Engineering Manager, Consumer Backend Experiences

Life360; Canada; Remote; CAD 195,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Experience Cloud team. This role focuses on developing backend systems for engaging user experiences within the application. The ideal candidate should have significant engineering management experience and strong technical leadership skills. This position is fully remote and offers competitive compensation.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching program

Flexible PTO

Equipment reimbursement

Free Life360 Platinum Membership

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on backend development experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of backend engineers focused on server-driven experiences.
• Own backend systems for dynamic content delivery.
• Drive rapid prototyping and MVP development.

Skills

Engineering management experience

Backend development

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Java

Go

Kubernetes

AWS

gRPC

DynamoDB

Kafka

Job description

Remote, USA; Remote, Canada

About Life360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 88 million monthly active users (MAU), as of June 2025 across more than 180 countries.

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family).

Life360 has more than 500 remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US and Canada) regardless of any specified location above.

About the Job

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Experience Cloud team within the Location Experiences group. This team is responsible for building the cloud services that power some of the most dynamic and engaging surfaces in the Life360 app, including our unified map, mission-critical family coordination, and server-driven content framework.

This role is ideal for a technically minded leader with a bias for action who enjoys building and shaping teams, operating with agency, and working across disciplines to turn vision into systems. The ideal candidate has a history of serving as a technical lead, enabling thoughtful architecture decisions, and leading backend teams in close collaboration with product, analytics, and design partners.

You’ll work cross-functionally to bring to life Life360’s North Star vision, one that is intelligent, personalized, and deeply engaging for families. By enabling adaptive, coordinated features across the Life360 application, you’ll help deliver magical experiences that make everyday family life better.

Salary for candidates based in the US ranges from $166,500 to $245,000 USD. For candidates based in Canada, the salary ranges from $195,500 to $230,000 CAD. We consider an individual’s background and experience in determining final salary; base pay offered may vary by geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a team of backend engineers focused on Life360’s server-driven experience platform and key coordination experiences that underpin everyday family connection, safety, and peace of mind
• Own key backend systems that enable dynamic content delivery to mobile clients across key surfaces like map views, contextual alerts, and insights
• Drive rapid prototyping, MVP development, and backend experimentation in support of member engagement goals
• Collaborate closely across mobile engineering, product, analytics, design, and infrastructure to deliver cohesive, context-aware experiences
• Improve backend development efficiency, eliminate process friction, and reduce time-to-value for internal teams
• Maintain operational excellence (SLOs, observability, scalability) across a rapidly growing userbase and set of services
• Contribute to technical strategy and product roadmapping with a pragmatic, iterative approach that continually builds off past investments

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years of engineering management experience, with 6+ years of hands-on backend development experience
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead for high-impact cross-functional engineering projects
• Deep familiarity with modern, highly-scalable backend stacks using technologies such as Java or Go, Kubernetes, AWS, gRPC, DynamoDB, Kafka, and microservice-based architectures
• Ability to translate product goals into clean, scalable architectural solutions
• Passion for collaboration and cross-functional delivery; thrives in partnerships with Product, Mobile, Analytics, and Design teams
• Strong leadership skills in building efficient, self-motivated, remote-first teams that focus on delivering user outcomes and impact
• Strong communication skills with an instinct for creating clarity, making smart tradeoffs, and influencing across organizations
• Experience with AI-driven development productivity tools

Bonus

• Experience running full mobile and backend stack teams
• Familiarity with content delivery systems, content personalization, server-driven UI frameworks, or CMS platforms
• Background in AI-powered product development
• Expertise in geo-aware, location-based, or mapping applications
• 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.
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment.
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust.
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families.
• High Intensity High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.

Apply for this job