[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Ads Engineering (AI-Native)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Life360 is a company focused on keeping families connected through innovative technology. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect and develop robust ad servers and ecosystems that support high-volume ad transactions, ensuring optimal performance and user experience while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction of Life360’s Ads AdServer and Exchange platform, ensuring it scales reliably to support 20+ billion daily events with strict latency and availability targets
• Drive architectural decisions that improve system resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance across distributed, multi–data center environments
• Elevate the engineering bar by setting standards for design quality, scalability, observability, and operational excellence
• Enable revenue growth by integrating demand and supply partners and strengthening Real-Time Bidding and auction capabilities
• Partner with Product and Design to unlock new monetization opportunities through innovative ad formats and platform capabilities
• Anticipate scaling challenges and proactively design solutions before they impact customers or business performance
• Lead complex technical initiatives end-to-end, aligning multiple teams around clear architectural outcomes
• Advance automation and quality practices, including AI-driven API validation and testing strategies, to improve velocity without compromising stability
• Improve platform reliability by strengthening monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis practices
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier, increasing the overall effectiveness and technical depth of the organization

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required
• 8+ years experience and deep expertise in Java and multi-threaded system design, with the ability to optimize for performance under heavy concurrency
• A track record of architecting and operating high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems at significant scale
• Demonstrated success scaling systems across data centers, including replication strategies and distributed data management
• Strong judgment in balancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural sustainability
• Experience influencing technical strategy across teams without direct authority
• Proven ability to translate business objectives—particularly in advertising or monetization ecosystems—into scalable technical solutions
• Solid database expertise and a strong understanding of data consistency, performance trade-offs, and capacity planning
• Experience operating within cloud-native environments, ideally AWS-based infrastructures
• Feel comfortable with the entire client flow and how it interacts with the various business components (Admin, App, Analytics etc)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to align engineering, product, and business stakeholders around shared outcomes
• Familiarity with AdTech ecosystems, including advertiser technologies or Real-Time Bidding frameworks, is highly desirable
• Mentor team members and contribute to team processes, technical standards, and help evolve the team's AI-native engineering practices
• Work with AI (Claude Code) as a first-class collaborator - orchestrating agents to scaffold services, generate IaC, draft schema definitions, and accelerate code review
• Apply agentic workflows to reduce overall cycle time and operational overhead
• Experience Integrating 3rd party Demand & Supply partners, is a plus

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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