Asana
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
$324K–$337K
San Francisco +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 10+ years 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.
About the job
Leads developer productivity strategy and AI tooling initiatives to improve engineering velocity and the software development lifecycle across Asana.
What you'll do
- Drive developer productivity and AI tooling projects affecting 500+ developers, including agent delegation tooling and automated validation.
- Define technical vision and roadmap for the development platform with the Developer Productivity Group Tech Lead and 6+ engineering teams.
- Mentor senior and staff engineers and advise tech leads on planning, architecture, and technical debt.
What they ask for
- 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 organization-wide impact.
- Fluency in current AI developer tooling and strong opinions to collaborate with teams and set direction.
Pay
$323,500 - $336,750 USD base salary
AI focus
Build internal agentic harnesses, developer tooling for delegating work to agents, online/offline developer evaluations, and automated validation loops; use AI tooling to improve developer productivity.
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