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Salary: USD 323,500 - 336,750 / annual
Asana is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead developer productivity initiatives across the organization. This is a group-level technical leadership role within the Developer Productivity group, where you will drive critical projects impacting 500+ developers at Asana.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive developer productivity and AI developer tooling projects with org-wide impact
- 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 accelerate development lifecycle feedback loops
- Own key outcomes including extending internal tooling for delegating work to agents across harnesses
- Mentor senior and staff-level engineers across Developer Productivity, Foundations, and the broader Engineering organization
- Act as a resource for team-level tech leads on technical planning, design & architecture, and tech debt prioritization
The role spans the full stack including tooling, frameworks, and infrastructure to enhance developer experience. Current team initiatives include building an internal agentic harness, setting up online/offline developer evaluations, and increasing automated validation loop effectiveness.
Workplace: Hybrid with office-centric schedule. Based in New York or San Francisco offices with standard in-office days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Wednesday work-from-home is standard; Friday flexibility depends on work type and team partnerships.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience as a technical contributor in large-scale products
- 2+ years 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 at all experience levels
- Deep commitment to collaboration and fostering inclusive culture
- Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with willingness to learn and leverage them for productivity and decision-making
