Software Engineer, AI
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What you’ll achieve
Own the end-to-end implementation of small-to-medium features and services that power intelligent collaboration and agentic automation across Asana.
Write clean, modular, and well-tested code across our stack while evaluating trade-offs between latency, cost, and reliability when integrating modern foundation models, prompt pipelines, and workflow orchestration logic.
Proactively maintain and improve Areas of Responsibility (AoRs), monitor production pipelines, participate in team on-call rotations, and diagnose complex bugs across asynchronous or distributed systems.
Break down feature specifications into clear engineering milestones, provide accurate technical estimates, and reliably execute to advance the adoption of the AI Suite.
Elevate code quality, advocate for test coverage and technical debt remediation, and conduct thoughtful and rigorous code reviews for your peers.
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.
2+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production code in modern distributed architectures, web services, or data-intensive systems.
Strong command of software design fundamentals, testing practices, and data structures, paired with experience or curiosity in working with LLMs, prompt pipelines, vector databases, or agentic frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to take a technical specification, evaluate trade-offs, seek feedback on risky or complex changes early, and ship to production with minimal oversight.
High bar for code health, writing well-structured, maintainable, and self-documenting code with comprehensive test plans and logical PR breakdowns.
Experience collaborating closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, and fellow engineers while communicating progress clearly and surfacing blockers early.
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 $146,000-$162,000. 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. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter 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 recruiter 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.
We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Requirements
- Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production code in modern distributed architectures, web services, or data-intensive systems.
- Strong command of software design fundamentals, testing practices, and data structures, paired with experience or curiosity in working with LLMs, prompt pipelines, vector databases, or agentic frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to take a technical specification, evaluate trade-offs, seek feedback on risky or complex changes early, and ship to production with minimal oversight.
- High bar for code health, writing well-structured, maintainable, and self-documenting code with comprehensive test plans and logical PR breakdowns.
- Experience collaborating closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, and fellow engineers while communicating progress clearly and surfacing blockers early.
About Asana
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