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Life360

The #1 family safety app 📱

Senior Backend Engineer – Devices Cloud

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerOtherRemoteSeniorTeam 201-500Since 2008H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

150 days ago

Salary

$148K - $216.5K / year

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Senior Backend Engineer – Devices Cloud

Life360

• 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.

Job Requirements

  • 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.

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.

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