Remote VP, Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and disa

Parental leave

401(k) with company match

Mental Wellness Program & EAP

Flexible PTO and holidays

Learning & Development programs

Remote work tools reimbursement

Free Life360 Platinum Membership and**

Job summary

Life360 is seeking an experienced VP of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the platform, systems, and infrastructure behind Life360’s products. You’ll shape our technical strategy to scale reliably toward our 2028 goals of 150M monthly active users and $1B+ in revenue, and help the engineering organization adopt AI-native ways of working.

While this is a leadership role, you’ll be involved across all domains, driving strategic infrastructure initiatives, building scalable platforms, and

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Seasoned infrastructure/platform leader with a track record of building stellar teams.
• Many years of experience leading large-scale infra or platform orgs, including leading through managers or directors.
• Deep fluency in distributed systems and cloud architecture.
• Track record of scaling infra for consumer products at massive scale, with reliability improvements.
• Experience with AI-native initiatives and driving organizational shifts toward AI-native ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership – Define and execute an infrastructure vision aligning with Life360's goals.
• Developer Productivity & Enablement – Build pipelines and internal tooling, including AI-powered capabilities, for rapid shipping.
• Reliability & Scalability – Ensure uptime, latency, observability, and cost discipline at scale.
• Team Leadership & Culture – Recruit, mentor, and grow a top infrastructure team and promote engineering craft.
• Cross-Functional Alignment – Partner with Engineering, Data Science/ML, Security, and Product to plan infra initiatives.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Leadership

AI-native experience

Strategic thinking

Data-driven

Education

Computer Science degree or related field

Job description

Life360 is seeking an experienced VP of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the platform, systems, and infrastructure behind Life360’s products. You’ll shape our technical strategy to scale reliably toward our 2028 goals of 150M monthly active users and $1B+ in revenue, and help the engineering organization adopt AI-native ways of working.

While this is a leadership role, you’ll be involved across all domains, driving strategic infrastructure initiatives, building scalable platforms, and