Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Lead client-facing engineering engagements to design, build, and govern production-grade Claude agents, combining hands-on development, solution architecture, team leadership, and reusable delivery practices.
Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app, Tile tracking devices, and Pet GPS tracker 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 107.7 million monthly active users (MAU), as of September 30, 2026, across more than 180 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 who are basically 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.
We are building an AI native company where AI is an integral part of how we build and operate. AI tool usage during interviews varies by role. You may be asked to demonstrate proficiency with AI tools, discuss how you leverage AI, or complete interview exercises without AI assistance. Your Recruiter will provide clear guidance as you move through the interview process.
Undisclosed use of AI not previously discussed with or approved by your Recruiter may impact your candidacy.
Life360's AI ecosystem is being built by three teams working from a shared 2027 vision, each owning a distinct layer:
These teams deliberately don't own everything. A set of foundational questions — non-human identity and agent authZ, model regression eval frameworks, workflow/agent eval infrastructure, atomic agent-unit definitions, agent standards for what an agent can never do — sit in the shared space between them, ready to be addressed.
We're hiring a Principal-level Agentic Engineer to hold the system view across AI Platforms, AI DevX, and Agentic PDLC — and to give the unowned middle ground between them an owner. This is not a coordination role. You'll have clear, end-to-end ownership of a defined set of cross-cutting problems, not an open-ended advisory brief. It's an architecture-and-build role for someone who can define what an "agent" is as a reusable unit at Life360, set the standards that make agents safe and evaluable, build an ecosystem that supports our agents, and then help each team build to that architecture. In addition, this role will craft the vision for how our broad agent ecosystem will evolve into the future.
The role operates at two altitudes, and needs to be genuinely strong at both:
You'll partner closely with the AI Platforms, AI Dev Tooling, Agentic PDLC, and our Product leadership (as their technical counterpart), but you won't report through any single one of them — your mandate is the seams between all of them.
The US-based salary range for this position is $247,000 to $363,000. We take into consideration an individual's background, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience in determining final salary. Base pay may also vary based on geographic location, with US work locations falling into one of three geographic tiers.
Total compensation is inclusive of equity compensation in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), as well as a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.
AI Usage: We use AI to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Life360 hiring teams
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
Life360 is an equal opportunity employer. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected status. We believe diverse perspectives make us better, and we’re building a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. Don’t meet every qualification? Apply anyway.
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