iOS Engineer II (AI Native), Family AI Lab – San Francisco Bay Area

Role overview

You’ll be an iOS Engineer II (AI Native) in Life360’s Family AI Lab, a small founder-led team. The role is design-oriented: you help shape product direction by turning early, fuzzy ideas into polished, working iOS experiences—fast.

Responsibilities

• Convert rough concepts (sketches, voice memos, half-finished docs) into real clickable prototypes, typically within the same day
• Build and prototype product surfaces such as:
  • Maps
  • Widgets
  • Live Activities / Dynamic Island
  • Voice and in-app moments
• Collaborate closely with design, product, and the founder as an active part of the creative process
• Thrive in an environment with minimal traditional specs, focusing on rapid iteration and learning from users
• Ship new capabilities with strong energy and momentum

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to design-feel and build iOS product experiences with a strong aesthetic sense
• Ability to take loose ideas and rapidly make them tangible into working versions
• Understanding of delivering a polished user experience, especially for agentic/AI-driven software experiences
• Comfortable working without fully written specs and learning through fast shipping

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building modern iOS UI surfaces (e.g., widgets / Live Activities / Dynamic Island)
• Experience integrating voice or AI/agentic user experiences

Location / work model

• Remote-first: primarily remote with flexibility to collaborate in person as business needs require
• Role is stated to be doable within the US and Canada