Senior Backend Engineer Ii - Ai-native, Devices Cloud
Life360
Remote, US
Base: $148,000 to $216,500 usd (us); base: 171,500...
Remote
5+ years backend service experience
Hands-on llm prompting and evaluation
Agentic workflow orchestration
Life360 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer II for their Devices Cloud team to enhance their AI-native backend services powering connected hardware. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in backend development, particularly with AI tools, and be comfortable collaborating across teams
Job Summary
Life360 is an AI-Native team that uses AI as a first-class collaborator for spec writing, code generation, and system design.
The role involves building scalable backend services for connected devices like Tile trackers and Jiobit wearables while defining AI-native engineering practices.
Candidates are expected to use AI coding assistants daily for substantive tasks including analysis, refactoring, and test validation without sacrificing quality.
Matching Summary
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Life360 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer II for their Devices Cloud team to enhance their AI-native backend services powering connected hardware. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in backend development, particularly with AI tools, and be comfortable collaborating across teams.
Salary
Base: $148,000 to $216,500 USD (US); Base: 171,500 to 201,000 CAD (Canada); Equity included
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
5+ years backend service experience
Hands-on LLM prompting and evaluation
Agentic workflow orchestration
AWS microservices architecture
High-throughput streaming data pipelines
Nice-to-have
IoT or embedded hardware systems experience
Kafka or Kinesis streaming platforms
Time-series data ingest systems
Observability tooling expertise
SRE practices and automated testing
Key Requirements
5+ years experience in Java, Go, or Python
Deep experience with agentic workflows and prompt engineering
Strong background in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure