Staff Android Engineer

Summary

Join Life360's App Experiences team as a Staff Android Engineer and play a pivotal role in the major redesign of our mobile application. You will collaborate with the design team to build foundational in-app experiences, focusing on navigation, home surfaces, contextual UI, and personalized content. This role requires deep product engineering expertise and a platform mindset to create a faster, more useful, and emotionally resonant product for millions of families. You will lead development of a modern, scalable UX architecture and collaborate with Design and Product teams. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k matching, flexible PTO, and more. Life360 is a remote-first company, so this role can be performed remotely within the US.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building consumer-facing Android applications at scale, ideally for high-MAU products
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development (Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Architecture Components)
• Track record of building and leading complex UI systems with a focus on performance, modularity, scalability, and accessibility
• Experience with server-driven UI frameworks, remote config, and dynamic content rendering
• Strong understanding of app architecture, lifecycle management, dependency injection, and navigation paradigms
• Passion for design systems, intuitive design, seamless animations, and building products that delight users at scale

Responsibilities

• Build core application experiences that increase the utility and emotional resonance of Life360 for millions of members
• Lead development of a modern, scalable UX architecture , aligned with a reimagined information architecture and supporting server-driven, personalized content delivery
• Collaborate with Design and Product to evolve how members move through and experience the app, from onboarding to daily use, ensuring fast, intuitive, and delightful interaction patterns
• Develop reusable, high-performance components and tools that unlock faster experimentation, iteration, and cross-team collaboration
• Champion engineering excellence , app performance, and reliability, particularly in the context of complex, location-driven mobile applications
• Mentor and lead engineers across the team to elevate code quality, architectural decision-making, and execution velocity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting app redesigns or architecture migrations
• Experience creating UI flexible systems that scale to hundreds of engineers
• Exposure to shaders and other low-level rendering development
• Background in location-aware or contextual apps

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
• Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year
• Winter and Summer Week-long Synchronized Company Shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
• Free Tile Products