Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience

Asana; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health benefits

Career coaching

Family building benefits

Retirement plans

Office dining

Job summary

Asana in New York City seeks a Software Engineer to advance the AI developer productivity tools, enabling engineers to work faster with AI-augmented workflows across editors, IDEs, CLIs, and review systems.

You’ll join the AI Developer Productivity team to build autonomous cloud agents, reusable skills, and integrated tooling that scale across Asana’s engineering effort.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of working in large codebases.
• Experience building developer tools, internal platforms, infrastructure, IDE/editor integrations, CLIs, or workflow automation.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-augmented workflows and systems to help coding agents understand the codebase and enable faster software development.
• Design and scale autonomous cloud agents to reduce toil and let engineers focus on higher-leverage work.
• Build and refine IDE, editor, and CLI integrations for AI-assisted development in daily work.
• Create reusable agent skills, tools, context, and integrations for cross-team use.
• Improve AI-assisted code review workflows for faster, higher-quality feedback.
• Drive adoption of AI developer tools through usability, measurement, and enablement.

Skills

3+ years in large codebases

Developer tools experience

AI-assisted development tools

Evaluation/quality frameworks for AI

Technical judgment & systems design

Curiosity about AI tools

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

We're looking for a Software Engineer to integrate and improve our AI developer experience so that engineers at Asana can use AI to increase their velocity. As part of the AI Developer Productivity team, you'll build the next generation of AI-powered developer tools across editors, IDEs, CLIs, code review, and cloud and local coding agents.This role is based in our New York City 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.

What you’ll achieve

• Design and build AI-augmented workflows and systems that help coding agents understand the codebase, follow engineering practices, and enable Asana engineers to complete software development tasks faster and with more confidence.
• Design and scale autonomous cloud agents that take on complex, multi-step engineering tasks to reduce toil and enable engineers to focus on higher-leverage work.
• Build and refine IDE, editor, and CLI integrations that make AI-assisted development feel intuitive in engineers' daily work.
• Create reusable agent skills, tools, context, and integrations that teams across Asana can build on rather than reinvent.
• Improve AI-assisted code review workflows so engineers get faster, higher-quality feedback before and during review.
• Drive adoption of AI developer tools across engineering through usability improvements, measurement, documentation, and enablement.

About you

• 3+ years of working in large codebases
• Experience building developer tools, internal platforms, infrastructure, IDE/editor integrations, CLIs, or workflow automation.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex), or extending coding agents, MCP-based integrations, AI-powered code review systems, or agent skill/tool ecosystems.
• Experience building evaluation and quality frameworks for AI-generated outputs.
• Strong technical judgment and systems design skills, with the ability to make pragmatic tradeoffs in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

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 $171,000 - $190,000. 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.

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.

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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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