ZenGRC is looking for a Staff Android Engineer to elevate the cohesion, quality, and long-term direction of the core user experience across Life360. This role focuses on the core journeys at the heart of our product and works horizontally across all teams within the Experiences Department.
What You'll Do
- Help drive and define Android experiences across Maps, Realtime, Feed, Notifications, History, and coordination features.
- Work closely with technical leads across individual teams to align on patterns, architectural guardrails, and execution plans.
- Provide direction that helps teams sequence work effectively and build toward a cohesive, long-term experience.
- Influence product and design direction, translate goals into clear engineering plans, and ensure teams understand tradeoffs and implementation paths.
- Unblock complex technical challenges, deliver prototypes, perform deep reviews, and raise the bar for engineering quality across the department.
- Write production code while focusing on high-leverage activities that accelerate teams and improve architectural consistency.
- Improve engineering efficiency through better tooling, workflow automation, and AI-enabled development practices.
- Collaborate closely with Design to deliver polished, intuitive, and emotionally expressive interactions.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience building consumer-facing Android applications at scale, ideally in high-engagement, high-MAU products.
- Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development practices such as Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and Architecture Components.
- Strong architectural skills and the ability to define patterns and guide technical direction across multiple teams.
- Experience leading complex, multi-team initiatives and delivering cohesive end-to-end user experiences.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with Design to build polished, intuitive, and high-quality interactions.
- Ability to influence product direction through technical insight, clear framing, and thoughtful evaluation of tradeoffs.
- Demonstrated strength as a hands-on technical multiplier through mentorship, deep reviews, prototyping, and unblocker-level problem solving.
- Experience with AI-enabled tooling or developer workflow automation.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with server-driven UI, scalable UX frameworks, or large-scale client architecture.
- Experience building personalized or contextual experiences that adapt to user behavior, environment, or real-world signals.
- Experience building location-aware or contextually rich mobile apps, including real-time systems or history pipelines.
- Experience leading multi-quarter platform rewrites or major UX migrations.
- Background in expressive UI systems such as avatars, emotive interfaces, or motion frameworks.
- Knowledge of real-time event systems, context engines, or interface contracts between mobile and cloud.
Technical Stack
- Kotlin
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- Coroutines
- Architecture Components
Team & Environment
You will report directly to the Senior Director of Engineering for Experiences and operate horizontally across all teams within the Experiences Department. The Experiences Department is part of a company with more than 750 remote-first employees.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive pay and benefits.
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). 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.
- Compensation: US: $167,000 to $245,000. Canada: 194,000 to 227,000 CAD. + equity: Included in compensation package.
Work Mode
This is a remote-first position open to candidates in the US and Canada.
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.
