Staff Data Engineer — AI-Native, Remote-First

Life360; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 280,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans

401(k) plan with company matching

Flexible PTO

Learning & Development programs

Equipment support for remote work

Job summary

Life360 is looking for a Staff Data Engineer to architect and evolve scalable, cost-efficient data platforms for real-time analytics. The role requires at least 8 years of experience designing high-volume distributed systems, with expertise in Python, SQL, and AWS. Life360 offers a competitive salary range of $190,000 to $280,500 USD and a range of benefits including medical insurance and flexible PTO. Join a collaborative environment that values high standards and diverse perspectives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and operating high-volume distributed data systems in production.
• Deep expertise with cloud data platforms and AWS, including performance tuning and cost optimization.
• Strong proficiency with SQL, Spark for large-scale processing.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve scalable, cost-efficient data platforms for real-time and batch analytics.
• Data systems ownership from ingestion to serving.
• Define and enforce engineering standards for CI/CD and observability.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Airflow

AWS

databricks

CI/CD practices

data modeling

communication

Education

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Life360 is looking for a Staff Data Engineer to architect and evolve scalable, cost-efficient data platforms for real-time analytics. The role requires at least 8 years of experience designing high-volume distributed systems, with expertise in Python, SQL, and AWS. Life360 offers a competitive salary range of $190,000 to $280,500 USD and a range of benefits including medical insurance and flexible PTO. Join a collaborative environment that values high standards and diverse perspectives.