Senior Mobile Android Build and Release Engineer

Life360; United States; Remote; USD 123,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company seeks a Senior Mobile Build and Release Engineer to enhance our CI/CD pipeline for mobile applications. You will collaborate with developers to ensure high-quality app delivery while maintaining build systems and infrastructure. Candidates should have a strong technical background, particularly in Android development, and be proficient in CI/CD principles. This remote-first position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, contributing to a mission-driven culture focused on innovation and diversity.

Benefits

Competitive pay and benefits

Flexible PTO

Learning & Development programs

Free Life360 Platinum Membership

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience required.
• Experience with CI/CD principles, architecture, and operations.
• Strong understanding of Android development and app release processes.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and operate our mobile app CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with app developers and test engineers for consistent delivery.
• Monitor and fix build pipelines, identifying bottlenecks for improvement.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Python

Go

Ruby

CI/CD

Build Tools

Mobile App Distribution

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Gradle

Maven

Buildkite

Jenkins

CircleCI

Job description

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 83.7 million monthly active users (MAU), as of May 2025 across more than 150 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 (and growing!) 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 Team

We are agile, focused and obsessed with helping our engineers ship faster. We encourage our software engineers to embrace shared responsibility for writing testable, high-performance, maintainable code. We deliver the Life360 mobile apps weekly and fearlessly with a quality-oriented engineering culture. Individuals on our team are motivated, trusted, and continuously focused on technical perfection.

About the Job

As a Senior Mobile (Android) Build and Release Engineer on the Life360 Engineering team, you will help keep the Mobile CI/CD pipeline running at top speed. We need smart and passionate engineers who are obsessed with squeezing every bit of performance out of a build system and ensuring we safely deliver our apps to market. You will work with app developers and test engineers to provide consistent, high-confidence delivery through our CI/CD pipelines.

For candidates based in the US, the salary range for this position is $123,000 to 180,500 USD. For candidates based out of Canada, the salary range for this position is 145,000 to 169,500 CAD. Note: Please be aware that the job title for positions in Canada will be "Developer" in lieu of "Engineer." We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary- therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on 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

• Build, maintain, and operate our mobile app CI/CD pipelines
• Operate our build infrastructure, including working with vendor partners
• Create the next-generation developer tooling and infrastructure for Life360’s mobile apps, focusing on productivity, testing, and release
• Track and monitor the usage/consumption of Infrastructure services; ensure performance, SLA, and cost control adherence
• Develop telemetry and alerting for opportunities to improve build infrastructure and tooling, and execute on them
• Monitor and fix build pipelines, identify bottlenecks, and make improvements
• Collaborate with leadership and key partners regularly
• Keep the build pipelines updated as newer versions of Android are released
• Making developers happy and productive is at the core of your mission

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience
• Proficient in one system language like Kotlin or Java and scripting languages like Python, Go, Ruby
• Experience with build tools like Gradle or Maven
• Experience with containerizing build workloads
• Experience with Fastlane deployment
• Experience with Mobile App Distribution to the Google Play Store
• Experience with developing automated internal frameworks, increasing developer and release velocity, improving code health, and building developer tools
• Experience with CI/CD principles, architecture, and operations
• Working experience with Buildkite, Jenkins, CircleCI or other CI/CD platforms
• Strong understanding of Android development, networking, log analysis tools, and app release

Our Benefits

• 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.
• Learning & Development programs.
• 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. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

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