Senior Mobile Release Management Engineer

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 77 million monthly active users (MAU), as of November 2024, across more than 170 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 the US) regardless of any specified location above. 

About the Job

You’ll be working with a close-knit group of mobile build engineers, all of them focused on enabling our mobile engineers to consistently deliver iOS and Android updates and features to over 75 Million Life360 families across the globe. As a Mobile Release Management Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring our mobile releases are uploaded to the app stores on time. You will closely engage with mobile engineers as well as our build engineers to reduce any friction that may impact our release cadence as well as facilitate urgent releases.

The US-based salary range for this position is $144,500 to $213,000. 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 engineers across the company to coordinate releasing our mobile apps to Google Play and Apple App Store
• Help to identify pain points in our release management process and build automation to minimize or resolve them
• Track and monitor our releases and ensure successful rollout across Life360’s 75M+ users
• Manage risk, identify release blockers, and ensure issues are driven to resolution
• Drive consistent improvement on our overall mobile release strategy and processes
• Capture and generate reports on key metrics to assess the health of our mobile releases

What We’re Looking ForMinimum Qualifications

• 3+ years experience developing Mobile apps (iOS and/or Android)
• 2+ years experience scripting using different scripting languages such as Bash, Ruby, or Python
• 1+ years experience with CI/CD systems such as Buildkite, Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions, etc. 
• 2+ years of experience releasing mobile applications to Google Play and/or Apple App Store
• Good interpersonal skills with a highly collaborative working style. Good verbal and excellent written communication skills.
• Deep understanding of the SDLC, preferably with experience across a wide range of models

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience driving mobile releases to millions of users globally
• Experience using mobile release management tools like Runway
• 5+ years of development experience with Mobile apps (iOS or Android)
• 3+ years of experience with mobile CI/CD
• Working experience with build tooling like gradle, xcode, maven, make or ant
• Superior organizational skills: notes, formal documentation, task assignment
• Strong debugging skills; Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs to improve application delivery and releases 

Our Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
• Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year
• Winter and Summer Week-long Synchronized Company Shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
• Free Tile Products

Life360 Values

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 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

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.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

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