Staff Android Engineer, AI Native (Experiences)

Life360

19h•Remote

About The Position

Life360 is seeking a Staff Android Engineer, AI Native (Experiences) to join their remote-first team. This role operates horizontally across the Experiences Department, focusing on ensuring the coherence and quality of the core member experience, including Maps, Realtime, Feed, Notifications, and History. The ideal candidate will act as an owner, influencing product and design direction, shaping technical strategy, and ensuring a seamless user experience for Life360's 91 million monthly users. A key expectation is the ability to work in an AI-native way, directing AI agents through the full development cycle and holding the quality bar for AI-directed output. This is a hands-on role involving deep reviews, prototyping, and unblocking complex technical challenges, with the goal of accelerating the work of surrounding teams and improving architectural consistency. The role requires a strong understanding of modern Android development practices and the ability to lead complex, multi-team initiatives.

Requirements

8+ years of experience building consumer-facing Android applications at scale, ideally in high-engagement, high-MAU products.
Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development practices such as Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and Architecture Components.
Strong architectural skills and the ability to define patterns and guide technical direction across multiple teams.
Experience leading complex, multi-team initiatives and delivering cohesive end-to-end user experiences.
Ability to influence product direction through technical insight, clear framing, and thoughtful evaluation of tradeoffs.
Demonstrated strength as a hands-on technical multiplier through mentorship, deep reviews, prototyping, and unblocker-level problem solving.
Active use and development of AI coding agents in your day-to-day work, with real examples of AI-directed output you owned and shipped.
You think in problems, not tasks. There should be examples where you shaped what got built, not just how.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Responsibilities

Help drive and define Android experiences across Maps, Realtime, Feed, Notifications, History, and coordination features.
Work closely with technical leads across individual teams to align on patterns, architectural guardrails, and execution plans.
Provide direction that helps teams sequence work effectively and build toward a cohesive, long-term experience.
Unblock complex technical challenges, deliver prototypes, perform deep reviews, and raise the bar for engineering quality across the department.
Write production code while focusing on high-leverage activities that accelerate teams and improve architectural consistency.
Direct AI agents through the development loop, from problem framing through code, review, and ship. Own what comes out.
Build with instrumentation and quality gates from the start, not after. Every feature needs a signal on whether it's actually working.
Push AI-native practices across the Experiences team (agentic workflows, automated tracking, LLM-assisted validation).
Collaborate closely with Design to deliver polished, intuitive, and emotionally expressive interactions.

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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