Backend Software Engineer, Life360

Java

$115-150k

For candidates based out of Canada, the salary range for this position is $125,000 to $145,000 CAD. Plus Equity

PHP

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Kafka

Postgres

Cassandra

MySQL

Spring

DynamoDB

Junior and Mid level

Remote in Canada, US

Location sharing app for families

Job no longer available

Location sharing app for families

201-500 employees

B2CLocation servicesCommunicationD2C

Job no longer available

$115-150k

For candidates based out of Canada, the salary range for this position is $125,000 to $145,000 CAD. Plus Equity

PHP

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Kafka

Postgres

Cassandra

MySQL

Spring

DynamoDB

Junior and Mid level

Remote in Canada, US

201-500 employees

B2CLocation servicesCommunicationD2C

Company mission

To simplify safety, so families can live fully.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar quantitative field or the equivalent industry experience
2+ years experience with Java/Spring Boot
1+ years experience with relational or non-relational databases such as MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc
Understand microservices and their architectures
Understand how to deploy and maintain systems, ideally with Kubernetes
Communicates effectively with cross-platform teammates

Desirable

2+ years experience with Java (bonus for Spring Framework experience), Python, PHP, CakePHP, and queuing/stream technologies such as Kafka and NSQ
Adaptive to working across programming languages regularly
Experience working remotely, with minimal guidance
Experience working with AWS products
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes

What the job involves

The Horizons Cloud Engineering team is responsible for defining, building, and supporting the foundational cloud services that all developers at Life360 depend on
This team consists of some of the most senior and trusted engineers at Life360 who are constantly thinking about scale and performance and how it will impact the millions of customers and families that depend on our services
If you are looking to multiply your output, this is your team
You’ll be working with a close-knit backend team of Cloud, PHP, Java, and Python engineers, all working closely to provide a best-in-class platform for developers to use
This team works closely with our Staff engineers and other teams at Life360 to ensure solutions will perform at scale
Work with other engineers to implement best-steps to decouple PHP monolith services into new Java microservices
Horizontally scale our PHP platform to handle another 10+ billion events per day
Work cross-functionally across teams to gain alignment on your or team's initiatives
Monitor health, suggest/drive improvements for, and deploy your own services
Maintain and improve service level objectives (SLOs)
Collaborate closely with Senior engineers to build technical specs
Help our Test Engineering team to further automate services and component validation
Create and update automation suites to enable improved automation

Our take

Life360 is a platform for families that aims to bring them closer together by helping them better sync, communicate, and stay safe.

The business is particularly focused on enabling family members and friends to share their locations with one another. In addition, Life360 offers group messaging services, and also makes it possible for users to call for roadside assistance. The platform is focused on ensuring that both family members and friends can enhance their safety and connections with one another.

Customer service advisors are available on a real-time basis, while the developers of the app have also enhanced its privacy and security features recently. After an IPO in 2019, the company has received numerous awards and is recognized as a pioneer in its field, even piloting a new driving safety feature.

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Insights

Top investors

34% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (2.5)

Company

Employee endorsements

Opportunities to learn

"Life360 has a culture of generating hypothesises, running tests, analysing the results and iterating. This has given me so much opportunity to learn..."

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Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Oct 2018

$28m

SERIES D

Dec 2017

$18.5m

LATE VC

Total funding: $117.3m

Company values

Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust that doesn’t tolerate jerks (even if they’re brilliant).
Be Direct With Respect - We have a culture of radical candor that prevents company politics, passive aggressiveness, or being overly nice at the expense of performance and feedback.
Members Over Metrics - We have a company that is known for an amazing customer experience and a culture of product excellence.
High Intensity High Impact - We have a team of passionate, driven, ambitious people who work hard and are always challenging us to do better.

Company HQ

East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

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Leadership

Chris Hulls

(CEO)

Joined US Air Force aged 17. Attended UC Berkeley. Founded Life360 in 2008.

Alex Haro

(Board Member)

Co-founded with Chris Hulls in 2008 - CTO until 2019. Founded mymoneykarma in January 2020.

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