Senior Backend Engineer II - Devices Cloud

Life360

8d•$148,000 - $216,500•Remote

About The Position

As a Backend Engineer on the Devices Cloud team, you’ll build and operate the cloud services that power Life360’s connected devices. This role sits at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and mobile, translating real-world device signals into reliable, scalable backend systems. You’ll work on high-throughput, low-latency services that manage device state, ingest telemetry, and enable new device-driven features for millions of members worldwide. The work is hands-on, systems-oriented, and designed for engineers who enjoy solving messy, real-world problems at scale.

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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.

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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