Job description
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 83.7 million monthly active users (MAU), as of May 2025 across more than 150 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 Canada) regardless of any specified location above.
About The Team
The DBA team is a highly dedicated group responsible for maintaining, creating, and monitoring a wide variety of database systems across the organization. We manage both relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity at scale. Embracing the Infrastructure as Code philosophy, we automate provisioning, scaling, and management workflows to increase reliability and speed. The team thrives on continuous improvement—constantly exploring and adopting new technologies to stay ahead of evolving data and platform demands. Collaboration, innovation, and a strong learning culture are at the core of everything we do.
About the Job
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Database Administrator (DBA) to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing modern database systems and infrastructure, with deep expertise in AWS, automation, and both relational and NoSQL databases. You will play a key role in maintaining database performance, building self-service tools, and enhancing observability and resilience through scripting and AI-driven automation.
The Canada-based salary range for this position is 109,500 to 122,000 CAD. 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
- Manage the health, performance, and scalability of production databases across multiple environments.
- Set up, configure, and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerts using DataDog, Grafana, Cloudwatch and related tools.
- Leverage Atmos and Git for infrastructure-as-code and configuration management of database systems.
- Design and implement automation scripts and AI-driven tools for routine operational tasks (e.g., backups, failover, patching, monitoring).
- Ensure database security, high availability, disaster recovery, and compliance best practices.
- Collaborate with developers and DevOps to support CI/CD and self-service provisioning workflows.
- Provide deep expertise in AWS-native databases (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB) as well as MongoDB and Cassandra.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a DBA in production environments.
- Expertise in SQL optimization, indexing, partitioning, clustering architectures, and replication with emphasis on MySQL.
- Strong proficiency in AWS database services (Aurora RDS, DynamoDB, etc.).
- Experience with MongoDB and Apache Cassandra in distributed, high-volume setups.
- Solid knowledge of Atmos and Git for versioning and infrastructure automation.
- Proven experience with monitoring setup, dashboarding, and alerting for database observability.
- Demonstrated expertise working in Linux/Unix environments
- Strong proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Self-motivated with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies independently
- Skilled in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) and experience automating DBA tasks using scripts and AI/ML tools.
- Strong problem-solving skills and performance tuning expertise.
- Hands-on experience managing and optimizing ElastiCache, Redis, and Memcached environments
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering and operations teams.
- Comfortable participating in an on-call rotation.
Our Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans
- RRSP plan with DPSP company matching program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
- Flexible PTO, several 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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