Senior Data Engineer II, AI NativeAbout the TeamThe Data & Analytics team is building Life360's next-generation data platform - powering real-time decision-making, experimentation, ML, and large-scale analytics. We operate at significant scale and complexity in a high-ambiguity environment, and we expect engineers to own problems, drive clarity, and raise the bar across the org.
We're looking for a high-intensity engineer who wants to envision, design, and build high-impact data products with cutting-edge tools - all while keeping our members ahead of the metrics. You'll become the go-to person for data products across the business, joining a collaborative team that communicates openly, celebrates wins together, and is committed to helping everyone do their best work.
About the JobAt Life360, we collect a lot of data: tens of billions of unique location points, tens of billions of user actions, billions of miles driven every single month, and so much more. As a Senior Data Engineer II, you will enhance and maintain our data processing and storage pipelines for a robust and secure data lakehouse. We're looking for a strong engineering background - and just as important, a genuine desire to take ownership and make our data systems world class.
The US-based salary range for this position is $148,000 to $216,500. 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 DoPrimary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, distributed data pipelines and systems - from ingestion through ELT to storage - supporting streaming and batch processing for real-time analytics, ML, and experimentation.
- Automate, test, and harden data workflows to ensure reliability at scale.
- Architect logical and physical data models that meet evolving business needs.
- Build and maintain features for ML models.
- Collaborate with product, analytics, and data science teams to turn data into value.
What We're Looking For- 5+ years of experience working with high volume data infrastructure.
- Deep expertise with a modern cloud data warehouse or lakehouse platform (Databricks preferred; Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar also considered) on a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Proficient in Python and SQL, with the ability to write and optimize complex queries.
- Hands-on experience with dbt.
- Experience with large-scale data processing using Spark and/or Presto/Trino.
- Strong grasp of data modeling, partitioning strategies, storage formats, and analytical workload optimization.
- Hands-on experience leveraging LLMs for code generation, analysis, and related work - including reviewing AI-generated output with a close eye on quality, standards, and testing, and owning it as your own.
- Experience with modern data engineering tooling - orchestration (Airflow, Databricks Workflows), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, DABs).
- BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering (Computer, Electrical, or Software), or a related quantitative field.
AI-Native Expectations
- The team leverages LLMs to support code generation, analysis, and other use cases. Your experience with AI / LLM usage should include managing code generation with a close eye on quality, standards, and testing - owning the outputs as your own. Your work with and ability to leverage these tools will drive your velocity and ability to effectively work within our environment.
Nice to Have- Experience working with an experimentation framework.
- Experience designing and maintaining real-time streaming architectures.
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, 12 company-wide days off throughout the year
- Winter and Summer Weeklong 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 ValuesOur 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.
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