[Remote] Finance Staff Data Engineer, AI Native

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Life360 is a company dedicated to keeping people close to their loved ones through innovative mobile apps and tracking devices. They are seeking a Staff Data Engineer to enhance their Finance Data Team by architecting scalable data ingestion and egress frameworks, ensuring data quality, and improving developer experience through AI tools.ResponsibilitiesArchitect and evolve scalable data ingestion and egress frameworks and pipelines that are well tested and offer strong data quality monitoringArchitect and evolve our CI/CD processes - enhancing the testing environment and observability (such as building LLM-driven reviews with context awareness through data diffing, lineage analysis / downstream impact analysis, and general context)Architect delivery architecture of data assets to external team partners to reduce manual operational overhead associated with month end closeEnhance our Claude Code / LLM development support capabilities - creating tools / skills / agents that give our LLMs more context and help us continually improve their abilities to debug, create code, and maintain systemsEnhance our security posture in our AWS / Databricks environmentDesign and implement distributed data processing systems using Spark and Databricks on AWSEstablish clear ingestion and integration boundaries that eliminate single points of failureProactively surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs before they impact deliveryProduce clear technical artifacts and recommendations for stakeholders and leadershipDesign logical and physical data models balancing flexibility, performance, governance, and scalabilityPartner closely with the Analytics Engineers on the Finance Data Team to support high-quality downstream data modeling & reportingHarden pipelines with monitoring, alerting, SLAs, and recovery mechanismsMentor engineers and elevate distributed systems rigor across the teamSkills8+ years designing and operating high-volume distributed data systems in productionDeep expertise with a cloud data platform (Databricks strongly preferred) and AWS from an infrastructure / services architecture, deployment, and ownership perspectiveStrong proficiency in Python, SQL, and Spark for large-scale processingStrong proficiency with modern CI/CD practices (creating GitHub Actions, writing Terraform code to manage infrastructure in Databricks / Airflow / AWS / and others)Hands-on experience with dbt from an infrastructure / deployment perspective and understanding of how platform decisions impact downstream modelingStrong grasp of data modeling, partitioning strategies, storage formats, and analytical workload optimizationExperience with Airflow and data flow orchestrationExperience with networking challenges in data ingestion (e.g., VPC peering, firewall traversal, API rate limiting, cross-AWS account access, etc.)Able to effectively leverage / oversee LLM-supported code development while maintaining a high quality barDemonstrated experience with AI tools to support / enhance development - Claude Code, Cursor, etcDemonstrated ability to independently scope ambiguous problems and drive them to decisive outcomesTrack record of proactively escalating risks and closing long-running efforts with clear recommendationsExperience defining ingestion validation standards and implementing data quality controlsProven ability to reduce operational fragility and eliminate single points of failureStrong systems design skills across distributed and event-based architecturesDemonstrated technical leadership influencing cross-team architectural decisionsExcellent communication skills across engineering, analytics, product, and executive stakeholdersBS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experienceBenefitsCompetitive pay and 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.Company OverviewLife360 creates a mobile app for families that helps families feel closer together. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.life360.com.Company H1B SponsorshipLife360 has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2026, 15 in 2025, 22 in 2024, 17 in 2023, 21 in 2022, 17 in 2021, 7 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.