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Salary: USD 323,500 - 336,750 / annual
Asana is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the Developer Productivity group and drive developer velocity through AI-powered tooling and infrastructure. This is a group-level technical leadership role spanning tooling, frameworks, and infrastructure to enhance the developer experience across Asana's engineering organization.
Key responsibilities include:
- Drive critical developer productivity and AI developer tooling projects impacting 500+ developers at Asana
- Partner with the Developer Productivity Group Tech Lead to define technical vision and strategy for 6+ engineering teams focused on improving velocity
- Build and align on the roadmap for Asana's development platform to drive faster development lifecycle feedback loops
- Own key outcomes such as extending internal tooling for delegating work to agents across harnesses
- Mentor senior and staff-level engineers in Developer Productivity and across the broader Engineering organization
- Act as a resource for team-level tech leads on technical planning, design & architecture, and tech debt prioritization
The role is based in San Francisco or New York with an office-centric hybrid schedule: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in-office are standard. Wednesday work-from-home is available for most employees; Friday flexibility depends on work type and team partnerships.
Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration, with millions of teams worldwide relying on it to achieve their goals. The company has been recognized by Fortune as a Best Workplace for 7+ years and is known for excellence in workplace culture and innovation.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience as a technical contributor in large-scale products
- 2+ years of experience owning a build system, developer environment, CI, or equivalent at an organization of 200+ engineers
- Experience making and delegating technical decisions with org-wide impact
- Fluency in current AI developer tooling with strong opinions to collaborate and set direction
- Passion for coaching and mentoring engineers of all experience levels
- Deep commitment to collaboration and fostering an inclusive culture
- Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity and decision-making
