communicate effectively with cross-platform teammates

Experience with high-scale, low-latency systems

Understand how to deploy and maintain systems, ideally with Kubernetes

Bonus for experience working with Kafka Streams

Experience with technologies such as AWS (EC2, EKS, DynamoDB, Kinesis), databases (MySql), Languages (Java, Python, PHP)

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans

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

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness

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

Company

Life360

Glassdoor

4.0

Life360 creates a mobile app for families that helps families feel closer together.

Founded in 2008

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.life360.com

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