Staff Software Engineer AI-Native, International

About the company Life360's mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Its category-leading mobile app, Tile tracking devices, and Pet GPS tracker empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most — including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 97.8 million monthly active users across 180+ countries and has 500+ remote-first employees. About the role The International team at Life360 is building the next frontier of meaningful connection, bringing Life360's peace-of-mind platform to families everywhere regardless of where they live. As a Staff Software Engineer AI-Native, you'll work on an AI-Native engineering team where AI is a first-class collaborator at every stage: ideation, coding, testing, review, and iteration. You'll design and build high-quality APIs and services for international markets, and help define what AI-Native engineering looks like at scale. Responsibilities - Design and build high-quality APIs and services for international adaptation and localized experiences - Work with AI (Claude Code) as a primary collaborator to generate code, tests, and code reviews - Define and codify AI-Native engineering practices across the team - Collaborate with product managers and designers to turn user problems into engineering solutions - Participate in on-call rotation and incident response - Mentor team members and support performance, reliability, and accessibility standards Requirements - 8+ years of experience building consumer-scale services - 1+ years of hands-on experience prompting, evaluating, and building with LLMs - Strong proficiency in cloud development (Java, Kubernetes, AWS, streaming technologies) - Deep experience with agentic workflows, prompt engineering, and context window management - High agency, ownership mindset, and strong communication skills - Bachelor's Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience Nice to have - Experience with international/localization engineering at scale - Familiarity with Life360's tech stack or similar consumer mobile platforms Benefits & perks - Competitive pay, equity, and 401(k)/RRSP with company matching - 100% paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance (US); supplemental plans (Canada) - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness - Flexible PTO and 12 company-wide days off per year - Learning & Development programs - Remote environment equipment and tooling reimbursement - Free Life360 Platinum Membership Compensation US: $190,000–$280,500 USD. Canada: CAD $237,500–$280,500. Includes equity and company benefits.