Life360 · 16 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer II - Devices Cloud
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$148K/yr - $216K/yr
5+ years expLife360 is a company focused on keeping people close to their loved ones through innovative mobile applications and tracking devices. The Senior Backend Engineer II will build and operate cloud services for connected devices, focusing on real-time data processing and system reliability.
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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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Benefits
Competitive pay 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.
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
Life360 creates a mobile app for families that helps families feel closer together.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$460.24MKey Investors
Bryant Stibel InvestmentsRegal Funds ManagementDCM Ventures
2025-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $320M
2022-11-21Post Ipo Equity· $33.04M
2021-06-29Post Ipo Equity· $2.1M
Leadership Team
Chris Hulls
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Justin Moore
Chief Technology Officer
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