Staff Software Engineer

Asana; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 211,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading productivity platform in Vancouver seeks a staff-level engineer to drive the design and implementation of innovative products. In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with peers to maximize user value and integrate emerging technologies. Ideal candidates have over 7 years of software engineering experience, including leadership in full-stack projects. Join a company dedicated to positive change and a culture of belonging.

Benefits

Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits

Career coaching & support

Inclusive family building benefits

Long-term savings or retirement plans

In-office culinary options

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience leading product engineering teams.
• Experience working on and leading full-stack projects involving both front-end and back-end.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and implementation of innovative products.
• Collaborate with peers in product and design.
• Identify technical risks early and mitigate them.
• Integrate AI tools to elevate user experience.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Full-stack development

Curiosity about AI tools

Collaboration and decision-making

Job description

The Product team builds features end-to-end. From designing our data models to implementing the subtle interaction behaviors that differentiate good software from great software. We work closely with UI designers and are supported by our infrastructure team. We aim to delight users with both large new features and smaller, daily product enhancements—thanks to our continuous deployment architecture. We want to create a superlative user experience, down to the smallest details.

Joining our newly formed team in Vancouver, you'll be at the forefront of developing Asana's future persona packaged products aimed at crafting the company's next $100 million product line. In this staff-level engineering role, you'll be working alongside a talented group of innovators focused on exploring new product opportunities that blend user, business, and technical excellence. Your role will be pivotal in shaping the technical direction and ensuring seamless collaboration across design, product, and engineering teams to drive impactful results for Asana.

This role is based in our Vancouver office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What you’ll achieve:

• Drive the design and implementation of highly innovative products with a focus on value and feasibility.
• Collaborate with peers in product and design to find opportunities that maximize user value.
• Provide technical guidance to enhance team efficiency and shorten iteration cycles.
• Identify technical risks early and develop strategies for their mitigation.
• Forge best practices in prototyping and platform leveraging, extending Asana's innovation culture.
• Integrate AI tools and emerging tech to elevate user experience and productivity.
• Engage in cross-functional partnerships to design comprehensive, user-centered solutions.
• Make significant contributions to the tech landscape by working across the entire engineering stack.

About you:

• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience leading product engineering teams
• Experience working on and leading projects that are full-stack in nature, touching both front-end web application code and their supporting back-end counterparts.
• Quick learner and comfortable transitioning between different contexts, codebases, and skill sets to jump in and rapidly unblock teammates facing thorny obstacles
• Deep understanding of product risk
• Comfort exploring ambiguity to uncover new paths forward

At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What we’ll offer:

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $211, 000 - 240,000 CAD. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.

In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:

• Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
• Career coaching & support
• Inclusive family building benefits
• Long-term savings or retirement plans
• In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

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About us

Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong.

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