
Staff Android Engineer, Experiences
Life360
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $167,000 - $245,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Help drive and define Android experiences across Maps, Realtime, Feed, Notifications, History, and coordination features.
- Work closely with technical leads across individual teams to align on patterns, architectural guardrails, and execution plans.
- Provide direction that helps teams sequence work effectively and build toward a cohesive, long-term experience.
- Influence product and design direction, translate goals into clear engineering plans, and ensure teams understand tradeoffs and implementation paths.
- Unblock complex technical challenges, deliver prototypes, perform deep reviews, and raise the bar for engineering quality across the department.
- Write production code while focusing on high-leverage activities that accelerate teams and improve architectural consistency.
- Improve engineering efficiency through better tooling, workflow automation, and AI-enabled development practices.
- Collaborate closely with Design to deliver polished, intuitive, and emotionally expressive interactions.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building consumer-facing Android applications at scale, ideally in high-engagement, high-MAU products.
- Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development practices such as Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and Architecture Components.
- Strong architectural skills and the ability to define patterns and guide technical direction across multiple teams.
- Experience leading complex, multi-team initiatives and delivering cohesive end-to-end user experiences.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with Design to build polished, intuitive, and high-quality interactions.
- Ability to influence product direction through technical insight, clear framing, and thoughtful evaluation of tradeoffs.
- Demonstrated strength as a hands-on technical multiplier through mentorship, deep reviews, prototyping, and unblocker-level problem solving.
- Experience with AI-enabled tooling or developer workflow automation.
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
KotlinJetpack ComposeCoroutinesArchitecture ComponentsAndroid developmentproduction codeworkflow automationAI-enabled development practicesprototypingengineering quality
Soft skills
collaborationinfluencementorshipproblem solvingcommunicationdirectiontechnical insightevaluation of tradeoffsleadershiporganizational skills