Staff Android Engineer, AI Native

Life360

. Help drive and define Android experiences across Maps, Realtime, Feed, Notifications, History, and coordination features.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeCalifornia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $167,000 - $280,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidKotlin

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
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.
Direct AI agents through the development loop, from problem framing through code, review, and ship. Own what comes out.
Build with instrumentation and quality gates from the start, not after. Every feature needs a signal on whether it's actually working.
Push AI-native practices across the Experiences team (agentic workflows, automated tracking, LLM-assisted validation). This is part of what a Staff engineer does here now.
Collaborate closely with Design to deliver polished, intuitive, and emotionally expressive interactions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
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.
Active use and development of AI coding agents in your day-to-day work, with real examples of AI-directed output you owned and shipped.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

KotlinAndroid developmentJetpack ComposeCoroutinesArchitecture ComponentsprototypingAI coding agentsproduction codetechnical directionengineering quality

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem solvingmentorshipinfluencecommunicationevaluation of tradeoffsdirectionexecution planningteam coordination

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Software EngineeringBachelor's degree in Computer EngineeringBachelor's degree in Mathematics