Life360

Senior iOS Engineer

United States

$123,000 – $180,500Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Mobile App, Biotechnology, Family SafetyIndustries

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 83.7 million monthly active users (MAU), as of May 2025 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 Canada) regardless of any specified location above.

About the Job

This role is for a Senior iOS Engineer position within the Life360 Places team. This person will be responsible for building Places-related experiences and unique technologies that are used horizontally across all features of the app. As a member of the team, you will be shipping weekly and must be comfortable with quick iteration cycles.

The US based salary range for this position is $123,000 to $180,500. The Canada-based salary range for this position is 145,000 to 180,000 CAD. 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

  • Work with a cross-functional team and collaborate closely with design, back-end engineering, marketing, data science, and product
  • Design, maintain and innovate on Places related features such as Places of Interest (POI), Reverse Geocoding (RGC) and Metadata Geocode Tiling
  • Design and maintain Places specific features and experiments for iOS using tools such as SwiftUI, CoreAnimation, Combine, CoreData and other relevant frameworks
  • Opportunity to be on the leading edge of Places experiences building new technologies to scale Life360 beyond 150 million monthly active users
  • Contribute to an ever-evolving product roadmap to improve contextual awareness and geolocation
  • Identify and work on key improvements to make RGC more scalable and cost effective

What We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience with Swift
  • 3+ years of experience with SwiftUI, CoreData and Objective-C
  • Experience with reactive programming languages such as RxSwift and Combine
  • Experience with networking technologies such as REST, Protocol Buffers and gRPC
  • Comfortable with rapid experimentation, high agency development and quick iteration timelines
  • Familiarity with developing highly polished user interfaces and animations
  • Familiarity with background running tasks/services on iOS
  • Familiarity with XCUITest
  • A passion for quality

We want someone who will take the craftsmanship of their work seriously and strive to improve the areas they work in continually.

  • Pioneer new test strategies via automation to enhance the reliability and efficiency of our testing processes.
  • Proven experience in developing and implementing automated test strategies

Strong communication

  • Will communicate with multiple teams, including both systems and product teams
  • At times, may need to communicate with external partners

Our Benefits

  • Competitive pay and benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans

Skills

iOS
Swift
Objective-C
Mobile Development
Agile
CI/CD

Life360

Family safety services with location sharing

About Life360

Life360 offers family safety services through a mobile app that includes features like real-time location sharing, place alerts, and driver reports. These tools help families stay connected and informed about each other's whereabouts and driving habits. Unlike its competitors, Life360 focuses specifically on family-oriented services and has a large global user base, with over 25 million members in 13 languages. The company's goal is to enhance the safety and well-being of families through its subscription-based offerings.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2008Year Founded
$114.9MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, CybersecurityIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Core business hours for work-life balance
No-meetings on Wednesday afternoons
Home office stipend
Remote-first work environment
In-person collaboration opportunities
Competitive pay and benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) program with company match

Risks

Increased competition from apps like WYA could threaten Life360's market share.
The new advertising platform may raise privacy concerns among Life360 users.
Supply chain vulnerabilities may arise from expanded partnerships with manufacturers like Jabil.

Differentiation

Life360 offers a comprehensive suite of family safety features, including location sharing.
The company integrates with smart home devices for seamless family safety management.
Life360's gamified user experience encourages safe driving habits among teenagers.

Upsides

Life360's inclusion in the Russell 2000 and 3000 Indexes boosts its market visibility.
The partnership with Jabil enhances Life360's manufacturing capabilities and product quality.
Expansion into smart home integration broadens Life360's market reach and user engagement.

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