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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # VP of Infrastructure Engineering - **Company:** Life360 - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Engineering, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, GPS Tracking Unit, Uptime, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Virtual Agents - **Published:** November 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/job/vp-infrastructure-engineering/12052823?handler=ApplyRedirect ## About the Role * A degree in Computer Science or a related field. * A seasoned infrastructure/platform engineering leader with a track record of building stellar teams. * Many years of experience leading large-scale infrastructure or platform engineering organizations, including leading through managers or directors. * Deep technical fluency in distributed systems and cloud architecture. * A track record of scaling infrastructure for consumer products at massive scale - from iterative reliability improvements to big-bet platform investments. * Direct experience with, or meaningful involvement in, an organization's shift toward AI-native ways of working. Leading it isn't required, but you've seen it from the inside. * A bias for speed - constantly pushing to try new things, and learning quickly from what doesn't work to find what does. * Strong instincts for data - comfortable digging into cost, performance, and reliability metrics to spot what's working and what isn't, and using KPIs on reliability and cost efficiency to guide decisions. * A background at companies known for engineering excellence and resilient, high-performing platforms. * Strategic thinking paired with strong storytelling - the ability to motivate and inspire a team around a shared technical vision. * A genuine conviction that robust, well-designed infrastructure is a competitive differentiator - the invisible foundation that makes great user experiences possible. * A hands-on approach - comfortable delegating, but ultimately owns everything the team ships. * A reputation for having tough, direct conversations while staying kind and respectful. * Comfort with risk-taking and big swings, and making decisions with incomplete information. * Alignment with our values: Be a Good Person; Be Direct, with Respect; Members Before Metrics; High Intensity, High Impact. Nice to Have * Exposure to the infrastructure demands of AI-powered products (for example, supporting inference or ML workloads) and comfort operating in the fast-moving AI landscape. ## Description Be an Early Applicant Remote Hiring Remotely in USA Expert/Leader Remote Hiring Remotely in USA Expert/Leader Lead Life360's infrastructure and platform engineering organization, defining strategy for scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective systems. Oversee developer productivity, CI/CD, internal tooling, observability, disaster recovery, and AI-native infrastructure. Build and mentor a world-class organization, partner with engineering, data science, security, and product leaders, and guide infrastructure investments supporting massive consumer scale and AI-powered products. The summary above was generated by AI About Life360 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 100 million monthly active users 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)., We're looking for an experienced VP of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the platform, systems, and infrastructure organization behind Life360's products. You'll shape our technical strategy to scale reliably toward our 2028 goals of 150M monthly active users and $1B+ in revenue, and help the engineering organization adopt AI-native ways of working. What You'll Do While this is a leadership role and we expect you to be well-rounded across all areas, the specific areas of emphasis will be on the following pillars: * Strategic Leadership - Define, communicate, and execute an infrastructure vision in partnership with your functional counterparts that complements Life360's broader goals. Align infrastructure investment with business objectives in close collaboration with the executive team. * Developer Productivity & Enablement - Build the build/deploy pipelines, internal tooling, and self-service platforms that let engineering, product, and design teams ship faster - including AI-powered capabilities - without compromising security, privacy, or cost discipline. Bring firsthand experience helping an organization move toward AI-native ways of working, whether you drove that shift or were a meaningful part of it. * Reliability & Scalability - Keep infrastructure scaling securely and cost-effectively as user growth and workload complexity increase. Uptime, latency, observability, and disaster recovery are non-negotiables for systems serving tens of millions of families. * Team Leadership & Culture - Recruit, mentor, and grow a world-class infrastructure and platform engineering team. Act as a strong voice for engineering craft and culture, and foster innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. * Cross-Functional Alignment - Partner closely with Engineering, Data Science/ML, Security, and Product leaders to plan and execute strategic infrastructure initiatives, including the compute and platform needs that support AI-powered features.