Staff Engineer, Mobile Android Maps

About Life360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 66 million monthly active users (MAU) across more than 150 countries. 

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family). 

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US) regardless of any specified location above. 

About The Team

The Core Maps Experience team is a core team responsible for driving the underlying mapping frameworks and the advanced implementation of mapping functionality. They will guide the direction of our future user experience by introducing new and improved capabilities. 

About the Job

This role is to be a key driver of technical capabilities within our  Core Maps Experience team, focused on owning the entire mapping layer for the Life360 application. This includes implementing our foundational mapping layers within the application. This role can define the future direction, including projects such as building an editor to enable real-time map iteration with the design team. 

This individual would be a key contributor to our North Star design, which heavily relies on creating a modular but cohesive mapping experience that is scalable and can be worked on by hundreds of mobile engineers. 

This is an extremely high leverage and challenging role that has the capability to greatly increase not only our ability to deliver delight to our customers directly but also indirectly through making the entire mobile engineering group working within our core experiences more effective.

The US-based salary range for this position is $166,500 to $245,000. We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary- therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

What You’ll Do

• Build and iterate on the new unified maps framework on Android
• Guide and teach the team about usage and best practices in working with the mapping layer
• Directly partner with product and design to create best-in-class mapping experiences
• Work with broader architecture groups to define the direction of technology and align future development with it
• Help improve the mobile engineering team's overall ability to work at high velocity

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of Android development experience
• 2+ years of mobile map experience
• Deep understanding of the map ecosystem and data layers that interface with it
• A self-starter who can align and drive technical design decisions
• Ability to rapidly iterate product ideations and drive innovation 
• Ability to work closely with visual and motion designers
• Experience working at high-scale, B2C companies
• Help define and guide best practices within our mobile code bases and map components
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• (Bonus) Experience with graphics programming or game development

Our 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

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

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