Senior Staff Engineer, AI-Powered Developer Productivity

Asana; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 324,000 - 337,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health benefits

Career coaching

Family building benefits

Retirement plans

In-office culinary options

Job summary

Asana is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the Developer Productivity group, driving AI tooling and developer velocity across multiple engineering teams. The role emphasizes building a scalable development platform, mentoring senior engineers, and shaping long-term technical strategy within a hybrid office model in NY or SF.

You will partner with group leads, own key outcomes, and guide architectural decisions while aligning with Asana’s mission to improve the software development

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a technical contributor in large-scale products.
• 2+ years owning a build system, developer environment, CI at an organization of 200+ engineers.
• Experience making and delegating technical decisions that have org-wide impact.
• Developed a fluency in current AI developer tooling and have strong opinions to shape direction.
• Passionate about coaching and mentoring engineers of all experience levels.
• Deep care for collaboration and an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Drive critical developer productivity and AI tooling projects affecting 500+ developers at Asana.
• Partner with the Developer Productivity Group Tech Lead to define technical vision and strategy for 6+ engineering teams.
• Build and align the roadmap for Asana's development platform to accelerate development lifecycle feedback loops.
• Own outcomes like extending internal tooling to delegate work to agents across harnesses.
• Mentor senior and staff-level engineers in Developer Productivity and across Foundations and the rest of Engineering.
• Advise team-level tech leads on longer-term technical planning, design & architecture, and prioritizing tech debt.

Skills

Leadership

Dev Productivity

AI tooling

Mentoring

Collaboration

Inclusive culture

AI awareness

Technical strategy

Cross-team coordination

Build systems

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Asana is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the Developer Productivity group, driving AI tooling and developer velocity across multiple engineering teams. The role emphasizes building a scalable development platform, mentoring senior engineers, and shaping long-term technical strategy within a hybrid office model in NY or SF.

You will partner with group leads, own key outcomes, and guide architectural decisions while aligning with Asana’s mission to improve the software development