[Hiring] Staff Security Operations Engineer @Life360

Role Description

We're hiring a Staff Security Operations Engineer to define and lead Life360's next-generation security operations program. This is a technical leadership role for someone who sets direction, raises the bar on the engineers around them, and builds the systems they design.

We're building security operations the way they should work in 2026 — AI-native from day one. The foundation of that is a mature, high-fidelity security observability platform: the telemetry pipelines, detection surfaces, and data infrastructure that make everything else possible. Getting that foundation right is the prerequisite. What we build on top of it is what makes this role different from any SecOps job you've held before.

The end state we're building toward is one where AI is a genuine operational partner:

• Surfacing anomalies
• Supporting threat hunting
• Taking autonomous action on lower-criticality events
• Orchestrating response workflows

If you've been waiting for a role where you set the technical direction rather than execute someone else's, this is it.

We use AI tools as a professional standard on this team. Here's what that means in practice:

• Daily use: You use AI tools for real, substantive work — analysis, drafting, automation, code, investigations, evidence gathering.
• Judgment and ownership: AI-generated work gets the same scrutiny you'd give any human-produced artifact. You're accountable for everything you ship.
• Domain-specific judgment: You know where AI is the wrong tool. Sensitive data handling, attacker-controlled inputs, agents with production access, and privileged identity changes all need careful guardrails.
• Leverage: When AI is working well, you take on problems that would otherwise require a larger team.
• Continuous learning: The tooling moves fast. You stay current, share what works with the team, and speak up when something would meaningfully change how we operate.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on security operations or detection engineering experience
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered security workflows in production
• Deep AWS experience — CloudTrail, IAM, GuardDuty, native logging
• Identity-centric thinking
• Owned the architecture and deployment of a detection platform end-to-end
• Built a detection pipeline quality framework
• Designed and implemented incident response processes from scratch
• Production-grade code skills
• A purple team orientation and hands-on hunting experience
• Strong technical communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Requirements

• Built or significantly contributed to agentic workflows in production
• Familiarity with AI agent frameworks and the security implications of agentic systems
• Published detection content, given conference talks, or contributed to open-source security tooling
• Experience with container and Kubernetes security telemetry
• Direct experience investigating nation-state actors or APT-class threats
• High-growth environment experience where the security program had to be built while it was being run

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)
• Flexible PTO, 13 company-wide days off throughout the year
• Winter and Summer Weeklong 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