Software Development Engineer in Test, Life360
Cloud
$112.5-145k
Plus equity
Location sharing app for families
Job no longer available
Location sharing app for families
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$112.5-145k
Plus equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To simplify safety, so families can live fully.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar quantitative field
- 5+ years of experience in a SDET role
- 5+ years of experience writing and executing unit ,integration and e2e tests
- Strong communication skills - this will be an extremely cross-functional role
- Technical fluency: ability to quickly learn new systems and dive in to tough problems
- Strong experience in API, microservices, postman testing/automation
- Good experience in performance testing (Jmeter)
- Natural curiosity and ability to break software
- Tenacious approach to finding the most difficult bugs
- Highly proficient in Java, Python or a similar language
Desirable
- Good understanding CI/CD/CT
- Good understanding of data stores, distributed systems and data modeling
- Self-motivator, who can work independently, able to learn quickly, meets deadlines and demonstrates problem-solving skills
- Effectively communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner and ability to coordinate cross-team efforts
- Experience with agile development methodology
- Experience with developer tools like git, Maven and Jenkins
- Experience with the AWS environment and its various tools
What the job involves
- As a SDET II, Cloud at Life360, you will be working with other engineers to solve complex QA problems in the platform
- You are a passionate SDET who wants to have a high impact; looking for a hands-on SDET with a technical vision for platform testing and automation
- Build testing strategies for the features under development
- Define, design and deliver tools and automation framework for our backend systems
- Work with stakeholders for crafting test strategies, test plans, and test scenarios for product under test
- Be a strong quality advocate, collaborating closely with software engineers, designers, and product managers for backend testability and design
- Create end-to-end, cross cloud-impacting, integration automation (APII) with complex orgs
- Monitor product and/or feature-level quality health metrics (testability, test health, test coverage, etc)
- Collaborate and lead a small team of offshore manual testers
- Self-motivated, who can work independently, is able to learn quickly, meets deadlines and demonstrates problem-solving skills
- Communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner between Life360 and the Tile team
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
34% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (4.1)
Trustpilot (2.5)
Company
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
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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