Senior Backend Cloud Developer II, Developer Experience

Life360

Senior Backend Cloud Developer II for Life360, enhancing internal developer platforms and engineering velocity with AI-native transformation. Focus on CI/CD, infrastructure, and tooling improvements.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$171,500 - CA$201,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoJavaKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement CI/CD pipeline infrastructure using GitHub Actions, Argo Rollouts, or similar tools, optimizing for developer velocity and reliability.
Build and maintain internal developer tooling, SDKs, and self-service platform capabilities on top of Kubernetes (EKS) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD).
Own infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Atmos) for shared developer platform resources across multiple AWS accounts.
Work with developers and operations engineers to define clear, helpful guidelines for rolling production changes out safely.
Track metrics on organization tools like Cortex to validate that our changes are having the intended effect.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on cloud-native development, platform patterns, and AI engineering practices.
Contribute to incident response and postmortem processes, including building AI-driven tooling for detection, triage, and prevention.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in software or platform engineering, with at least 2 years in infrastructure- or tooling-focused roles.
Strong experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferred), Helm, and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD).
Proficiency designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Harness, CodeFresh, or similar).
Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Atmos).
Solid understanding of AWS services, networking, IAM, and distributed system patterns.
Strong programming skills in Go, Python, or Java, with demonstrated ability to ship production-grade internal tooling.
Fluent AI-native engineer: uses Claude Code, Copilot, or similar agents daily; has built or deployed at least one AI-powered automation in a production context.
Proven ability to drive cross-team platform initiatives and communicate technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay and benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans
RRSP plan with DPSP company matching program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
Flexible PTO, several 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

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Hard Skills & Tools

CI/CD pipelinesKubernetesGitOpsTerraformAtmosAWSGoPythonJavaAI-powered automation

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationcross-team collaborationguideline definitionincident responsepostmortem processes