- Life360 has more than 60 million members across 195 countries
- Acquired Tile and Jiobit in 2021
- Remote-first company with over 500 employees
Life360 is seeking a strategic leader to join as the Director of Cloud Operations. This role will lead and transform the cloud operations, focusing on delivering top-tier Cloud as a Service (CaaS) capabilities, creating state-of-the-art tooling, enabling robust cloud infrastructure solutions, and emphasizing efficiency, cost optimization, compliance, and strong relationships with AWS. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of cloud technologies, operational excellence, compliance standards, and financial acumen. The US-based salary range for this position is $235,000 to $335,000, and the compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.
Responsibilities:
- Align with the Director of SRE & Devops on a cloud strategy that integrates business goals, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and compliance
- Guide the CloudOps team to operational excellence and continuous improvement in cloud service delivery
- Manage robust, scalable, and cost-efficient Cloud as a Service offerings, focused on infrastructure, deployment, and tooling
- Lead the development and implementation of advanced tooling solutions for cloud operations that boost developer efficiency
- Strategically optimize cloud resources and spending, implement cost-saving strategies, and efficient resource utilization methodologies
- Ensure adherence to compliance standards and regulatory requirements, actively engage with auditors, manage compliance audits, and incorporate compliance requirements into cloud operations
- Build and maintain a strong relationship with AWS, manage the partnership to leverage the best services, support, and pricing for Life360
- Develop enduring capabilities in the team through training, mentoring, and hiring top talent, cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, technical and financial excellence
- Collaborate with distributed cloud engineers in a customer-centric manner for integrated, cost-effective cloud solutions
- Oversee cloud-related budgets, conduct financial analysis, and report on efficiencies and cost savings, implement financial controls for optimal cloud spending management
- Maintain robust incident management processes and ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and controls
