Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices 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 88 million monthly active users (MAU), as of June 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 that basically are 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.
About The TeamThe Horizons team at Life360 is responsible for building the infrastructure that powers the experience for millions of families worldwide. We focus on creating resilient, scalable systems and services that enable seamless coordination for everyday life. The team plays a critical role in driving the technical strategy behind product offerings, platform infrastructure, and a comprehensive developer platform with both internal and external partners and developer ecosystems.
About the JobYou’ll be leading a full stack software engineering team (mobile and cloud), building a platform focused on partner and 3rd party integrations, with a keen eye on scale, resilience, and flexibility. You thrive on the agility of a midsize public company that has demonstrated product leadership at consumer web scale. The role is focused on building a team and a platform focused on Partner and 3rd party integrations. While you are deeply technical and capable of rolling up your sleeves, you are also credible with engineers, executives, and cross-functional stakeholders. You can teach and learn from the best.
For candidates based in the US, the salary range for this position is $175k to $279k USD. For candidates based out of Canada, the salary range for this position is $206k to $260k CAD. Note: Please be aware that the job title for positions in Canada will be "Developer" in lieu of "Engineer." We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary - therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.
What You’ll Do- Attract, grow, and promote top engineers
- Manage cross-functional teams of Android, iOS, and Cloud Engineers
- Oversee prioritization, definition, planning, and execution of projects
- Set ambitious objectives and key results, grounded in practical execution
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including senior engineers, product managers, and technical leaders, to align the team’s efforts with organizational goals.
- Work with stakeholders and leaders to ensure effective execution and communication
- Build a customer centric organization
- Effectively manage dependencies across multiple teams and organizations, influencing priorities to deliver aligned platform outcomes
- Mentor or manage other people leaders
- Build further upon a culture of technical and management excellence
- Strong technical roots in hands-on development of complex system software; depth being more important than breadth
- Manage cross-functional teams of Android, iOS, and Cloud Engineers
- Strong Background in building partner integrations capabilities
- Ability to engage with technical leaders designing distributed systems at scale
- Operated as a manager and/or engineer during periods of fast business growth
- 7+ years of progressive experience being directly employed to develop software in products being sold to consumers or their enterprise customers
- 5+ years of formal management experience including performance appraisals
- Detail orientation and informed bias-to-action
- Experience in managing remote first employees and teams
- Proficiency in Java, GO, Kotlin or Swift
- Proficiency in AWS or other public clouds
- Experience writing job descriptions
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 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.
Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference
- Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust.
- Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
- Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families.
- High Intensity High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done.
We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!
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